Ann Parker is the award-winning author of the Silver Rush mystery series set in 19th century Colorado. And yes, that is Silver Rush as distinct from the possibly more well known Gold Rush.

Hi there I’m your host, Jenny Wheeler and today Ann talks about how a close family relationship led to her writing the Colorado based Silver Rush series, how she's combined being a science writer by day with being a fiction writer by night, and why she says being a science writer has been a big advantage in writing the series.

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Links to this episode

Leadville Colorado  https://www.leadville.com/

Barbara Hambly Benjamin January series: https://www.goodreads.com/series/50581-benjamin-january 

Louisa Locke:  https://mlouisalocke.com/https://www.goodreads.com/series/50581-benjamin-january

Marcia Muller and Bill Pronzini mysteries:  https://www.amazon.com/Books-Marcia-Muller-Bill-Pronzini/

Carpenter and Quincannon series:  https://us.macmillan.com/series/carpenterandquincannon

Sulari Gentile, Rowland Sinclair mysteries: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3856582.Sulari_Gentill

Kerry Greenwood: Phryne Fisher series: http://phrynefisher.com/

Michelle Black, Victorian West mysteries:  https://www.michelleblack.com/

Edgar Allan Poe: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Allan_Poe

Camille Minichino, the Periodic Table mysteries:  http://www.minichino.com/

Silver Lies: https://www.amazon.com/Silver-Lies-Ann-Parker-audiobook/dp/B00A31112C/

Iron Ties:  https://www.amazon.com/Iron-Ties-Silver-Rush-Mysteries-ebook/dp/B07VMH5B8C/

Fort Sumter: https://www.battlefields.org/learn/civil-war/battles/fort-sumter

Where to find Ann Parker online

Website: annparker.net

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/annparker.writer

Email: [email protected]

But now here's our show.

Introducing historical mystery author Ann Parker

Jenny Wheeler: Hello there Ann, and welcome to the show. It's great to have you with us.

Ann Parker - Historical mystery author of Silver Rush Colorado series

Ann Parker: Oh, and it's so great to be here. Thank you, Jenny.

Jenny Wheeler: Now just to get our geography straight before we begin. You are in Northern California and I'm in New Zealand and we're about 16 hours apart. I'm right about Northern California, am I?

Ann Parker: That's correct. Yep. About 50 miles away from San Francisco. Most people know of San Francisco, so yeah.

Jenny Wheeler: That's not that far. I must assume that I have driven up that Captain Cook Highway in the part in the past.

Ann Parker: Oh, Captain Cook Highway? I don't know what that is..

Jenny Wheeler: Oh, I thought that it was the Coastal Road. I thought it was called Captain Cook Highway. Maybe I've got that wrong.

Ann Parker: oh. You could, I think you're talking highway 1 0 1, but in any case along the coast, it's beautiful. Yeah.

Jenny Wheeler: It's gorgeous. You are an award-winning writer with eight books to your credit and they're called the Silver Rush Mystery Series, and they're set initially in Leadville, Colorado, although the most recent book, which we're going to be talking about today, you've moved to San Francisco.