Michael

Like reading mysteries? Then check out the Emerson Ward mystery series at www.emersonwardmysteries.com. There you'll find excerpts of all the books in the series, including a sneak peek at Death On A Budget, the sixth, and as yet unpublished, Emerson Ward mystery.To find out more about the writing process and what it's like to be an author, check out my blog entries at http://fivestarauthors.blogspot.com/. Or read commentary by mystery lovers and authors at CrimeSpace .How did I become a mystery author? After stints as a manual laborer, dishwasher, bartender, restaurant manager, commercial photographer, magazine editor and public relations executive, I decided life should imitate art. I'm now a freelance writer and marketing communications consultant specializing in food and beverage (because he loves to eat). I'm also a certified food safety instructor. I grew up on a farm in northern Illinois and lived in Chicago for 20 years. I live with the love of my life and three of our four children outside Seattle. I'm a member of Mystery Writers of America and the Authors Guild. I've published five novels in the Emerson Ward series (An Option On Death, Little Use For Death, Death Came Dressed In White, A Forever Death, and Death Is No Bargain).My stand-alone novel, Island Life, the story of an ordinary suburban man's race against time to find out why his wife has disappeared before he loses his children, his freedom and possibly his life, will be published in March, 2008 by Five Star. The sixth Emerson Ward mystery, Death On A Budget, will be published soon after. And I'm now hard at work on a brand new mystery series set in Seattle. To find out more, please visit my Web site at www.michaelwsherer.com.