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“BURROWS-JOHNSON DISPLAYS A FINE EYE FOR DETAIL, A SHARP EAR FOR DIALOGUE, AND A COMMENDABLE COMMITMENT TO TIE UP LOSSE ENDS." Joe Kilgore for The US Review of Books
Greetings to readers and Literary Professionals! I have authored and narrated varied writings, including the award-winning NATALIE SEACHRIST VISIONARY HAWAIIAN COZY MYSTERIES and UNDER SONORAN SKIES PROSE AND POETRY FROM THE HIGH DESERT A six-author anthology. I earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in history with distinction at the University of Hawai?i, where I subsequently studied Asian history during a teaching assistantship in their World Civilizations program. My writing draws on a performing arts background, teaching acting and dance in Honolulu, serving as the Volunteer Talent Coordinator for the Training Division of the Honolulu Police Department, and authoring and co-authoring fiction and non-fiction. My professional memberships include: Mystery Writers of America, the Phi Beta Kappa Society, Phi Alpha Theta, the National Writers Union, The Arizona Authors Association, Sisters in Crime, and Arizona Mystery Writers. I am also a life-time member of the British Association of Teachers of Dancing, Highland Dance Genre.
The award-winning Natalie Seachrist Visionary Hawaiian Cozy Mystery Series presents rich atmospheric stories set in Hawai`i in a classical literary style with beloved characters, Pan-Pacific history, and the intriguing visions of the protagonist.
~ YEN FOR MURDER, 2025
2025 New Mexico Book Awards, FINALIST, Cozy Mysteries
“A flavorful dip into Hawaii’s cross-cultural currents amid cozy mystery sleuthing,” Kirkus Reviews
This fourth mystery in the series opens with the killing of a gentle Buddhist minister at her altar at a Honolulu Jodo Shinshu Temple during the theft of a sacred statue of the Sh?kyamui Buddha. As Natalie and company move into the world of international antiquarian auctions, they discover intriguing Japanese history and philosophy...and the opportunity to purchase of a yacht for future inter-island jaunts!
~ MURDERS OF CONVEYANCE
2019 New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards, WINNER, Fiction-Adventure-Other
"Any murder mystery that involves a cat is a winner from the start!,” Tamara Benson, San Francisco Book Review
For someone seeking fun (except for a couple of homicides), there is my third mystery. In it, Natalie and Ke`oni are delighted to participate in the first Annual Aloha Scavenger Hunt across the island of O`ahu during Chinese New Year. Unfortunately they are soon working again with his former partner, Lt. John Dias of HPD, to explore the relationship between two murders separated by sixty years...and the periodic presence of a mysterious woman in red.
~ MURDER ON MOKULUA DRIVE
2018 New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards, WINNER Cozy Mysteries, WINNER Cover Art
2018 Arizona Literary Excellence Contest, SECOND PLACE Published Literature
“A diverting tale led by a smashing amateur detective whose dexterity far exceeds her paranormal gift,” Kirkus Reviews
This book is ideal if one is intrigued by the escape of a little Jewish girl from Nazis in Denmark during the Second World War. Now an International Human Rights activist, she is one of the neighbors Natalie, Natalie, Ke`oni and Miss Una meet at their new home on Mokulua Drive, where the trio has moved for life in a peaceful seaside abode...as least until another a vision reveals a garroting in their neighborhood and they must join with his former partner at HPD to discover the perpetrator of this heinous crime.
PROSPECT FOR MURDER
2017 New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards, FINALIST, Mystery Suspense and WINNER, Best Cover Design
“A flavorful dip into Hawaii’s cross-cultural currents amid cozy mystery sleuthing,” Kirkus Reviews
In this first Natalie Seachrist Visionary Hawaiian Cozy Mystery, the protagonist seeks resolution of her vision of the horrifying death of a beloved great-grandniece by falling onto a classic Ford Mustang from the apartment the college student was to rent. With the aid of Ke`oni Hewitt, a retired Honolulu Police Department detective, and Miss Una, her clever feline companion, Natalie discovers the intriguing Shàngh?i origins of the women who own the apartment complex...and more than a little discord.
WHAT'S NEXT FOR NATALIE? In A SPINELESS MURDER, Natalie (with the aid of Miss Una, Ke`oni, JD, and her pensive twin Nathan) is presented with visions of World War II in Honolulu during the holidays in which she experiences something wholly new...A GHOST!
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UNDER SONORAN SKIES
PROSE AND POETRY FROM THE HIGH DESERT
2012 One of the top 50 picks,
Southwest Books of the Year
“...an ideal way to create reflective meaningful moments,” Seattle Post-Intelligence
An anthology of fiction and non-fiction by six Tucson authors: Bill Black Jr., Jeanne Burrows-Johnson, Susan Cosby-Patton, Dr. Kay Lesh, PhD, the Reverend Patricia Noble (now deceased), and Larry Albert Sakin (now deceased).
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Please visit my new duo website/blog which you can find on most internet search engines to learn more about my background, sample work in several genres, contemplate recipes from Hawai`i and beyond, and read Blog Posts on authorship, branding, marketing, promotion, and event planning.
Mahalo for visiting me! Jeanne |
