![]() ![]() ![]() She has always loved writing short stories since they did not require as much time to write, given that she had small children. Molly Macrae has been writing for over thirty-five years though she came into the public limelight when she started writing novels. She also loves to read, do crossword puzzles, try out new recipes, and find reasons for not doing any weeding or dusting. When she is not writing or editing her novels, she loves to go to the public library where she connects with children. She currently lives in a small ancient house in Champaign, Illinois, in a small neighborhood within walking distance of a park, restaurants, and work. For more than twenty years before she became an established author, Macrae had her short stories featured on Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine. Living in Jonesborough, she worked as a curator of a history museum, and ran the now defunct independent bookstore the “Book Place”. ![]() ![]() The focus on small town living is inspired by Molly Macrae’s life, that for the most part was spent the Blue Ridge Mountains of Tennessee. The Highland Bookshop Mystery series features four women who start new lives in the small town of Inversgail on the Scotland West Coast, where they buy a bookshop. The Haunted Yarn Shop Mystery series are about a textile preservation expert from a little town in Tennessee named Blue Plum, who has to deal with a depressed ghost. Molly Macrae is an American cozy mystery authors who has made a name for herself with the “Highland Bookshop Mysteries” and “The Haunted Yarn Shop Mystery”. ![]()
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