Julia Spencer-Fleming, honored guest at Murder in the Magic City 2014

Julia Spencer-Fleming

I met Julia Spencer-Fleming in May 2002 at my first Malice Domestic conference when her book, In the Bleak Midwinter, published as the 2001 winner of the St. Martin Minotaur’s “Best First Traditional Mystery” contest, received the Agatha award for Best First Novel. Born at Plattsburgh Air Force Base, she moved often with her military family, then studied acting and history at Ithaca College, and received her J.D. from the University of Maine School of Law. She has received the Anthony, Macavity, Dilys, Barry, Nero Wolfe, and Gumshoe Awards, and has been an Edgar and Romantic Times RC Award finalist.