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Helen Haught Fanick

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in Reader, West Virginia, The United States
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Mystery & Thrillers

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Helen Haught Fanick is a member of a large family of writers. Her mother published many children's stories, her brother is a newspaper editor and nonfiction writer, her son is a successful mystery novelist, and nearly everyone else in the family writes poetry or short stories.

Helen grew up in West Virginia and now lives in Texas, and both states provide settings for her novels. Her work includes cozy mysteries, suspense novels, a World War II espionage novel, and short stories, all available through Amazon for Kindle. The novels are also available in paperback.

A short story impressed Helen’s fifth grade teacher, and she’s been writing ever since. She’s won several local and state awards and two national awards in the Writer’s Digest Competi ...more

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Who is your favourite cozy author and did s/he influence your writing?
Helen Haught Fanick Agatha Christie is my favorite, and also my idol and inspiration. I especially love the Hercule Poirot stories. I think Agatha's influence can be seen…m´Ç°ù±ðAgatha Christie is my favorite, and also my idol and inspiration. I especially love the Hercule Poirot stories. I think Agatha's influence can be seen in my cozies in this way: Her mysteries aren't as light and humorous as most of those being written today, and I believe mine fall somewhere between. Compare the covers of my novels with most of the cozies published these days, and you can see the difference there, too. Thanks for asking!(less)
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Your work spans several genres. How do you manage to keep them apart - or do they cross over sometimes?
Helen Haught Fanick I think I manage to keep my novels apart, genre-wise, because I read a variety of genres. I've become familiar with each classification in this way. H…m´Ç°ù±ðI think I manage to keep my novels apart, genre-wise, because I read a variety of genres. I've become familiar with each classification in this way. However, I have a couple of books that have been hard to classify - City Life and Saving Susie - and I guess that's because those two cross over to an extent. When I have to define their genre, I label them suspense novels, but City Life, especially, has elements of the cozy. I think classifying books is a problem for all authors who write as I do--thinking about what I want to write rather than what category the book will fit into. Good question, Yvonne. Thanks.(less)
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Two books in my Moon Mystery Series are on sale today through Monday for 99 cents. You can find links to Moonflowers and Evil Under The Moon on my Amazon author page:
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“Math teachers, even retired ones, have that air of authority that’s effective against the Davids of the world.”
― Helen Haught Fanick, Moon Signs
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“do we ever know what someone else is capable of?”
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Mar 17, 2015 09:32AM

Helen Haught Fanick Dillon wrote: "Helen, thank you for accepting my friend request.
I've downloaded and look forward to reading City Life.
Wishing you the very best!"

Thanks, Dillon! I hope you enjoy City Life.


message 1: by Dale (last edited Jul 19, 2014 02:57PM)
Jun 23, 2014 07:49AM

Dale Thele Helen, thank you for accepting my friend request.
I've downloaded and look forward to reading City Life.
Wishing you the very best!


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