9 Louise Penny
In 1996 Louise Penny wrapped up an 18-year career as a CBC broadcast
journalist in order to write. Unfortunately her new career began with a
five-year case of writer’s block, but once she abandoned all further
attempts at historical fiction and turned instead to mystery writing, it
didn’t take long for her to become a best-selling author. With her
latest, The Brutal Telling (Headline Publishing Group), her Three
Pines Mystery series now numbers five. The books are set in and around
the small Quebec village of Three Pines, an area with a disproportionate
number of murders. The complex police procedurals are full of fascinating
characters and feature Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, a latter day mix of
Agatha Christie’s Poirot and Georges Simenon’s Chief Inspector Maigret.
Critics love the books, fans worldwide are keeping them on bestseller
lists, and awards (including a nomination for a third Agatha Award) keep
rolling in.
Louise Penny lives with her husband in a United Empire Loyalist cottage
in Quebec’s Eastern Townships.
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