Susan Elia MacNeal
@susaneliamacneal.bsky.social
WSJ crossword puzzle clue. NYT-bestselling novelist. Edgar nominee, Barry winner, shortlisted for lots of stuff. Novel THE LAST HOPE, the final Maggie Hope mystery, coming out May 21, 2024.
LAST MISSION TO PARIS news! First developmental edit (meaning the editor read it and gave comments, and then I rewrote and edited using said comments) turned in! WHEW!
September 17, 2025 at 2:43 PM
LAST MISSION TO PARIS news! First developmental edit (meaning the editor read it and gave comments, and then I rewrote and edited using said comments) turned in! WHEW!
Honored to chat with @mariahfredericks.bsky.social about her latest novel THE GIRL IN THE GREEN DRESS last night at @P&TKnitwear!
September 3, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Honored to chat with @mariahfredericks.bsky.social about her latest novel THE GIRL IN THE GREEN DRESS last night at @P&TKnitwear!
Taking time away from social media to work on the first pass edits of WONDER GIRLS, my new stand-alone novel.
It's about three women "of a certain age" (and former secret agents) who reunite in 1966 Swinging London to solve a murder (and more)...
Art from Janet Hill Studio
It's about three women "of a certain age" (and former secret agents) who reunite in 1966 Swinging London to solve a murder (and more)...
Art from Janet Hill Studio
May 27, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Taking time away from social media to work on the first pass edits of WONDER GIRLS, my new stand-alone novel.
It's about three women "of a certain age" (and former secret agents) who reunite in 1966 Swinging London to solve a murder (and more)...
Art from Janet Hill Studio
It's about three women "of a certain age" (and former secret agents) who reunite in 1966 Swinging London to solve a murder (and more)...
Art from Janet Hill Studio
“Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility.” — Eleanor Roosevelt
May 26, 2025 at 7:06 PM
“Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility.” — Eleanor Roosevelt
#FridayReads I'm reading (for the first time, I confess) The Maltese Falcon. How have I never read this book?
What are you reading this long weekend? Please tell me in the comments!
What are you reading this long weekend? Please tell me in the comments!
May 23, 2025 at 6:32 PM
#FridayReads I'm reading (for the first time, I confess) The Maltese Falcon. How have I never read this book?
What are you reading this long weekend? Please tell me in the comments!
What are you reading this long weekend? Please tell me in the comments!
So I finally had a FB author post go viral. Was it about my books? No. Was it about writing? No. Was it about publishing? No.
It was about underwear. #igiveup
It was about underwear. #igiveup
May 16, 2025 at 11:50 PM
So I finally had a FB author post go viral. Was it about my books? No. Was it about writing? No. Was it about publishing? No.
It was about underwear. #igiveup
It was about underwear. #igiveup
It's Friday, which means #FridayReads! What are you reading this weekend? I'm looking forward to Cara Black's MURDER IN THE MARAIS—because I just realized that I never actually read the *first* in the long-running series... Silly me. What are you reading? And do you read series in- or out-of-order?
May 16, 2025 at 7:25 PM
It's Friday, which means #FridayReads! What are you reading this weekend? I'm looking forward to Cara Black's MURDER IN THE MARAIS—because I just realized that I never actually read the *first* in the long-running series... Silly me. What are you reading? And do you read series in- or out-of-order?
It's Friday, which means #FridayReads! What are you reading this weekend? I'm looking forward to Cara Black's MURDER IN THE MARAIS—because I just realized that I never actually read the *first* in the long-running series... Silly me. What are you reading? And do you read series in- or out-of-order?
May 16, 2025 at 7:25 PM
It's Friday, which means #FridayReads! What are you reading this weekend? I'm looking forward to Cara Black's MURDER IN THE MARAIS—because I just realized that I never actually read the *first* in the long-running series... Silly me. What are you reading? And do you read series in- or out-of-order?
THE LAST HOPE comes out in paperback Tuesday, May 13! Maggie Hope's final adventure.
May 10, 2025 at 4:56 PM
THE LAST HOPE comes out in paperback Tuesday, May 13! Maggie Hope's final adventure.
#FridayReads! I'm reading Agatha Christie's THE PALE HORSE. It's new-to-me and I'm loving the fact it's a bit later in Dame Agatha's oeuvre (1960). What are *you* reading?
May 9, 2025 at 1:16 PM
#FridayReads! I'm reading Agatha Christie's THE PALE HORSE. It's new-to-me and I'm loving the fact it's a bit later in Dame Agatha's oeuvre (1960). What are *you* reading?
The audiobook of MOTHER DAUGHTER TRAITOR SPY (a stand-alone novel) is now $5.99 on Chirp.
