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Representation
Agent
Jill Marsal
Marsal Lyons Literary agency
jill@marsallyonliteraryagency.com
Publisher
Larissa Ackerman
Kensington Books
LAckerman@Kensingtonbooks.com
Publisher
Bill Harris
Beyond the Page
BHarris@beyondthepagepub.com
Newsletter Archive
2025
April: 📚 And the winner is . . . Plus some Spring wishes for all 🙂
April: 💐Happy April, and I’m not fooling! New book out + giveaway to a newsletter subscriber. Is it you?
March: 🎉 It’s out!! RELEASE DAY for ESSENCE OF FOUL PLAY, the 1st Aroma Wellness Mystery. If you’d like to learn more . . .
February: 🎉 Freebie, the fires in Los Angeles, life in general, and book news. How can a newsletter pack in so much? Read on . . .
January: 📚 The newsletter subscriber winner is . . . PLUS results of the poll. Do you think you chose the most popular answer?
January: 🎉 Happy new year + book giveaway + news + my resolutions . . . really? Read on to see if I’ll make any.
2024
December: 📚 Update about the newsletter winner AND an opportunity for 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway…
December: 🎉 Happy Holidays + Merry Giveaway + Cheery News: what could be more fun?
November: 🎉 It’s autumn and that means lots of holidays and giveaways and fun ahead. Are you ready . . . to get involved?
September: ⁉️ What is on your to-be-read list? There is much fun reading ahead this fall . . . I’ve got suggestions and a GIVEAWAY!
August: 📚 Do you like magical mysteries? And giveaways? Read on to find out how to enter
June: 🧚♂️3 Tips for Summer Reading : First, make a reading list . . .
May: Happy Spring! Is being too busy a good thing? 📚 🤪 🧚♂️ 🎁
April: It’s out. A TWINKLE OF TROUBLE, the 5th Fairy Garden Mystery, is out today! Woot! 🎉 🧚♂️ 📚
April: I love springtime. Do you? Don’t miss the Giveaway 📚🧚♂️🎁💕🌼🌸
March: Discover My Latest Literary Adventures + giveaway 📚 ❄️ 🧚♂️
February: What’s not to LOVE? 📕 💕 📚 💝
January: THE SON’S SECRET is out! 📚 📕🎉 Set in New Orleans
2023
December: Happy holidays! May all your dreams come true. 🎄🎁 💕 📕
November: Can you believe it’s November? The holidays are upon us. Oh, the joy. 📚 💕🦃🎄🎉
October: Happy Autumn! What are you reading? Oh, the suspense. 📚 💕📕🍁
August: How to stay cool and not lose your cool! 📚 🏖 🧚♂️ 😎 + Free e-book novella!
July: Here’s to FREEDOM and a FREE e-novella! 📚🧝🏖 YES, FREE 🎉
June: What are your summer plans? 📚 🏝 🧚♂️ 🏖 📚
May: A giveaway you don’t want to miss! Plus fun news. 📚 🎁📚💕🎉🧚♂️
April: It’s out today! The 12th Cookbook Nook Mystery! Got your copy? 📚 💕 🧁 Includes recipes!
April: It’s not an April Fool’s joke! There are 3 giveaways in this newsletter! 📚😘🧚♂️💕🎉
March: It’s release day for A FLICKER OF A DOUBT! 🧚♂️ 🎉 📚
March: The 4th Fairy Garden Mystery is out this month! #Giveaways 📚 🧚♂️ 🎉 💕
February: I love books. Do you? February is the month for love. 📚💕❤️🧚♂️📚
January: Happy New Year! Do we even like resolutions? 🙏 🤪 🎉 🧚♂️ 🍨 + giveaway
2022
December: Happy Holidays – lots of parties coming up! 📙 🎄 🕎 🎉 🤪
October: Halloween Giveaway (s) ! 🎃 📚❤️🎁🧚♂️
October: 3 book winners in this newsletter—is one of them you?
