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Photos

                                                                       

         Aeden Rizer...

You can't  expect Grandmama to pass up this opportunity to show off her ten-year-old grandson, can you?

 

 

 

                   

                    Aeden plays football.

This photo was made in Columbia, SC.  If you see interesting or amusing

shots, please e-mail them to Fran.  (Go home page for e-mail address.)

Be sure to tell where the photo was made.  If the photo appears on the web-

site, we'll send you a free copy of the next Callie Parrish book!

(As you've probably guessed, the sign refers to an apartment complex down

the street from the cemetery.)

Fran and Randall Hylton, the bluegrass performer/writer to whom

book 2 is dedicated - This photo was made by Fran's boyfriend in

Spindale, North Carolina, in about 1999.  Randall died unexpectedly

in 2001.  For more about this talented man, visit Randall's

website at www.randallhyltonshow.com

 

 

Leonard Jolley (left) and Ray Wade (right) -Two of Fran's best

writer friends.   Leonard passed away March 3, 2011.  His

 book, Soul of Clay, is available from Amazon.coms.

 

South Carolina Book Festival,  February, 2008

Standing left:  Fran Rizer                            Standing right:  Gwen Hunter

Seated left:  Kathryn Wall                            Seated right:  Holly McClure

 

 

Walden's, december, 2007

 

Photo by Fran's friend David Smoak, who also pre-

sented her with the beautiful and unusual poinsettia

at the signing. 

 

Fran's  First  Book  Signing

 

Fran's first book signing was at Waldenbooks, Columbiana Mall,                                  Columbia, South Carolina, on October 6, 2007.

 

 

                       

The first book she signed was for Jonathan,  the Waldenbooks         

employee who booked the signing.  The basket on the floor is full of                                   Moon Pies, which are Callie's favorite treats and are given by Fran to                                     folks who buy a book.

Some really great ladies who came to The Happy Bookseller to buy A Tisket, a Tasket, a Fancy Stolen Casket. 

MYSTERY WRITERS OF AMERICA EDGARS AWARDS,

 NEW YORK, APRIL, 2007

                          

                       Donald Westlake...

            One of Fran's heroes.  She's loved  his  work

            since she read her first story by this author,

            who was awarded the MWA Grand Master

            Award in 1993. 

            Donald Westlake died New Year's Eve, 2008.

            Fran cherishes his many books, which remain

            wonderful no matter how many times you've

            read them and is especially grateful she had

           the opportunity to talk with him in New York in

           2007 when this photo was made..

                                                               

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Stephen King... 2007 recipient of the MWA Grand Master Award.

 

 Assisting him is Ridley Pearson.

 

 

 

 

 

 

        

 

 

                    Gwen Hunter...

 

                 novelist, friend, and mentor.

 

 

 

 

Jeff Gerecke...

Fran's agent, but don't ask her for his contact info.  Look him up

on the Internet.

 

    

 Nancy Pickard...

 Award-winning mystery writer whose multiple series

include Fran's favorite: the Marie Lightfoot mysteries.

        

    

                                    Mary Higgins Clark...

             The Queen of Mystery -- What more is there to say?