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The Many Lives of Delia C. Pitts

Crime Writers of Color

Release Date: 11/16/2022

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Gigi Pandian—co-founder of Crime Writers of Color—returns to talk with Robert Justice about the latest installment in the Secret Staircase Mysteries. Plus we get an update on her Accidental Alchemist and Jaya Jones series. Links

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ttica Locke, author of the Highway 59 series is interviewed by Robert Justice. Links

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Amina Akhtar, author of Almost Surely Dead is interviewed by Robert Justice. Links Subscribe to the Crime Writers of Color Podcast:

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Danielle Arceneaux, author of Glory Be is interviewed by Robert Justice. Links Subscribe to the Crime Writers of Color Podcast:

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Erin E. Adams, author of Jackal is interviewed by Robert Justice. Links Subscribe to the Crime Writers of Color Podcast:

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Shelly Ellis, author of over a dozen novels including The Three Mrs. Greys Series and Not So Perfect Strangers, is interviewed by Robert Justice. Links

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Alessandra Harris, author of the Last Place Seen, is interviewed by Robert Justice. Alessandra Harris doesn't shy away from controversial topics, and writes books that reflect the diversity of her world. In addition to writing fiction, Alessandra is an advocate for mental health and racial justice. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and four children. Her debut novel, Blaming the Wind, was published by Red Adept Publishing in 2016, followed by Everything She Lost in 2018, and Last Place Seen in 2022. Her first non-fiction title, In the Shadow of Freedom: A Catholic Call...

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Esme Addison, author of the Enchanted Bay Mysteries, is interviewed by Robert Justice. Links

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Robert Justice interviews Delia C. Pitts, author of the Ross Agency Mystery series.

Born and raised in Chicago, Delia graduated from Oberlin College with a Bachelor’s degree in history. After working as a journalist, she earned a Ph.D. in African history from the University of Chicago. She is a former university administrator and U.S. diplomat. Murder My Past is the fifth book in her contemporary noir mystery series. The next entry, Murder Take Two, will be published in 2022. Her short story, “The Killer,” was published in The Chicago Quarterly Review, #31. It was selected for inclusion in Best American Mystery and Suspense 2021. Another story, “A Deadly First,” was published in the 2020 holiday crime anthology, Festive Mayhem. Her short story, “Talladega 1925,” was published in The Chicago Quarterly Review, #33. She is an active member of Sisters in Crime and Crime Writers of Color. Her next novel, featuring small town African American private investigator Vandy Myrick, will be published by Minotaur in 2024.

Delia and her husband live in central New Jersey and have twin sons living in Texas.