Book of the Year. Blind Search also won a Dogwise Award. The Hiding Place and The Wedding Plot both appeared on several “Best Of” lists. Home at Night, the fifth book in the series, was inspired by her volunteer work as a Natural Resources Steward of New Hampshire. Along with her love of nature, Munier credits the hero dogs of Mission K9 Rescue, her own rescue dogs, and a deep affection for New England as her series’ major influences. A literary agent by day, she’s also written three popular books on writing: Plot Perfect, The Writer’s Guide to Beginnings, and Writing with Quiet Hands, as well as Happier Every Day and the memoir Fixing Freddie: The True Story of a Boy, a Mom, and a Very, Very Bad Beagle.
[Coffee with a Canine: Paula Munier & Bear; My Book, The Movie: A Borrowing of Bones; The Page 69 Test: A Borrowing of Bones; Writers Read: Paula Munier (October 2019); My Book, The Movie: Blind Search; The Page 69 Test: Blind Search; My Book, The Movie: The Hiding Place; The Page 69 Test: The Hiding Place; Q&A with Paula Munier; My Book, The Movie: The Wedding Plot; The Page 69 Test: The Wedding Plot; Writers Read: Paula Munier (July 2022); Writers Read: Paula Munier (October 2023); My Book, The Movie: Home at Night; The Page 69 Test: Home at Night; My Book, The Movie: The Night Woods; The Page 69 Test: The Night Woods; Writers Read: Paula Munier (October 2024)]
Munier's new Mercy Carr mystery is The Night Woods.
At CrimeReads Munier tagged eight favorite "books and films and TV shows also informed by The Odyssey," including:
The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood, Circe by Madeline Miller, Ithaka by Adele GerasRead about another entry on Munier's list.
A trio of retellings of The Odyssey retold from the perspective of other people in Odysseus’s life: his long-suffering and resourceful wifePenelope; his lover and captor, sorcerer and minor goddess Circe; and his family waiting back home in Ithaca. All are creative and compelling stories in their own right.
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--Marshal Zeringue
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