September: Who wants a yummy recipe for Banana Mocha Cupcakes?
August: Back to the Drawing Board + Giveaway
July: A Fairy Best Wishes Giveaway! See if you won.
June: It’s Release Day for A Hint of Mischief! Got your copy?
June: A Hint of Mischief is coming! Have you pre-ordered your copy?
May: It’s the first of the month. Did you win this newsletter’s giveaway?
April: It’s release day for Simmering with Resentment
April: Simmering with Resentment is coming! Plus giveaway!
March: Happy Almost Spring Giveaway + Recipe + Magic
February: Is there anything new under the sun? + giveaways
January: Happy New Year! Here’s to New Beginnings & Giveaways
2021
December: Happy Holidays! May your Reading be Merry and Bright
November: How is your autumn going so far? Reading much? #Giveaway
October: Falling into Fall Reading + Giveaway T-R-E-A-T
September: Ready to Party? Book giveaway!
June: A Glimmer of a Clue is out! Got your copy?
May: A Glimmer of a Clue is coming! + Giveaway
April: WINING AND DYING, 10th Cookbook Nook Mystery is out + GIVEAWAY!
April: COLD CONVICTION Bookbub 99 cent E-book Deal! Woot!
April: New Books, Giveaways, and Strawberries. Yum!
February: Love is in the Air
2020
December: Cozy up to Christmas!!
October: I’m in the Mood to Give
September: A Charming Way to Read a Book
August: A hint of magic and a giveaway!
July: A SPRINKLING OF MURDER is now out!
June: Oh, it’s June, June, June…
May: Release day for SHREDDING THE EVIDENCE, 9th Cookbook Nook Mystery
April: Need a way to destress? Read.
Snail Mail
Avery and Daryl share a P.O. Box.
Daryl Wood Gerber or Avery Aames
4924 Balboa Blvd. #282
Encino, CA 91316
Events
Daryl is available to speak at writers’ groups, bookshops, and conferences. If you are interested in having Daryl speak at your event or wish to have a book club FaceTime or Zoom interaction, contact her for availability.
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COZY BIO
Agatha Award-winning author Daryl Wood Gerber writes the nationally bestselling Cookbook Nook Mysteries, the Fairy Garden Mysteries, and the French Bistro Mysteries. As Avery Aames, she pens the popular Cheese Shop Mysteries. In addition, Daryl writes the Aspen Adams novels of suspense as well as standalone suspense. Daryl loves to cook, fairy garden, and read, and she has a frisky Goldendoodle who keeps her in line!
SUSPENSE BIO
Agatha Award-winning and nationally bestselling author Daryl Wood Gerber ventures into the thriller world again with the Aspen Adams novels of suspense, including Desolate Shores, Fan Mail, and Cold Conviction. In addition, Daryl writes the bestselling the Cookbook Nook Mysteries, the French Bistro Mysteries, and the Fairy Garden Mysteries. As Avery Aames, she wrote the Cheese Shop Mysteries. Fun Tidbit: as an actress, Daryl appeared in “Murder, She Wrote.” She has also jumped out of a perfectly good airplane and hitchhiked around Ireland by herself.
Freebies
A Dash of Magic
FREE short story!
Cristina Masters is a baker in Charlotte, North Carolina with a vibrant online clientele. A believer in magic, Cristina is mildly surprised when an elf named Macaulay, aka Mac, appears in her kitchen. But her stomach flip-flops when Mac warns her that her grandmother is in danger. As fast as a souffle can fall, Christina and Mac hurry to the retirement facility where her grandmother resides. When a nurse is found dead in Nana’s unit, Cristina and Mac, worried for her grandmother’s safety, dig in to the clues. When a second murder occurs, they turn up the heat on their investigation. Will Mac’s magical abilities and Cristina’s heart be the secret ingredients that reveal the truth?
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Daryl Wood Gerber
4924 Balboa Blvd. #282
Encino CA 91316
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