“I never read from my books (I’m a terrible reader), but I do tell readers about my journey to publication. That involved 156 rejections before I submitted my unpublished manuscript for The Beggar's Opera to the CWA Debut Dagger Award competition in the UK and was shortlisted.” -Peggy Blair
Join us at Rockcliffe Park to meet author Peggy Blair, the award-winning author of the critically acclaimed Inspector Ramirez mysteries. Peggy will talk about her road to getting published, why she chose to self-publish her most recent novel, Shadow Play, and other interesting stories about her life as an author.
Bio
Peggy Blair is the author of the award-winning and critically acclaimed Inspector Ramirez mysteries, The Beggar’s Opera, The Poisoned Pawn and Hungry Ghosts. She was a lawyer for more than thirty years and in between her writing career she works in real estate in Ottawa.
Ottawa Citizen article about her most recent novel Shadow Play