Daphne Silver, Cozy Mystery Author 💙📚
@daphnesilver.bsky.social
Agatha-winning author of the Rare Books Cozy Mystery series. I love all things history and art. Visit www.daphnesilver.com to join my newsletter and get a free short story.
What would you name one of those Old Timey Photograph studios? I have some thoughts involving one for a story, but nothing definitive yet.
Here's a pic of my husband and me at one in Ocean City, MD back in 2023, having apparently just robbed a saloon 😂
#amwriting #writingcommunity
Here's a pic of my husband and me at one in Ocean City, MD back in 2023, having apparently just robbed a saloon 😂
#amwriting #writingcommunity
April 28, 2025 at 2:18 PM
What would you name one of those Old Timey Photograph studios? I have some thoughts involving one for a story, but nothing definitive yet.
Here's a pic of my husband and me at one in Ocean City, MD back in 2023, having apparently just robbed a saloon 😂
#amwriting #writingcommunity
Here's a pic of my husband and me at one in Ocean City, MD back in 2023, having apparently just robbed a saloon 😂
#amwriting #writingcommunity
Plus I was honored to see @ktnguyenauthor.bsky.social be the next one to win the Agatha Award for Best First Mystery Novel for YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DID! #malicedomestic #booksky
April 27, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Plus I was honored to see @ktnguyenauthor.bsky.social be the next one to win the Agatha Award for Best First Mystery Novel for YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DID! #malicedomestic #booksky
Or look at this adorable sleepy sheepy that @mistysimon.bsky.social gave us for being at her table during the banquet. She is the most fun and wears the best dresses! #malicedomestic #booksky #cozymystery
April 27, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Or look at this adorable sleepy sheepy that @mistysimon.bsky.social gave us for being at her table during the banquet. She is the most fun and wears the best dresses! #malicedomestic #booksky #cozymystery
And here we are being book dress twinsies with a new friend, Cathy Wiley, and @catrionamcp.bsky.social ! #malicedomestic #booksky #cozymystery
April 27, 2025 at 10:20 AM
And here we are being book dress twinsies with a new friend, Cathy Wiley, and @catrionamcp.bsky.social ! #malicedomestic #booksky #cozymystery
Been so busy at Malice Domestic that I haven't had a chance to post here! I love catching up with so many friends - new & old. For being murder mystery writers, this is the most supportive community. Like check out this scarf knitted for me by a fan! I'm beyond grateful. #booksky #cozymystery
April 27, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Been so busy at Malice Domestic that I haven't had a chance to post here! I love catching up with so many friends - new & old. For being murder mystery writers, this is the most supportive community. Like check out this scarf knitted for me by a fan! I'm beyond grateful. #booksky #cozymystery
Twix is hiding the evidence!
Remember when I noticed this murderous dog toy from Chewy in my feed - thinking it was perfect for the rescue dog of a mystery author? So, of course it had to come home with us!
Twix loves it. A lot. Like a lot, a lot. Which is starting to concern me 😂
#notsponsored
Remember when I noticed this murderous dog toy from Chewy in my feed - thinking it was perfect for the rescue dog of a mystery author? So, of course it had to come home with us!
Twix loves it. A lot. Like a lot, a lot. Which is starting to concern me 😂
#notsponsored
April 24, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Twix is hiding the evidence!
Remember when I noticed this murderous dog toy from Chewy in my feed - thinking it was perfect for the rescue dog of a mystery author? So, of course it had to come home with us!
Twix loves it. A lot. Like a lot, a lot. Which is starting to concern me 😂
#notsponsored
Remember when I noticed this murderous dog toy from Chewy in my feed - thinking it was perfect for the rescue dog of a mystery author? So, of course it had to come home with us!
Twix loves it. A lot. Like a lot, a lot. Which is starting to concern me 😂
#notsponsored
Going to Malice Domestic this weekend? I can't wait to see you! Here's where you can find me.
Plus I'll just be hanging out at panels and wandering around, so please stop me to say hi!
#booksky #cozymystery
Plus I'll just be hanging out at panels and wandering around, so please stop me to say hi!
#booksky #cozymystery
April 22, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Going to Malice Domestic this weekend? I can't wait to see you! Here's where you can find me.
Plus I'll just be hanging out at panels and wandering around, so please stop me to say hi!
#booksky #cozymystery
Plus I'll just be hanging out at panels and wandering around, so please stop me to say hi!
