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Laura Childs

(Gerry Schmitt)

About Laura Childs

Laura Childs is a pseudonym for Gerry Schmitt, former owner/CEO/Creative Director of a marketing/advertising firm in Minneapolis. Laura Childs is the bestselling author of the Tea Shop Mystery series and the Scrapbook Mystery series. She is a consummate tea drinker, scrapbooker, and dog lover, and travels frequently to China and Japan with Dr. Bob, her professor husband.

New and Forthcoming Hardbacks

Death Swatch
(Scrapbooking Mysteries, book 5)

Oolong Dead
A Tea Shop Mystery (Tea Shop Mysteries, book 10)

New and Forthcoming Paperbacks

Dragonwell Dead
(Tea Shop Mysteries, book 8)

Eggs in Purgatory
(Cackleberry Club Mystery, book 1)

The Silver Needle Murder
(Tea Shop Mysteries, book 9)

Series

Tea Shop Mysteries
1. Death by Darjeeling (2001)
2. Gunpowder Green (2002)
3. Shades of Earl Grey (2003)
4. English Breakfast Murder (2003)
5. The Jasmine Moon Murder (2004)
6. Chamomile Mourning (2005)
7. Blood Orange Brewing (2006)
8. Dragonwell Dead (2007)
9. The Silver Needle Murder (2008)
10. Oolong Dead: A Tea Shop Mystery (2009)

Scrapbooking Mysteries
1. Keepsake Crimes (2003)
2. Photo Finished (2004)
3. Bound for Murder (2004)
4. Motif for Murder (2006)
5. Frill Kill (2007)
5. Death Swatch (2008)
Death by Design (omnibus) (2006)

Cackleberry Club Mystery
1. Eggs in Purgatory (2008)

Links to other websites

laurachilds.com

Laura Childs recommends

Knit One, Kill Two (2005)
(Knitting Mystery, book 1)
Maggie Sefton
"Cozy up with a great new author. Knit One, Kill Two has well-drawn characters and a wickedly clever plot."

Wreath of Deception (2006)
(Craft Corner, book 1)
Mary Ellen Hughes
"An elegantly crafted mystery."

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