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Joanne McLaughlin
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Novelist. Editor. Optimist, within reason. Obsessive decorator. Sometime trail walker. Longtime journalist (ex-WHYY News, ex-PlanPhilly, ex-Philadelphia Inquirer Business, Features, Suburban Desk). joannemclaughlin.net
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Available now at online booksellers from Celestial Echo Press: Twenty-nine stories about decisions made and not made, including my own "The Strangeness of the Story."
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October 1, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Coming Saturday! Find great stories. Meet fine authors.
September 28, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Join me at noon Saturday, July 19, in Sellersville, PA, where I'll read a little bit of "A Poetic Puzzle" and talk about this cozy mystery. #booksky
July 12, 2025 at 4:43 PM
"A Poetic Puzzle" makes a great Mother's Day gift. It's a good way to de-stress, too. I'll be signing copies Saturday, May 10, at Barnes and Noble, 1708 Chestnut St. in Center City Philly, from 1 to 3 p.m. Stop by and visit.
May 7, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Prose with a bit of verse for National Poetry Month, that's my new novel "A Poetic Puzzle." I'll be signing it from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 12, at Booked on Germantown Avenue in Philly's Chestnut Hill. I like to think of it as tariff relief of a different sort. Join me.
April 11, 2025 at 3:34 PM
April showers won't dampen bright reading spirits this weekend! We're shifting the Skippack Book Fest to Sunday, April 13. Come join me and dozens of other great writers there.
April 9, 2025 at 12:29 PM
I'll be signing "A Poetic Puzzle" from 1 to 3 p.m. this Saturday, March 8, at Barnes & Noble in Plymouth Meeting (PA), at the Metroplex, 2300 Chemical Rd. Let's chat about this cozy romantic mystery. #booksky
March 6, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Join us. I’ll be talking about fiction writing too, of course.
March 2, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Inkwood Books in Haddonfield is always worth the trip. Stop by Saturday, March 1, at noon, and I'll be signing "A Poetic Puzzle," my new romantic mystery. Can't wait for you to meet Mimi Jones, Mike Quinn, and the rest of this quirky crew.
February 24, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Out Feb. 1. Yes, tomorrow!
A POETIC PUZZLE drags you by the heart into a subtle mystery. A stalled poet and part-time pet-sitter receives a surprise delivery from the super-famous poet of the same name—who has disappeared! Jump on board!
—Carol Gyzander, Bram Stoker Award®-nominated suspense author
January 31, 2025 at 2:38 PM
"When a world-renowned poet disappears, her unpublished works inexplicably arrive at Mimi’s door. Is she a suspect or the only one who can solve the puzzle? The unexpected twists and turns of this romantic mystery kept me turning the pages."
—Gail Priest, award-winning author of Soul Dancing
January 28, 2025 at 3:53 PM
January 26, 2025 at 4:38 PM
"McLaughlin crafts a captivating story filled with intrigue, featuring a missing person, an abandoned pet, and a poetry contest that cozy mystery fans will adore. A Poetic Puzzle kept me eagerly turning pages."
—Ellen Butler, international best-selling author of Isabella's Painting
January 24, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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A POETIC PUZZLE is a romantic romp of a mystery that keeps the smiles coming and the pages turning.
— Kelly Simmons, international suspense author
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January 21, 2025 at 4:16 PM
"A POETIC PUZZLE is a fast-paced, clever mystery filled with delicious twists. Readers will be wholly invested in the spunky main character, immediately intrigued and riveted to its pages!"
-Lisa Regan, USA Today & Wall Street Journal bestselling author
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January 17, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Cover reveal for "A Poetic Puzzle," my new romantic mystery. Anticipated Feb. 1 release date by Celestial Echo Press.
December 6, 2024 at 7:45 PM
If you're in the Philly area, join me and 18 others for a holiday authors fair at Keneseth Israel in Elkins Park on Dec. 15. I'll have "Chasing Ashes," my thriller; my Vampires of the Court of Cruelty trilogy (it's a rock band); and a few copies of "Ruth and Ann's Guide to Time Travel, Vol. 1."
December 6, 2024 at 4:47 PM
My life in pinecones: Supersized models my late husband, Paul Hathaway, brought to the marriage; others from my Cheltenham neighborhoods, a few from Philly and Chester County, PA. Most are vintage late 20th century, of worth only to me, but still…
December 3, 2024 at 2:09 PM