The man’s body was surrounded by pieces of Chocolate Chip Crunchies, which are Hannah’s popular cookies. However, life in quiet Lake Eden changed when a delivery man was found dead behind Hannah’s bakery. In the first book, Shocolate Chip Cookie Murder, life was being kind and great to Hannah except for her mother’s attempts to find a man for her to marry. Hannah is known for her unique recipes for cakes and for her penchant in solving murder cases. The central character in these mystery series is a girl named Hannah Swensen, who owns Cookie Jar, a bakeshop, in Lake Eden, Minnesota. Joanne Fluke is the author of the Hannah Swensen Mystery Series, with Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder and Strawberry Short Cake Murder as the first two books. She has also written Regency Romance Books under the name Kathryn Kirkwood and some romantic suspense thrillers under the pseudonym Jo Gibson. There are Aside from suspense and thrill, the Hannah Swensen Mystery books feature recipes for cakes and cookies. Women are lured by her books not only for the thrill and suspense but also for the unique recipes for cakes and cookies that they can find from the books. Lake Eden is similar to her hometown and Hannah’s bakery and recipes came from the recipes of cookies and cakes that her grandmother and mother baked when she was still a small child. The stories reflect much of Joanne’s girlhood in Minnesota. Among her popular works is the Hannah Swensen Mystery Series, for which she became famous.Īll books have one central character, Hannah Swensen, a woman who owns a bakery in Lake Eden, Minnesota. The family now lives in Southern California with their three dogs. Joann married a television scriptwriter writer with whom she would discuss her ideas about a new book until she finds a clear idea on how to make it work. Aside from being an author of mystery books, romance novels, suspense thrillers, and a cook book, Joanne had also worked as a teacher in a public school, a script writer, a legal and corporate secretary, a secretary in a pharmaceutical, a cook, an assistant to a florist, a computer consultant, an assistant to a private detective, a host of a TV quiz show, a caterer, party planner, and psychologist. Her friends love the mystery parties that she hosts for them. She loves to read, paint, target shoot, and cook. She studied clinical psychology and has worked as a counselor with adults and children. ![]() Joanne grew up surrounded by friendly neighbors who live in peace and lead good lives. Lake Eden was like her old hometown, which she described as having very harsh winter and with many lakes. Her life as a child until she grew into a young woman was later echoed in her Hannah Swensen Mystery Series. She would then start mulling over on the possibility that the death was caused by a foul play, which means, the person was murdered. Personal Lifeĭeath was not new to her because her father was an undertaker and when she was old enough to understand some of the medical words used in describing a person’s cause of death, she would examine the death certificates in her father’s office and to see the cause of death. She came from a family of bakers and at the age of four, she would stand on a stool and stir what is in the mixing bowl that her mother and grandmother is concocting for their cookies and cakes. She was born in Januin Swanville, at that time a small and quiet town in Minnesota. Joanne Fluke is the author of more than 20 best selling novels. Gingerbread Cookie Murder (With: Laura Levine)
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