#booksky #cozymystery
My kiddo just finished a week of Circus Camp for Spring Break
They did a great job learning tricks like balancing a peacock feather. And they not only rode on a rola-bola... but atop a three tiered rola-bola!
Wow ❤️🎪🤡
They did a great job learning tricks like balancing a peacock feather. And they not only rode on a rola-bola... but atop a three tiered rola-bola!
Wow ❤️🎪🤡
April 18, 2025 at 8:20 PM
My kiddo just finished a week of Circus Camp for Spring Break
They did a great job learning tricks like balancing a peacock feather. And they not only rode on a rola-bola... but atop a three tiered rola-bola!
Wow ❤️🎪🤡
They did a great job learning tricks like balancing a peacock feather. And they not only rode on a rola-bola... but atop a three tiered rola-bola!
Wow ❤️🎪🤡
Just watched Hitchcock's The 39 Steps for the 1st time.
The pacing is amazing, Robert Donat is extremely charismatic, loved the setting, and without giving things away, I'm a sucker for stories finding unexpected ways to connect back to where they started.
Do you have a favorite Hitchcock movie?
The pacing is amazing, Robert Donat is extremely charismatic, loved the setting, and without giving things away, I'm a sucker for stories finding unexpected ways to connect back to where they started.
Do you have a favorite Hitchcock movie?
April 17, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Just watched Hitchcock's The 39 Steps for the 1st time.
The pacing is amazing, Robert Donat is extremely charismatic, loved the setting, and without giving things away, I'm a sucker for stories finding unexpected ways to connect back to where they started.
Do you have a favorite Hitchcock movie?
The pacing is amazing, Robert Donat is extremely charismatic, loved the setting, and without giving things away, I'm a sucker for stories finding unexpected ways to connect back to where they started.
Do you have a favorite Hitchcock movie?
This ad from Chewy in my (other) newsfeed was hysterically on point! A dog toy perfect for a mystery writer. May have to get this for Twix 😉 🐾
Image Description: dog toy of a bloody knife
#mysterywriter #dogmom #worldsunite #booksky #cozymystery
Image Description: dog toy of a bloody knife
#mysterywriter #dogmom #worldsunite #booksky #cozymystery
April 15, 2025 at 10:48 PM
This ad from Chewy in my (other) newsfeed was hysterically on point! A dog toy perfect for a mystery writer. May have to get this for Twix 😉 🐾
Image Description: dog toy of a bloody knife
#mysterywriter #dogmom #worldsunite #booksky #cozymystery
Image Description: dog toy of a bloody knife
#mysterywriter #dogmom #worldsunite #booksky #cozymystery
For kicks, I jumped in on the #StarterPack action figure trend with this quick sketch of myself. Maybe not perfect, but it was fun to do!
What would you include in your starter pack?
What would you include in your starter pack?
April 15, 2025 at 3:11 PM
For kicks, I jumped in on the #StarterPack action figure trend with this quick sketch of myself. Maybe not perfect, but it was fun to do!
What would you include in your starter pack?
What would you include in your starter pack?
Chag Pesach Sameach!
Happy Passover from my family to yours ❤️🐶
Happy Passover from my family to yours ❤️🐶
April 13, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Chag Pesach Sameach!
Happy Passover from my family to yours ❤️🐶
Happy Passover from my family to yours ❤️🐶
We adopted Twix from Operation Paws for Homes just this afternoon!
Twix is between 1 and 2 years old and roughly 35lbs. We think he’s an American Shepherd (like an Australian Shepherd, but smaller) with maybe some Spaniel mixed in. He’s very social and sweet.
Twix is between 1 and 2 years old and roughly 35lbs. We think he’s an American Shepherd (like an Australian Shepherd, but smaller) with maybe some Spaniel mixed in. He’s very social and sweet.
April 12, 2025 at 11:43 PM
We adopted Twix from Operation Paws for Homes just this afternoon!
Twix is between 1 and 2 years old and roughly 35lbs. We think he’s an American Shepherd (like an Australian Shepherd, but smaller) with maybe some Spaniel mixed in. He’s very social and sweet.
Twix is between 1 and 2 years old and roughly 35lbs. We think he’s an American Shepherd (like an Australian Shepherd, but smaller) with maybe some Spaniel mixed in. He’s very social and sweet.
