Sharon Rose Mierke

"I'm not sure when someone decides to become a writer. I was once asked why I started and I said, 'I was tired of reading so decided to start writing!' Some dream about it but never do it and others are foolish enough to try. I have always loved Daphne DuMaurier's quote: 'Writers should be read and not seen or heard.' I loved the thought of writing but having anonymity at the same time. I doubt that can be achieved in today's world. I write to be true to myself. I share it because I hope others will find joy in reading it." As most writers, Sharon started writing short stories. After having several published and finding it hard to squeeze a story into only a few hundred words, she decided to branch out and write novels. Her book, VIRTUAL ENEMIES, is a mystery and introduces readers to Beryl Swallows, a retired police officer and now a private investigator. In this story, she is hired to solve a murder - by the victim herself. A mystery within a mystery. This is the first in the Beryl Swallows mystery series. In the second, CASE CLOSED.not, Beryl finds one of her mother's old diaries and it takes her back into a past she never knew existed. Could her own mother have been a murderer? In DEAD END, Beryl must find a killer before her friend, Sam Gallaway, spends the rest of his life in prison; however, every search ends up in a dead end. Sharon has six current books in the Mabel Wickles mystery series: DECEPTION BY DESIGN, CALAMITY BY THE CAR WASH, COLD CASE CONUNDRUM, FROZEN IDENTITY, MABEL, MURDER & MUFFINS and MEMORIES, MURDER, & MABEL. Mabel is good at finding trouble; however, along with her friend, Flori, and other Parson's Cove citizens, she always seems to find the way out. And find the guilty party! MEMORIES, MURDER & MABEL is the last in the Mabel Wickles cozy mystery series. Mabel is retiring! Besides writing mysteries, Sharon writes historical fiction. Her first historical fiction, SARAH'S VALLEY, carries us on a journey from the east coast of the United States, through the Midwest, and up into Canada. The sequel, RETURN TO SARAH'S VALLEY, continues the story. Now it is Patrick's turn to tell his life story to one of Winnipesaukee's descendants. Her second historical fiction, THE WIDOW'S WALK, centers around life in the early 1800s on the Texas Panhandle and down to the island of Galveston. A family struggles to survive as the Civil War rages and the youngest son leaves home to search for his stepfather. BITTER HONEY is a story told by 103 year old Henrietta, who in the early 1800s traveled with her family from East Tennessee to settle in the west. It was a trip made by thousands, but many did not survive to tell their story. A poem written by the author's mother, Ellen Bunse, in 1929, was the inspiration for the book, OLD HOUSE The house was built in the 1860s and through the next hundred years, you will read of all the people who found shelter within its walls, from a Texas cowboy with a bounty on his head, an old prospector, and a woman seeking refuge. A SIMPLE MAN takes us once again to Montana and the goldrush city of Virginia City. In 1871, Abraham Whitechild, a true mountain man, finds himself in trouble. He is falsely accused of killing a woman and is forced to flee for his life. A group of Blackfoot hunters rescue him and finally he learns about his true identity. BORDER CROSSING is a contemporary novel about a family whose life is turned upside down overnight. The father and daughter are held hostage as the mother is forced to cross the international border into Canada with an accomplice. Plans suddenly change and she is forced to deliver the mysterious package herself. Sharon's books contain no graphic violence, sexual content, or coarse language. Sharon Mierke and her husband live in Manitoba, Canada, where the summers are hot and the winters, cold. Their second home is Galveston, Texas, where they have established many friendships over the past twenty-some years. They have four grown children and four grandchildren. Sharon's hobbies include reading, scrapbooking, and photography. Join Sharon on Facebook and Instagram.