Tammie Painter

Author of humorous fantasy whodunits full of mythical misfits and magical mishaps. THE RAMBLING BIO... Many moons ago I was a scientist in a neuroscience lab where I got to play with brains and illegal drugs. Now, I take wickedly strong tea and turn it into comic fantasy whodunits full of mythical misfits and magical mishaps that I hope give you a giggle. My tales run the gamut from the ever-expanding Cassie Black Trilogy with its wryly humorous paranormal mysteries to the comical cozy fantasy mysteries in The Circus of Unusual Creatures, and from light-hearted novellas celebrating my love of books to short fiction in which I really flex my myth-loving and humor-craving muscles! When I’m not creating worlds or killing off characters, I can be found gardening, planning my next travel adventure, concocting some sort of mess in the kitchen, or working as an unpaid servant to three cats and a guinea pig. THE QUICK AS YOU CAN STORY BEHIND MY BOOKS... My fascination for myths, history, and how they interweave inspired my two historical fantasy series, The Osteria Chronicles and my second series, Domna. But all those ancient myths and angst-ridden heroes got a bit too serious for someone with a strange sense of humor and odd way of looking at the world. So, while sitting at my grandmother’s funeral, my brain came up with an idea for a contemporary fantasy trilogy that’s filled with magic, mystery, snarky humor, and the dead who just won’t stay dead. That idea turned into The Cassie Black Trilogy, which has turned into a fan favorite. Then, because writer brains are weird, a simple elephant story I had in mind somehow morphed into a "hilarious" cozy fantasy series with a detecting dragon. So, if you like comic fantasy whodunits that mix in laughs with murderous mayhem, mythical beasts, and a staggering variety of omelets, you’ll want to check out my Circus of Unusual Creatures mysteries! My Books THE CASSIE BLACK TRILOGY (a laugh-out-loud paranormal mystery sort of thing) The Undead Mr Tenpenny The Uncanny Raven Winston The Untangled Cassie Black The Unusual Mayor Marheart (coming soon) The Unbearable Inspector Oberlin (coming soon) The Unexpected Matthew Hopkins (coming soon) THE CIRCUS OF UNUSUAL CREATURES (comic fantasy whodunits with mythical creatures and murderous mayhem) Hoard It All Before Tipping the Scales Fangs a Million Beast or Famine STAND ALONES The Unwanted Inheritance of the Bookman Brothers The Great Escape: 15 Tales of Humor, Myth, and Magic Day Sixteen: A Supernatural Thriller THE OSTERIA CHRONICLES (historical fantasy with a mythological twist) The Trials of Hercules (FREE on most retailers) The Voyage of Heroes The Maze of Minos The Bonds of Osteria The War of Ares The Return of Odysseus DOMNA: A SERIALIZED NOVEL OF OSTERIA (historical fantasy with a ruthless female lead) Domna: The Complete Series (omnibus) Part One: The Sun God's Daughter (FREE on most retailers) Part Two: The Solon's Son Part Three: The Centaur's Gamble Part Four: The Regent's Edict Part Five: The Forgotten Heir Part Six: The Solon's Wife