My MC Juniper Blume is trading libraries for a new career: Professional pogo stick extreme athlete
And guess what? I'm joining her! Forget my arthritic knees, we're solving mysteries from *mid-air*!
No more dusty old tomes - just high flying, crime fighting, pogo jumping
😂😂 #aprilfools #booksky
And guess what? I'm joining her! Forget my arthritic knees, we're solving mysteries from *mid-air*!
No more dusty old tomes - just high flying, crime fighting, pogo jumping
😂😂 #aprilfools #booksky
April 1, 2025 at 12:18 PM
My MC Juniper Blume is trading libraries for a new career: Professional pogo stick extreme athlete
And guess what? I'm joining her! Forget my arthritic knees, we're solving mysteries from *mid-air*!
No more dusty old tomes - just high flying, crime fighting, pogo jumping
😂😂 #aprilfools #booksky
And guess what? I'm joining her! Forget my arthritic knees, we're solving mysteries from *mid-air*!
No more dusty old tomes - just high flying, crime fighting, pogo jumping
😂😂 #aprilfools #booksky
Finished THE RESIDENCE on Netflix. Honestly, it was a mixed bag.
Uzo Aduba does an incredible job as detective Cordelia Cupp.
Normally I'm a fan of a complex mystery plot, but this one became exceedingly convoluted.
Have you watched it? What do you think?
Uzo Aduba does an incredible job as detective Cordelia Cupp.
Normally I'm a fan of a complex mystery plot, but this one became exceedingly convoluted.
Have you watched it? What do you think?
March 29, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Finished THE RESIDENCE on Netflix. Honestly, it was a mixed bag.
Uzo Aduba does an incredible job as detective Cordelia Cupp.
Normally I'm a fan of a complex mystery plot, but this one became exceedingly convoluted.
Have you watched it? What do you think?
Uzo Aduba does an incredible job as detective Cordelia Cupp.
Normally I'm a fan of a complex mystery plot, but this one became exceedingly convoluted.
Have you watched it? What do you think?
Prepping for Malice Domestic in April and thinking about swag!
I have bookmarks, but wondering about some other fun things. What do you think of the customizing any of these?
* Quill style pen
* Invisible ink pen with a UV light
* Sharpie
* Temporary tattoos
* Wildflower seed packets
#booksky
I have bookmarks, but wondering about some other fun things. What do you think of the customizing any of these?
* Quill style pen
* Invisible ink pen with a UV light
* Sharpie
* Temporary tattoos
* Wildflower seed packets
#booksky
March 25, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Prepping for Malice Domestic in April and thinking about swag!
I have bookmarks, but wondering about some other fun things. What do you think of the customizing any of these?
* Quill style pen
* Invisible ink pen with a UV light
* Sharpie
* Temporary tattoos
* Wildflower seed packets
#booksky
I have bookmarks, but wondering about some other fun things. What do you think of the customizing any of these?
* Quill style pen
* Invisible ink pen with a UV light
* Sharpie
* Temporary tattoos
* Wildflower seed packets
#booksky
Just signed up to be part of the Literary Marketplace at the CityLit Festival on Saturday, April 5th at the Lord Baltimore Hotel!
Will be there with both Maryland histories and mysteries. Hope you can join me 📚😄
Learn more: www.citylitproject.org/events-progr...
#booksky
Will be there with both Maryland histories and mysteries. Hope you can join me 📚😄
Learn more: www.citylitproject.org/events-progr...
#booksky
March 20, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Just signed up to be part of the Literary Marketplace at the CityLit Festival on Saturday, April 5th at the Lord Baltimore Hotel!
Will be there with both Maryland histories and mysteries. Hope you can join me 📚😄
Learn more: www.citylitproject.org/events-progr...
#booksky
Will be there with both Maryland histories and mysteries. Hope you can join me 📚😄
Learn more: www.citylitproject.org/events-progr...
#booksky
My kiddo designed their own St. Patrick's Day shirt this morning ☘️💚 Thank goodness for washable markers 😂 #happystpatricksday
March 17, 2025 at 5:03 PM
My kiddo designed their own St. Patrick's Day shirt this morning ☘️💚 Thank goodness for washable markers 😂 #happystpatricksday
Exercised by walking 2 miles in the springtime weather...
But does it still count if I walked to buy cookies and ate multiple on the way home? 🤔🍪😂
But does it still count if I walked to buy cookies and ate multiple on the way home? 🤔🍪😂
March 10, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Exercised by walking 2 miles in the springtime weather...
