Sarah Strohmeyer writes Mysteries from a Lighter Side
As a reporter at three newspapers, Sarah Strohmeyer, author of the Bubbles Yablonsky mysteries, has surely seen the darker side of human nature, but her approach to crime writing is anything but. "Enough kidnapped children and mutilated women already! It's sick," she tells the Valley News Dispatch (PA). Strohmeyer's Bubbles is a reporter ("because reporting is gossip") and a part-time hairdresser (!) with an additiction to the 80's hair band Journey. As the fifth book in the series, Bubbles Betrothed debuts, Strohmeyer is making the rounds at book signings and fairs. She likes to connect with her fans because "they energize me and motivate me to write better books," she says. "It's like going to a revival or one of those retreats where you revitalize yourself. After a tour I want to sit down and write!" Read more