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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