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Bio:
Courtney Lynn Mroch (who also writes as C. Le Mroch) is an award-winning short story writer with 15 first, second and third place, Honorable Mention, and Finalist rankings to her credit. Her books include Beneath the Morvan Moon, Cellfish Ways, and The Hammerhead. She also owns Press Scribe, a press release writing service, and is a Pets Blogger for Families.com.
She's enjoyed many distinctions thus far in her writing career, most notably:
- Cellfish Ways was Echelon Press’s #2 best selling dollar download for 2004; and
- In 2005, Florida Monthly Magazine featured her as one of their
21 Intriguing Floridians because of her commitment to donating a
percentage of her royalties to the Red Cross. (A decision inspired by
her experiences during Florida’s active 2004 hurricane season.)
She currently resides in Nashville, TN with her husband, Wayne Pryor, and the rest of "Team Pryor": Murphy, Mr. Meow, and their newest addition, Tabby.
Extra Tidbits:
- Born and raised in Denver, Colorado
- Attended the University of Arizona. (B.A. Communications; split minor in Political Science and Humanities, 1992)
- Member of: Mystery Writers of America, Romance Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, and United States Masters Swimming
Short Fiction
"The Stakeout" - Flashshot (November 27, 2007)
"The Abductee" - Coffee Cramp eZine (Oct 2007)
"Stiff Competition" + recipes - included in Dastardly Dishes (Oct 2007), SinC Mid TN's cookbook
"That Time of Day" - Writers' Journal (Sep/Oct 2007)
"Cause Celebre" - Mysterical-e (Summer 2007)
"The Clockmaker" - Amazon Shorts (May 18, 2007)
"Heaven and Hell" - Flashshot (March 25, 2007)
"Cassandra" - Flashshot (March 2, 2007)
"Fate's Way" -Writers' Journal (Nov/Dec 2006)
"The Case of Horus, The Golden Falcon" - Mysterical-e (Fall 2006)
"How to Kill an Alien" - Flashshot (June 13, 2006)
“The American Idol” - Flashshot (May 21, 2006)
“The White Spider” - Dragons, Knights and Angels (April 24, 2006) **Reviewed on Tangent Online**
“Before My Eyes” - Flashshot (April 22, 2006)
“Friends With Benefits” - Flashshot (Monday, January 16, 2006 edition)
“The Hammerhead” - Twisted Shift (January 2006)
“The Spy Who Loved Me and How He Did It: Exposed” - Flashshot (Thursday, December 22, 2005 edition)
“A Hairy Situation” - Flashshot (Wednesday, November 2, 2005 edition)
“Vehicular Homicide” - Flashshot (Wednesday, July 20, 2005 edition)
“Stiff Competition” - Orchard Press Mysteries (February 2005)
“The Case of the Mysterious Cigarette Butts” - Orchard Press Mysteries (February 2004)
“Getting Rid of the Competition” – The Murder Hole (June 2003)
“The Danger of Eavesdropping” - Without A Clue (April 2003)
“Skin Ish Ca” - Orchard Press Mysteries (February 2003)
“Banasack the Super Pole vs. The Alamogordo UFO” - A Jealous Mistress (February 2003)
“The Gardner, the Pool Man, the Housekeeper, and the Sugar Daddy” - Without a Clue (September 2002)
“Dat’s How We Do Tings” - Mysterical-E (August 2002)
“The Calacas Killer” - Without a Clue (August 2002)
“A Snaky Deal” - MysteryNet.com (April 2001) – was featured in the The Westing Game, a mysteries and problem solving class at Brigham Young University.
NonFiction
Funds for Writers (February 4, 2007): "A Blogger's Perspective:Pros and Cons of Blogging for a Network"
Funds for Writers (January 27, 2007): "Blogging for Bucks"
DOLL Magazine (August 2006): "Kute Kewpie Smiles"
Writers Journal (May/June Issue 2006): "A Landmark Christmas"
Romantic True Love Stories (April 2006): "Looks Like We Made It: Confessions of a High School Sweetheart"
True Crimes and Beyond (January 2006): “True Identity: 40 Years of Speculation About Who Killed Valerie Percy”
CreatureScape (Issue #6, 2005): “Werewolves Amongst Us”
Folio Weekly (July 26, 2005): “Homeless in Mandarin”
Web Mystery Magazine (Fall 2004): “Defrosting a Cold Case: How Author Dominick Dunne Helped Catch a Killer”
The Florida Palm (Fall 2003): “The Little (e)Book That Could”
The Florida Palm (Summer 2003): “Read a Good eBook Lately?”
The Florida Palm (Spring 2003): “Publishing an E-Book”
The Florida Palm (November/December 2002): “GetItPublished.com: Webzines Want Your Short Stories”
Books edited for NovelBooks, Inc.
Back to Tomorrow by Gwynn Morgan
Love and War by Sandra Worth
Glass House by Ariana and Max Overton
A Glass Darkly by Ariana and Max Overton
Looking Glass by Ariana and Max Overton
Projects for Gale, a business unit of the Thomson Learning division of The Thomson Corporation, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools, and businesses
Leaders of American Business and Industry
Supreme Court Drama series
UXL Encyclopedia of World Biography series
Experiencing the Holocaust series