Joan M. Drury, former publisher of Spinsters Ink and sponsor of Norcroft: A Writing Retreat for Women, lives and writes from her home on the north shore of Lake Superior. She is the author of four novels, including the Tyler Jones mystery series. As a publisher, she was awarded the Publisher Service Award from the Lambda Literary Foundation. She now owns Drury Lane Books in Grand Marais, Minnesota.
Joan Drury’s Tyler Jones mystery trilogy consists of The Other Side of Silence (1993)—a Minnesota Book Award finalist; Silent Words (1996, 2009)—a Mystery Writers of America Edgar Allan Poe Award finalist, a Small Press Book Award finalist, a Midwest Independent Publishers Association Midwest Book Achievement Award merit winner, a Minnesota Book Award winner, a Northeastern Minnesota Book Award winner, and a Publishers Marketing Association Benjamin Franklin Award winner; and Closed in Silence (1998)—a Minnesota Book Award finalist, a Publishers Marketing Association Benjamin Franklin Award finalist, and a Midwest Independent Publishers Association Midwest Book Achievement Award merit winner. In 2000, her latest novel Those Jordan Girls was issued.
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284 pages, paperback
ISBN 978-0-9794883-6-8
