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"$#!+," writers say

Check out RJ Keller's post on New Wave Authors for the latest video from Paper Rats.

Posted by Helen Smith at 11:00

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Helen Smith lives in London. She's the author of Alison Wonderland, Being Light, The Miracle Inspector and the Emily Castles Mystery Series. She's a member of the Crime Writers Association, The Writers Guild of Great Britain and English PEN.

Twenty-six-year-old Emily Castles teams up with eccentric philosophy professor Dr. Muriel to investigate a murder at a romance writers’ conference in this entertaining British mystery. Buy from Amazon

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