But does it still count if I walked to buy cookies and ate multiple on the way home? 🤔🍪😂
But does it still count if I walked to buy cookies and ate multiple on the way home? 🤔🍪😂
Seemed appropriate to celebrate International Women's Day by giving a book talk on my non-fiction history WILD WOMEN OF MARYLAND (History Press, 2015).
Thank you to the Friends of the Rising Sun Inn, Crownsville, MD for having me!
#IWD2025 #womenshistorymonth
Thank you to the Friends of the Rising Sun Inn, Crownsville, MD for having me!
#IWD2025 #womenshistorymonth
March 8, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Seemed appropriate to celebrate International Women's Day by giving a book talk on my non-fiction history WILD WOMEN OF MARYLAND (History Press, 2015).
Thank you to the Friends of the Rising Sun Inn, Crownsville, MD for having me!
#IWD2025 #womenshistorymonth
Thank you to the Friends of the Rising Sun Inn, Crownsville, MD for having me!
#IWD2025 #womenshistorymonth
You can leave a review on Amazon even if you bought the book somewhere else (or got it from the library)
✅ Go to the book’s Amazon page
✅ Scroll down to Write A Customer Review
✅ Share your thoughts!
Thank you for supporting authors! #booksky
✅ Go to the book’s Amazon page
✅ Scroll down to Write A Customer Review
✅ Share your thoughts!
Thank you for supporting authors! #booksky
March 5, 2025 at 11:08 PM
You can leave a review on Amazon even if you bought the book somewhere else (or got it from the library)
✅ Go to the book’s Amazon page
✅ Scroll down to Write A Customer Review
✅ Share your thoughts!
Thank you for supporting authors! #booksky
✅ Go to the book’s Amazon page
✅ Scroll down to Write A Customer Review
✅ Share your thoughts!
Thank you for supporting authors! #booksky
So adorable -- right before I dropped off my ballot for our special primary for County Executive, there was a family dropping off theirs. A mom with her two voting age kids, all taking photos of voting together. I wonder if it's their first election? Loved seeing that. #voted #electionday
March 4, 2025 at 3:12 PM
So adorable -- right before I dropped off my ballot for our special primary for County Executive, there was a family dropping off theirs. A mom with her two voting age kids, all taking photos of voting together. I wonder if it's their first election? Loved seeing that. #voted #electionday
🎉 I can wear earrings again! 🎊
Earrings always irritated my ears. So I got these adorable ink jar earrings from Earrings by Emma, which use plastic posts, & they work! Totally sporting at Malice Domestic next month.
Not an ad. I get nothing for sharing. Just thought they were cute 🥰
Earrings always irritated my ears. So I got these adorable ink jar earrings from Earrings by Emma, which use plastic posts, & they work! Totally sporting at Malice Domestic next month.
Not an ad. I get nothing for sharing. Just thought they were cute 🥰
March 3, 2025 at 10:23 PM
🎉 I can wear earrings again! 🎊
Earrings always irritated my ears. So I got these adorable ink jar earrings from Earrings by Emma, which use plastic posts, & they work! Totally sporting at Malice Domestic next month.
Not an ad. I get nothing for sharing. Just thought they were cute 🥰
Earrings always irritated my ears. So I got these adorable ink jar earrings from Earrings by Emma, which use plastic posts, & they work! Totally sporting at Malice Domestic next month.
Not an ad. I get nothing for sharing. Just thought they were cute 🥰
Yesterday, I emailed libraries asking them to consider adding Crime and Parchment to their collections—and I wasn’t sure if I’d hear back.
WOW! I’ve already heard from libraries across the country, including in OH, MA, GA, & TX, saying they’re interested. #booksky #librarysky #cozymystery
WOW! I’ve already heard from libraries across the country, including in OH, MA, GA, & TX, saying they’re interested. #booksky #librarysky #cozymystery
February 25, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Yesterday, I emailed libraries asking them to consider adding Crime and Parchment to their collections—and I wasn’t sure if I’d hear back.
WOW! I’ve already heard from libraries across the country, including in OH, MA, GA, & TX, saying they’re interested. #booksky #librarysky #cozymystery
WOW! I’ve already heard from libraries across the country, including in OH, MA, GA, & TX, saying they’re interested. #booksky #librarysky #cozymystery