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BIOGRAPHY
C. M. Surrisi has a BFA and a JD, as well as an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts in writing for children and young adults. Her third Quinnie Boyd mystery, A Side of Sabotage, was a 2019 finalist for the Agatha Award. Along with her husband and two cats she lives in St. Paul, MN. She is represented by Kelly Dyksterhouse of The Tobias Literary Agency. She is a member of Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, SCBWI, Women’s National Book Association, National League of American Pen Women, and the Author’s Guild.
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ARTICLES
The Bones of Birka Press Release, 23 February 2023
The Unofficial Lola Bay Fan Club Press Release, 27 March 2023
“Gender and Vikings: Assumptions Can MisDirect Science,” Robin Kirk, Rights in Time, interview, 15 June 2023
“C.M. Surrisi Interview,” It Was a Dark and Stormy Book Club, podcast, 23 February 2023
“New Young Adult Book Explores Archaeology, Gender, and Vikings,” Lydia Moran, Minnesota Women’s Press, 23 February 2023
“ ‘You Know How Actresses Are’ by C.M. Surrisi,” C.M. Surrisi, The First Two Pages, 15 Dec 2020 (Art Taylor’s blog).
“The Traditional Mystery: A Roundtable Discussion,” CrimeReads.com, 1 May 2019, in which “nominees for the Agatha Award Weigh in on the State of the Cozy.” I enjoyed being interviewed for this article for Malice Domestic.
“Late Bloomer: Cynthia Surrisi,” C.M. Surrisi, A is for Aging, B is for Books, 8 Nov 2018 (Lindsey McDivitt’s blog). “I was fortunately born with an indomitable creative spirit. I believe we all are. Mine has survived every attempt to douse it. … ” (download this article as a PDF)
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