NANCY MEHL loves the mystery genre. “I grew up on Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys,” she says. Although she started writing at a young age, she didn’t get serious about it until she was in her forties. “For many years, I’d toyed with the idea of writing a novel,” Nancy says. “Then when I watched Murder, She Wrote, I said, ‘That’s what I want to do!'”
She has published seven novels and one compilation book, COZY IN KANSAS, which chronicles the adventures of Ivy Towers in three different cozy mysteries. Her newest series, the CURL UP AND DYE MYSTERIES, introduces Hilde Higgins, a young woman with an unusual job. “I actually came up with this idea one day while I was brainstorming with my agent. We were talking about all of the odd “hooks” used by mystery writers. My agent mentioned hairdressers and I brought up funeral homes. As a joke, I told her I should create a hairdresser who works in funeral homes. We laughed about it, but the idea wouldn’t go away. After a little research, CURL UP AND DYE was born. It’s a hoot to write!” CURL UP AND DYE will come out in 2009.
Nancy lives in Wichita, Kansas with her husband Norman. She has a grown son, Danny, who is a talented graphic designer. She runs a HUD program for the city of Wichita and works with a wonderful volunteer organization, Wichita Homebound Outreach. She has a Web site: www.nancymehl.com and a blog www.nancymehl.blogspot.com. She loves to hear from readers. You can e-mail her at nancymehlbooks@hotmail.com.