Recent Books by Ellen Herbert

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THE LAST GOVERMENT GIRL


Winner of the Maryland Writer's Association 2014 Novel Award
Published by Apprentice House
On Sale at Amazon

FALLING WOMEN & OTHER STORIES


Published by Shelfstealers
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The Best Addiction

I am happiest when I am reading compulsively. And after having read a lot not by choice, for classes taken, classes taught, even for book group, I like to go where my tastes take me. I am deep into WWII,…Continue Reading →

It’s the When

Our mystery/ suspense book group at One More Page Books travelled to the wild and woolly Shetland Islands, an archipelago of Scotland, via Ann Cleeves’ award-winning mystery Raven Black. Set in modern day, Raven Black introduces a host of characters…Continue Reading →

Season Prose with Poetry

Being a member of a book group means reading books I would not have chosen. I didn’t read Michael Crichton’s The Andromeda Strain when it first came out in 1969. Back then I was into poetry. After a drunken poetic youth, I…Continue Reading →

January Mystery/Suspense Book Club

On January 20, 2015, the Mystery Book Group at One More Page Books discussed Alan Furst’s The Spies of Warsaw. Some in the group had been to Warsaw and found Furst’s setting and atmospherics authentic. The year Furst’s story opens…Continue Reading →

One More Page Mystery Book Group

On the third Tuesday of every month, we mystery-lovers meet at One More Page Books at 7:00 to discuss a book. We have had as many as 23 participants and as few as ten, but whatever our number, we are…Continue Reading →

Wonderful Writers

I couldn’t be a good instructor without the wonderful writers in my workshops. See the article about me on page 6.

Mystery Loves Company

Our mystery book club at One More Page Books meets on the third Tuesday of every month at 7 PM. We select the books a few months in advance, read them, and talk about characters, plot, setting, etc. Oh, and…Continue Reading →