Today we are excited to host author Tracey Sheffield, writing under the name TK Sheffield. She writes mysteries and screenplays for readers and viewers who want to laugh and escape. She grew up in Madison, but as a horse-obsessed teen, she bolted to the country as fast as she could. She has degrees from UW-Madison and Mount Mary University, and in addition to writing comic cozy mysteries—whodunnits served with a brandy old-fashioned and a side of cheese curds—she pens romantic comedies and children’s horse stories. She and her semi-retired pilot husband reside in rural Wisconsin, where, ironically, her head is in the clouds, imagining characters and stories, and his feet are firmly planted on the ground.
Her debut comic cozy mystery, Model Suspect, released in November ’23 and has received six awards:
- RWA Honorable Mention for Excellence in Mystery
- Southwest Writers Best First Chapter award
- Top 100 Notable Indie, Shelf Unbound magazine
- Purple Dragonfly winner
- Chanticleer Book Awards semi-finalist (finals TBA)
- Reader Views Bronze Award for Holiday/Seasonal Stories
Its sequel, Model Wave, releases in June ’24.
Links:
- Website - https://tksheffieldwriter.com/
- Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/thebackyardmodel/
- Frankie's Book Nook Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/frankiesbooknook/
- Blackbird Writers substack - https://blackbirdwriters.substack.com/
- Vellum writing software - https://vellum.pub/
- Atticus writing software - https://www.atticus.io/
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