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Sheila Connolly has has had five different careers. Now a full-time writer, she thinks writing mysteries is a lot more fun than the rest.
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Background
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Sheila Connolly has taught art history, structured and marketed municipal bonds for major cities, worked as a staff member on two statewide political campaigns, and served as a fundraiser for several non-profit organizations. She also managed her own consulting company providing genealogical research services. Now a full-time writer, she thinks writing mysteries is a lot more fun than any of her previous occupations. Luckily she's been able to use bits and pieces of all of her prior lives in her writing.
Ms. Connolly is a member of Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, Romance Writers of America, the New England Chapter of RWA, and the online RWA mystery/suspense chapter Kiss of Death. She lives in a too-big Victorian in southeastern Massachusetts with her husband and three cats, as well as her poet-daughter who graduated from college with a degree in comparative literature and now works in a bookstore.
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Birth Place
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Rochester, NY USA
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Accomplishments
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B.A., Wellesley College
Ph.D., Fine Arts, Harvard University
M.B.A., Finance, University of California, Berkeley
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Additional Information
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I have two series which debuted in 2008, both from Berkley Prime Crime: The Glassblowing Mystery series, written as Sarah Atwell, and the Orchard Mystery series, under my own name. The first Glassblowing Mystery, Through a Glass, Deadly, was an IMBA bestseller in its month of issue.
Through a Glass, Deadly was nominated for an Agatha Award for Best First Novel.
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Favorite Links
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Sheila Connolly
My writer profile, plus genealogy information
Sarah Atwell
More information about the Glassblowing Mystery series, the craft of glassblowing, and Tucson.
Writers Plot (blog)
Five writers, five weekdays, five opinions--and a few surprises.
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