Suffolk Mystery Authors Festival
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    • Betsy Ashton
    • E.A. Aymar
    • Melissa Bourbon/Winnie Archer
    • Catherine Bruns
    • Ellen Butler
    • Lynn Cahoon
    • Emmie Caldwell / Mary Ellen Hughes
    • Austin Camacho
    • Maya Corrigan
    • Mollie Cox Bryan
    • John DeDakis
    • Diane Fanning
    • Kellye Garrett
    • Marni Graff
    • Bradley Harper
    • Sara E. Johnson
    • Wendy H. Jones
    • Diane Kelly
    • Dana King
    • Libby Klein
    • Eleanor Kuhns
  • 2021 Authors L-Z
    • Tara Laskowski
    • Gayle Leeson
    • Allie Marie
    • Catriona McPherson (Headliner)
    • Julie Moffett
    • K.L. Murphy
    • Nancy Naigle
    • Nan O'Berry
    • Alan Orloff
    • Bill Rapp
    • Amy M. Reade
    • Shawn Reilly Simmons
    • Katharine Schellman
    • Marcia Talley
    • Art Taylor
    • Grace Topping
    • Abby Vandiver / Abby Collette
    • LynDee Walker
    • Heather Weidner
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Grace Topping is a recovering technical writer and IT project manager, accustomed to writing lean, boring documents. Let loose to write fiction, she is now creating murder mysteries and killing off characters who remind her of some of the people she dealt with during her career. Fictional revenge is sweet. She's using her experience helping friends stage their homes for sale as inspiration for her Laura Bishop mystery series, about a woman starting a new career midlife as a home stager. The first book in the series, Staging is Murder, was a 2019 Agatha Award nominee for Best First Novel. 

Grace is the former Vice President of the Chesapeake Chapter of Sisters in Crime and a member of the SINC Guppies and Mystery Writers of America. She lives with her husband in Northern Virginia. 
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Visit her website at www.GraceTopping.com. 

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  • Home
  • About SMAF
    • History
    • Frequently Asked Questions
    • Posters
    • Photos
    • Press
    • Praise For The Festival
  • 2021 Authors A-K
    • Betsy Ashton
    • E.A. Aymar
    • Melissa Bourbon/Winnie Archer
    • Catherine Bruns
    • Ellen Butler
    • Lynn Cahoon
    • Emmie Caldwell / Mary Ellen Hughes
    • Austin Camacho
    • Maya Corrigan
    • Mollie Cox Bryan
    • John DeDakis
    • Diane Fanning
    • Kellye Garrett
    • Marni Graff
    • Bradley Harper
    • Sara E. Johnson
    • Wendy H. Jones
    • Diane Kelly
    • Dana King
    • Libby Klein
    • Eleanor Kuhns
  • 2021 Authors L-Z
    • Tara Laskowski
    • Gayle Leeson
    • Allie Marie
    • Catriona McPherson (Headliner)
    • Julie Moffett
    • K.L. Murphy
    • Nancy Naigle
    • Nan O'Berry
    • Alan Orloff
    • Bill Rapp
    • Amy M. Reade
    • Shawn Reilly Simmons
    • Katharine Schellman
    • Marcia Talley
    • Art Taylor
    • Grace Topping
    • Abby Vandiver / Abby Collette
    • LynDee Walker
    • Heather Weidner
  • 2021 Schedule
    • Full Festival Schedule
    • Panels
  • Contact Us