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SunLit Interview: Mystery master Margaret Mizushima incorporates theme of family

Margaret Mizushima is the author of the award-winning and internationally published Timber Creek K-9 Mysteries. She was named the 2019 Writer of the Year by Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers, and is also a member of Northern Colorado Writers, Sisters in Crime, Pikes Peak Writers, and Women Writing the West. Find her at www.margaretmizushima.com. Tell us […]

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SunLit Excerpt: “Hanging Falls” begins with the requisite body, but also veers into family matters

Friday morning, mid-July  A stitch in her side plagued Deputy Mattie Cobb as she jogged uphill, telling her that her level of anxiety and this form of exercise didn’t mix. Running in the Colorado high country around Timber Creek had soothed her for years, but not today. Her mind kept jumping back to the one […]

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Mattie Cobb and her K-9 Robo search for a possible victim — but their find hints at two kinds of predator

Margaret Mizushima is the author of the award-winning and internationally published Timber Creek K-9 Mysteries. She serves as president for the Rocky Mountain Chapter of Mystery Writers of America, was elected the 2019-2020 Writer of the Year by Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers, and is also a member of Northern Colorado Writers, Sisters in Crime, and […]

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A Colorado author’s novel is full of mystery, but also a narrative that explores all types of love

Margaret Mizushima is the author of the award-winning and internationally published Timber Creek K-9 Mysteries. She serves as president for the Rocky Mountain Chapter of Mystery Writers of America, was elected the 2019-2020 Writer of the Year by Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers, and is also a member of Northern Colorado Writers, Sisters in Crime, and […]

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How a discarded title for her previous book became a Colorado author’s inspiration for the next one

Margaret Mizushima is the author of the internationally published and critically acclaimed Timber Creek K-9 Mysteries, including “Burning Ridge,” named a Best Book of 2018 by Kings River Life. She lives in Colorado on a small ranch with her veterinarian husband where they raised two daughters and a multitude of animals. She can be found […]

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A K-9 detective does his job well, which means Deputy Mattie Cobb has another mystery on her hands

Margaret Mizushima is the author of the internationally published and critically acclaimed Timber Creek K-9 Mysteries, including “Burning Ridge,” named a Best Book of 2018 by “Kings River Life.” She lives in Colorado on a small ranch with her veterinarian husband where they raised two daughters and a multitude of animals. She can be found […]