Wisconsin author Deb Baker has written two mystery series. The Dolls To Die For series features a Phoenix, Arizona doll collecting club and member Gretchen Birch, who solves murders with her new age Aunt Nina while sharing a doll restoration business with her mother. Deb also wrote the humorous Yooper/backwoods mysteries, centering around a fictitious town in the Michigan Upper Peninsula where Gertie Johnson, mother of the local sheriff, solves murders the old fashioned way with friends Cora Mae and Kitty. Using the pen name Hannah Reed, Deb writes the Queen Bee mystery series about Story Fischer, a Wisconsin beekeeper. The first, Buzz Off, will be published in September.
Deb’s first novel, Murder Passes the Buck, was based on her personal experience growing up in the Michigan Upper Peninsula. The colorful characters she created won her the Authorlink International First Novelist Award in the mystery category, then went on to win Best of Show.