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Barbara Ross wrote the Maine Clambake Mystery novels, which were nominated for multiple Agatha Awards for Best Contemporary Novel and won the Maine Literary Award for Crime Fiction. She received the 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award from the New England Crime Bake and the 2026 Lea Wait Award from the MWPA. www.maineclambakemysteries.com
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Barbara Ross is the author of twelve novels and six novellas in the Maine Clambake Mystery series. Her books were nominated for multiple Agatha Awards for Best Contemporary Novel and won the Maine Literary Award for Crime Fiction. She received the 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award from the New England Crime Bake and the 2026 Lea Wait Award from the MWPA.
Barbara also wrote the Jane Darrowfield Mysteries. Her first novel was The Death of an Ambitious Woman. She is the author of numerous short stories and a former co-editor/co-publisher of the Best New England Crime Stories series. Her website is www.maineclambakemysteries.com
For more about Barbara
Retirement renaissance: Exploring second careers later in life
Crime on the Half Shell in the Penn Gazette
Sister to Sister: Barbara Ross
Hank Phillippi Ryan Asks Barbara Ross Not Quite Twenty Questions here.
Click here to read an interview with Barbara by Down East Editor in Chief and author Paul Doiron.
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