Teresa D'Amario

Hi everyone!  I decided to spend a little time this week visiting with some awesome authors.  First is Elise Wagner, with Scene Stealer, from Carina Press.

Welcome Elise!

Hello: I’m Elise Warner, the author of Scene Stealer and Id like to thank Teresa D’Amario for inviting me to blog on her site.

I’d like to introduce you to a few of my favorite people. The men and women who live in the pages of my cozy mystery have taken over but I’m still enormously fond of them. First, I’d like you to meet Miss Augusta Weidenmaier, a retired schoolteacher and an indomitable woman who understands children and is determined to find Kevin Corcoran. Kevin is the kidnapped nine-year old spokesperson for the Cowboy Bob’s Big, Bad Burger commercials. Kevin’s agent is Abner T. Bean (Abner is a sweet man, too sweet to be an agent.)

Then, there’s my villain. I’ve become rather fond of my villain. His name is Lawrence Dunn and he is a faded Shakespearean actor who believes he is America’s answer to Laurence Olivier.

I mustn’t forget Lieutenant Brown, the police officer in charge of this fast food caper who not only has to find Kevin and his kidnapper, he has to put up with Miss Weidenmaier’s interference. The action takes place in New York City from Greenwich Village to Lincoln Center. Central Park to a television studio where a talk show host named Norman Bottoms will say anything to reach an audience that’s bigger than Letterman’s, Leno’s or Oprah’s.

I’d like to share an excerpt from my cozy, here are the thoughts of Kevin Corcoran, the nine year old boy who has been kidnapped and is locked in the cold basement of an Off-Off- Broadway theatre. A noise wakes Kevin up. The child is cold and frightened.

Could it be a ghost? Ghosts of dead actors wandered around theatres. If this theatre was haunted, he might bump into John Barrymore or Edmund Kean. Would they still be walking around? Maybe they would appear and help him. Probably not. Old actors didn’t like children. Didn’t like dogs either. Called them scene stealers. Ghosts were silly anyway. “I’m too old to believe in ghosts,” he whispered. “Besides ghosts don’t wear shoes. Ghosts glide everywhere—through walls and windows and trees—everywhere.”

I hope you’ll enjoy reading Scene Stealer as much as I enjoyed writing it with the help of my associates – Miss Weidenmaier, Kevin Corcoran, Lawrence Dunn and their friends and adversaries.

Before becoming enthused about writing, I worked in the theatre. I began writing plays – one titled Small Time won the Guinny presented by Theatre Guinevere. Short stories and articles followed and now my cozy. To learn more about Scene Stealer, please check out the following addresses. Scene Stealer may be purchased at Barnes & Noble, Amazon, Carina Press and wherever eBooks are sold. A complimentary copy of Scene Stealer will be given to the person who submits the most interesting comment.

Web: www.elisewarner.com

www.Facebook.com/elisewarnerb

Blog: www.elisewarner.wordpress.com

www.twitter.com/elisewarner

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