WATERFORD — All about books: what makes a good mystery? Join us for a virtual ZOOM event with Maine authors Bruce Robert Coffin and Judith Green. Hosted by the Waterford Library Tuesday March 2 at 6:30 p.m. Go to waterfordmainelibrary.org or email waterfordmelibrary@gmail.com for link.

Judith Green is a story-teller and mystery writer who has written 26 high-interest/low-level novels and stories for adult new readers. For many years she was Adult Education Director for eleven rural towns in western Maine. Her mysteries have been in 15 issues of the New England Crime “Level Best” anthologies. “A Good, Safe Place,” published in 2010 in Thin Ice, was nominated for an Edgar®. Her modern epistolary story, “Dear Manuel,” chronicles her ongoing character, Margery Easton. “Breaking In” was published in this year’s Level Best anthology and, set in a small town that would look awfully familiar to folks around here. She is currently seeking a publisher for her first book, “Don’t Bet the Farm,” and has started working on another. Green lives in a home she and her husband built, next to an ancestral family home in North Waterford, Maine.

Award-winning writer and retired police officer, Bruce Robert Coffin is the author of the bestselling Detective Byron mysteries. As a detective sergeant, he supervised all homicide and violent crime investigations for Maine’s largest city. Following the terror attacks of September 11, 2001, Bruce spent 4 years investigating counter-terrorism cases for the FBI, earning the Director’s Award, the highest award a non-agent can receive. Coffin made his fiction debut in 2015 with the short story, “Foolproof.” It was included in Best American Mystery Stories 2016. Bruce has now penned numerous short stories and novels, including “Beyond the Truth”, Silver Falchion Award Winner for Best Procedural, Agatha Award Nominee for Best Contemporary Novel, and Maine Literary Award Nominee for Best Crime Fiction. His fourth and latest book is “Within Plain Sight.” He is a member of International Thriller Writers, Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, and the Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance. He is a regular contributor to Murder Books blogs and resides in Maine with his wife.

The All About Books series offers Maine authors a platform to talk about their evolving journey. Challenges of the past year have made these conversations especially poignant.

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