"A 'thoroughly gripping' tale (Booklist) which had Kate Quinn 'riveted from beginning to end.' "
chirpbooks.com/checkout/use....
"A 'thoroughly gripping' tale (Booklist) which had Kate Quinn 'riveted from beginning to end.' "
chirpbooks.com/checkout/use....
April 5, 2025 at 1:10 PM
The audiobook of MOTHER DAUGHTER TRAITOR SPY (a stand-alone novel) is now $5.99 on Chirp.
"A 'thoroughly gripping' tale (Booklist) which had Kate Quinn 'riveted from beginning to end.' "
chirpbooks.com/checkout/use....
"A 'thoroughly gripping' tale (Booklist) which had Kate Quinn 'riveted from beginning to end.' "
chirpbooks.com/checkout/use....
Trans rights are human rights. I (and Maggie Hope) stand with the trans community and am offering a full set of autographed books to support legal defense. Please check it out!
www.32auctions.com/orga.../1248....
www.32auctions.com/orga.../1248....
March 27, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Trans rights are human rights. I (and Maggie Hope) stand with the trans community and am offering a full set of autographed books to support legal defense. Please check it out!
www.32auctions.com/orga.../1248....
www.32auctions.com/orga.../1248....
“The End”—the most wonderful words to type. This is the first draft of my new novel, working title WONDER GIRLS. Elevator pitch is “James Bond Meets the Golden Girls in 1966 Swinging London.” I hope you’ll love it as much as I do! 💕📚
February 9, 2025 at 5:20 PM
“The End”—the most wonderful words to type. This is the first draft of my new novel, working title WONDER GIRLS. Elevator pitch is “James Bond Meets the Golden Girls in 1966 Swinging London.” I hope you’ll love it as much as I do! 💕📚
It's Holocaust Remembrance Day. It's not enough to say "never again." We must work together against genocide.
Alice Neel (American, 1900-1984) Nazis Murder Jews, 1936
Alice Neel (American, 1900-1984) Nazis Murder Jews, 1936
January 27, 2025 at 4:42 PM
It's Holocaust Remembrance Day. It's not enough to say "never again." We must work together against genocide.
Alice Neel (American, 1900-1984) Nazis Murder Jews, 1936
Alice Neel (American, 1900-1984) Nazis Murder Jews, 1936
Are you watching the parade? @noelm.bsky.social "helped" Big Bird on the Sesame Street float!
November 28, 2024 at 2:55 PM
Are you watching the parade? @noelm.bsky.social "helped" Big Bird on the Sesame Street float!
Bill Clinton @billclinton.bsky.social talks about reading THE LAST HOPE in #AARP and calls it a "great historical detective work"! (If you're going to comment, no politics, please and thank you.)
November 21, 2024 at 6:27 PM
Bill Clinton @billclinton.bsky.social talks about reading THE LAST HOPE in #AARP and calls it a "great historical detective work"! (If you're going to comment, no politics, please and thank you.)
Linguini alle Vongole
November 16, 2024 at 10:59 PM
Linguini alle Vongole
If you need some joy today, here are my beloved former editors two turtles enjoying fresh cherries...
February 14, 2024 at 4:15 PM
If you need some joy today, here are my beloved former editors two turtles enjoying fresh cherries...
Turned in the last of the edits to THE LAST HOPE. That's a wrap on Maggie Hope, folks. To Maggie and her friends, and also to my next stand-alone and new series! Cheers!
February 9, 2024 at 4:49 PM
Turned in the last of the edits to THE LAST HOPE. That's a wrap on Maggie Hope, folks. To Maggie and her friends, and also to my next stand-alone and new series! Cheers!
#FridayReads is @jilliancantor's new THE FICTION WRITER! What are you reading this weekend?
December 1, 2023 at 4:05 PM
#FridayReads is @jilliancantor's new THE FICTION WRITER! What are you reading this weekend?
OK, I kinda forgot to post over here, but now I'm doing it! Cover reveal for Maggie Hope's FINAL adventure, THE LAST HOPE! Out May 21, 2024! (I can't figure out the cropping thingie...)
November 19, 2023 at 4:06 PM
OK, I kinda forgot to post over here, but now I'm doing it! Cover reveal for Maggie Hope's FINAL adventure, THE LAST HOPE! Out May 21, 2024! (I can't figure out the cropping thingie...)
So a friend texted to tell me about this—apparently my name (as a mystery writer) is a clue in today's Wall Street Journal #crossword puzzle.... Totally gobsmacked.
October 5, 2023 at 1:50 PM
So a friend texted to tell me about this—apparently my name (as a mystery writer) is a clue in today's Wall Street Journal #crossword puzzle.... Totally gobsmacked.