be a detective or a mystery author
26th June 2017 | for Creatives | reading, books, mystery, writing, inspiration/the muse, libraries, Hank Phillippi Ryan |
"I have always wanted to write mysteries, ever since I was a little girl growing up in rural Indiana. We used to ride our ponies to the library and fill up the saddlebags with books, and then read up on the hayloft of the barn behind our house. I fell in love with Hercule Poirot, Sherlock Holmes, and Nancy Drew. And that's when I decided I wanted to either be a detective or a mystery author."
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