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About Thomas Kies

Author of the Geneva Chase Mystery Series, Thomas Kies lives and writes on a barrier island on the coast of North Carolina with his wife, Cindy. He has a long career working for newspapers and magazines, primarily in New England and New York, and is currently working on his next novel. You can learn more about him at thomaskiesauthor.com.

Head Hopping

By Thomas Kies|2024-10-14T21:55:07-04:00October 14th, 2024|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: craft, critique groups, fiction, novel writing|

For the last few months, I’ve been mentoring a critique group that meets every Monday night at a local wine bar. The perfect location for the perfect Cabernet or Malbec and pleasant discussions about writing. Most of the members of the critique group are holdovers from my last creative writing class. Once the class was over,

Mystery Series Week Update from Boucheron 2023

By Thomas Kies|2023-10-03T10:35:55-04:00October 3rd, 2023|Categories: News|

Last month, I had the pleasure of attending Bouchercon 2023. The Anthony Boucher Memorial World Mystery Convention is an annual conference of creators and devotees of mystery and detective fiction. It is named in honor of writer, reviewer, and editor Anthony Boucher, and pronounced the way he pronounced his name, rhyming with "voucher." Unarguably the