Cliff-Hanger (11 page)

An award-winning mystery writer and an award-winning science writer—who are also mother and daughter—are working together on
Mysteries in Our National Parks!

 

ALANE (LANIE) FERGUSON'S
first mystery,
Show Me the Evidence,
won the Edgar Award, given by the Mystery Writers of America.

 

GLORIA SKURZYNSKI'S
Almost the Real Thing
won the American Institute of Physics Science Writing Award.

 

Lanie lives in Elizabeth, Colorado. Gloria lives in Boise, Idaho. To work together on a novel, they connect by phone, fax, and e-mail and “often forget which one of us wrote a particular line.”

 

Gloria's e-mail: [email protected]

Her Web site:
www.gloriabooks.com

Lanie's e-mail: [email protected]

Her Web site:
www.alaneferguson.com

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