Tucson Festival of Books

Misfits, Meddlers and Murder


Authors Margot Douaihy, Mariah Fredericks, and Joshua Moehling have come to the festival with characters who surprise us, delight us, and take us down unexpected roads. How do they begin developing the characters who live in their books?


Panelists
Margot Douaihy

Margot Douaihy's debut mystery, "Scorched Grace," won the Pinckley Prize for Crime Fiction and was named one of the Best Crime Novels of the Year by The New York Times, The Guardian, and CrimeReads....

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Mariah Fredericks

Mariah Fredericks is the author of the Jane Prescott mystery series, set in 1910s New York, and has twice been nominated for the Mary Higgins Clark Award. She graduated from Vassar College with a degree in history and was the head copywriter for Book of the Month Club....

Joshua Moehling

Joshua Moehling is the USA Today bestselling author of the Ben Packard series. His first book, "And There He Kept Her," was a Barnes & Noble monthly mystery/thriller pick and selected as best mystery by both Apple and Amazon editors....

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Books:
Divine Ruin
A Sister Holiday Mystery
Margot Douaihy
Mystery / Thrillers
Dark Horse Comics
January 2026
ISBN 9781638931980
288 pages
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The Girl in the Green Dress
A Mystery Featuring Zelda Fitzgerald
Mariah Fredericks
Mystery / Thrillers
St. Martin's Publishing Group
September 2025
ISBN 9781250367518
336 pages
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A Long Time Gone
Joshua Moehling
Mystery / Thrillers
Sourcebooks, Incorporated
November 2025
ISBN 9781728279039
400 pages
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