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Judy Alter

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Mystery, Women & Gender Studies, Historical Fiction

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Susan Wittig Albert, numerous western writers including Jeannie Willia ...more

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After an established career writing historical fiction for adults and young adults about women of the nineteenth-century American West, Texas author Judy Alter turned her attention to contemporary cozy mysteries and wrote three series: Kelly O’Connell Mysteries, Blue Plate Café Mysteries, and Oak Grove Mysteries. She has most recently published two titles in her Irene in Chicago Culinary Mysteries--Saving Irene and Irene in Danger.
Her most recent historical books are The Most Land, the Best Cattle: The Waggoners of Texas and The Second Battle of the Alamo, a study in both Texas and women’s history. Judy’s western fiction has been recognized with awards from the Western Writers of America, the Texas Institute of Letters, and the National Cow ...more

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Somehow Monday morning I foundmyself, accompanied by Jordan, in the ER at Harris Methodist Hospital Downtown.A long stretch in the ER told us that my inability to swallow all my meds hadmessed up my Afib so I was on a drip to fix that and had a CT scan whichconfirmed a growth on my epiglottis. All of this was handled professionally andcourteously by really pleasant people, and

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Average rating: 4.04 · 4,847 ratings · 432 reviews · 137 distinct works • Similar authors

	Mattie 4.01 avg rating — 2,888 ratings — published 1988 — 11 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 at the Blue Plate Café (Blue Plate Café Mystery #1) 4.30 avg rating — 284 ratings — published 2013 — 7 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
	Libbie (Real Women of the American West, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 189 ratings — published 1994 — 6 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
	Skeleton in a Dead Space (Kelly O'Connell #1) 3.99 avg rating — 151 ratings — published 2011 — 6 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
	Sundance, Butch And Me (Real Women of the American West, #2) 4.02 avg rating — 132 ratings — published 2002 — 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
	The Gilded Cage 4.08 avg rating — 102 ratings — 2 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 at the Tremont House (Blue Plate Café Mystery #2) 4.18 avg rating — 88 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	No Neighborhood for Old Women (Kelly O'Connell #2) 4.06 avg rating — 82 ratings — published 2012 — 6 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
	Cherokee Rose (Real Women of the American West, #3) 4.04 avg rating — 69 ratings — published 1996 — 5 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 Ballad for Sallie 4.07 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 1992 — 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

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Our People (34 books)
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Judy Alter rated a book it was amazing Murder, She Wrote: Murder Backstage by Jessica Fletcher	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
Traveling with Jessica Fletcher and her crew is always fun. They’re as familiar as old friends, and you feel comfortable with them. And yet, Jessica manages on each so-called vacation to stir things up with a new murder, so the story is always fresh. ...more
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Judy Alter made a comment on The problem that is Russia—and ours " You too are a patriot--and not the showy, flag-waving kind. Keep speaking out. As for "duck and cover," you're that much younger than I am! ...more "
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Judy Alter made a comment on One early Easter morning " Thanks, Lynn. I hope what it says is good. I am, for a woman my age, most blessed with family, friends and .... yes, faith. "
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Judy Alter rated a book it was amazing This Familiar Heart: An Improbable Love Story by Babette Fraser Hale	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
Writing with love and yet a certain clarity, Babette Hale tells the story of her courtship with and marriage to iconic Texas author Leon Hale. From very different backgrounds with different life experiences and expectations and with a twenty-three-ye ...more
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Judy Alter made a comment on My snow day " Thanks. It all seems better today, Wednesday. "
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Judy Alter made a comment on Silence and simplicity " Thanks, Lynn. "
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Judy Alter rated a book it was amazing This Familiar Heart: An Improbable Love Story by Babette Fraser Hale	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
Writing with love and yet a certain clarity, Babette Hale tells the story of her courtship with and marriage to iconic Texas author Leon Hale. From very different backgrounds with different life experiences and expectations and with a twenty-three-ye ...more
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Judy Alter made a comment on The joy of tradition " The girls in my family shoo me out of the kitchen, and truth is with my walker I do get in the way. So I am teaching myself to treasure the memory of ...more "
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“Florence Dodson was murdered the same night that Claire Guthrie shot her husband. For me, the story began with Claire, and I put Mrs. Dodson on the back burner in my mind. That turned out to be a mistake.”
― Judy Alter

tags: cozy-mystery

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“way,”
― Judy Alter, Mattie

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“This time he laughed softly. “You are,”
― Judy Alter, Mattie

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