Madelyn Alt

Hi everyone... and welcome!
Madelyn Alt here, National Bestselling Author of the witchy & hip Bewitching Mystery Series... .
The Bewitching Mysteries feature small town single girl and fledgling empath Maggie O'Neill, her witchy boss, and an unlikely circle of ghosthunting friends, the N.I.G.H.T.S., as they investigate an increasing level of paranormal disturbance--not to mention a series of unrelated murders--in Maggie's hometown of Stony Mill, Indiana.
In other words, they are:
"One of the most refreshing and endearing protagonists to grace the amateur sleuth genre in years." ~ Paul Goat Allen,
Ransom Notes Mystery Newsletter
You can find excerpts of my books at www.MadelynAlt.com . Feel free to click on over... please! =)
You'll also find me blogging at: MadMadly.blogspot.com .
THE BEWITCHING MYSTERIES:
The Trouble with Magic (Jan. 2006)
A Charmed Death (Dec. 2006)
Hex Marks the Spot (NOW AVAILABLE -- Dec. 2007)
No Rest for the Wiccan, Coming November 4th, 2008!
Books 5, 6, 7, 8 -- pending. Stay tuned!
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Sooooo, about me? The truth is, I'm just your average, run-of-the-mill small town Midwestern girl who was blessed at birth with an active imagination and a steadfast love for the written word. Writing is one of the best jobs in the world, I must say, even taking into consideration the long apprenticeship, the years of rejection, the critics eager to crush you... Did I mention this is the best job in the world? Truly. What other job can you think of that lets you sit around in your pajamas and fuzzy bunny slippers all day and make things up for money?
'Nuff said.
Not to mention, the world is my office. Have laptop, will travel. And that's a Very. Good. Thing.
So what's a nice girl like me doing writing about ghosties, ghoulies, and things that go bump in the night? Truth is, I've always been intrigued with the paranormal. Certain things I've experienced myself have fueled that interest, not to mention the experiences shared with me by others, people whom I trust. Isolated incidents can be explained away; these are not isolated incidents. They are also not the kinds of things that can be proven easily by scientific methods. While that might sound like a pat answer, I've never been convinced that science has enough technology to have the right to pooh-pooh everything away. It seems the height of arrogance to say that anyone, even a group of well-educated people, has all the answers. The fact is, people are experiencing things that their logical minds want to explain away, but can't. That's not to say that science and the mystical won't some day co-exist happily and sensibly, but until that day I think it's possible we're not meant to understand everything. Not yet.
The most important thing about life is the journey. Only at the end should we be able to look back and make sense of the lot of it. Part of the beauty is in the mystery.
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Click here for an exclusive Spotlight Lead Feature interview and review with Barnes & Noble's Ransom Notes mystery newsletter.
B&N Ransom Notes Editor Paul Goat Allen has this to say about A CHARMED DEATH:
"Mystery fans who seek out "feel-good" reads for their literary escapism (books by authors like Janet Evanovich, Charlaine Harris, Kyra Davis, et al.) should definitely check out Alt's Bewitching Mystery saga, which is powered by her Everywoman heroine O'Neill. A small-town girl struggling to find her place in the world, she has an optimistic and idealistic outlook on an oftentimes malevolent and depressing reality -- as well an addiction to old episodes of Magnum P.I. -- that makes her one of the most refreshing and endearing protagonists to grace the amateur sleuth genre in years. Alt certainly picked the right name for this series. It's a bewitching saga by a positively witchy chick. Highly recommended."
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Join me at witchychicks.blogspot.com and take a magical journey with The Witchy Chicks, ten women who love the paranormal, and whose goal it is to create a sisterhood of writers for mutual support and encouragement.
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