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Author: Keenan Powell

Keenan Powell is the Agatha, Lefty, and Silver Falchion nominated author of the Maeve Malloy Mystery series. While still in high school, she was one of the illustrators of the original Dungeons and Dragons. Art seemed an impractical pursuit – not an heiress, wouldn’t marry well, hated teaching – so she went to law school instead. An Air Force brat, she was ready for a new place to go upon graduation so the day after commencement, she moved to Alaska where she continues to practice law. Her career has spanned the gamut from criminal defense, family law, dog law, personal injury, workers compensation, and appeals. In addition to writing the Maeve Malloy series, she has published a number of short stories including The Banshee of Adams, Massachusetts which short-listed for the Al Blanchard award. When not writing or practicing law, Keenan can be found oil painting, studying the Irish language, or hanging out with her friends at mystery conventions.
Writer Struck By Inspiration

Making Stuff Up: Inspiration

July 27, 2022 Keenan Powell #inspiration, Tips and Tricks, Writing

On occasion, someone tells me how wonderful it is that I’m a writer and they couldn’t ever come up with a story.
“Of course you can,” I say, “you make stuff up all the time. You just don’t realize it!”

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Law in Fiction: Anatomy of a Scandal

July 14, 2022 Keenan Powell #inspiration, Fiction

Law in Faction: Factish or Fictiony – A Lawyer’s Review

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Combining Inspiration

July 1, 2022 Keenan Powell #inspiration, Writing

I asked the Miss Demeanors: where did your inspiration come from?

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Titles, the Torture Of

June 20, 2022 Keenan Powell #inspiration, Writing

suffered so much over my first title. #amstillsuffering

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Stumblin’ outta bed and staggerin’ to the kitchen . . .

June 7, 2022 Keenan Powell Books, Fiction, Historical Mysteries

In In Place of Fear, we meet Helen Crowther the day before she begins her new job – her first job. She’s steeling herself, deciding what to wear, and still trying to persuade her parents that she’s not making a big mistake, biting off more than she can chew.

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Mystery Author Kelly Oliver: Fiction is the Best Revenge!

May 12, 2022 Keenan Powell Historical Mysteries, Self-publishing, Tips and Tricks

Kelly Oliver; Fiction is the Best Revenge!

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The Secret Identity of…SECRET IDENTITY

April 29, 2022 Keenan Powell #inspiration, Writing

Ideas come at you fast – and at weird times. Sometimes the best books take years to bake.

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A New Resource for the Aspiring Crime Writer: The Manuscript Academy

April 18, 2022 Keenan Powell #inspiration, Tips and Tricks

I just discovered a wonderful resource for the aspiring crime writer: The Manuscript Academy.

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Letters From Beyond the Grave: In Fiction and Real Life

April 5, 2022 Keenan Powell #inspiration, Tips and Tricks, Writing

Spoiler Alert! The Letter in Fiction In series six of the popular crime fiction television show, Shetland, Donna is on[…]

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You Wrote a Murder Mystery, Now What? Part Deux: Independent Publishers

March 23, 2022 Keenan Powell Books, Tips and Tricks, Writing

Congratulations on writing your mystery! And you want the world to see it! Today we’re talking about independent publishers.

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