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Ellen Byron

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Ellen is the bestselling, Agatha Award-winning author of the Cajun Country Mysteries, the Vintage Cookbook Mysteries, and the Catering Hall Mystery series, which she writes under the name Maria DiRico.

Ellen is also award-winning playwright, and non-award-winning TV writer of comedies like WINGS, JUST SHOOT ME, and FAIRLY ODD PARENTS. She has written over two hundred articles for national magazines but considers her most impressive credit working as a cater-waiter for Martha Stewart.

She is a lifetime member of the Writers Guild of America.

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	Plantation Shudders (Cajun Country Mystery, #1) 3.82 avg rating — 4,001 ratings — published 2015 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Body on the Bayou (Cajun Country Mystery, #2) 4.02 avg rating — 2,378 ratings — published 2016 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bayou Book Thief (Vintage Cookbook Mystery, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 2,419 ratings — published 2022 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Cajun Christmas Killing (Cajun Country Mystery, #3) 4.07 avg rating — 1,929 ratings — published 2017 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mardi Gras Murder (Cajun Country Mystery, #4) 4.05 avg rating — 1,905 ratings — published 2018 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Very Woodsy Murder (Golden Motel Mysteries, #1) 3.46 avg rating — 2,118 ratings — published 2024 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Murder in the Bayou Boneyard (Cajun Country Mystery, #6) 4.14 avg rating — 1,350 ratings — published 2020 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fatal Cajun Festival (Cajun Country Mystery, #5) 4.11 avg rating — 1,294 ratings — published 2019 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wined and Died in New Orleans (Vintage Cookbook Mystery, #2) 4.09 avg rating — 1,201 ratings — published 2023 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cajun Kiss of Death (Cajun Country Mystery, #7) 4.23 avg rating — 1,007 ratings — published 2021 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Grey Wolf (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #19)

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The Body in the Fjord (Faith Fairchild, #8)

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Murder in Preemption

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“Some nasty old fart and his weird wife died, but the airboat swamp tour was awesome.” She”
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“That's what I love about vintage cookbooks," Ricky said. "They're an amazing window into how life was lived in past decades and how our eating habits have changed.”
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