Local authors Michael Rigg, Jayne Ormerod, and Teresa Inge discuss the influence of Sherlock Holmes and his effect on their writing. Moderated by WHRO radio personality Raymond Jones.
Panelists:
Michael Rigg
Michael Rigg, a retired Navy Judge Advocate, plies his trade as a mild-mannered civil servant and attorney by day, then morphs into a nascent mystery and thriller writer by night. Mike is a member of Hampton Roads Writers, as well as the Sisters-in-Crime national organization and its Southeastern Virginia Chapter—Mystery by the Sea (MBTS). He is a Contributing Author to the MBTS blog Sand in our Shorts. He resides with his wife in Virginia Beach. Visit him online at Michael D. Rigg, Author.
Mike's short story, "Four Cedars," received First Prize in Fiction at the 2021 Hampton Roads Writers Conference. His flash fiction work, "The Writ," won Third Place in the 2021 Golden Donut Short Story Contest sponsored by the Writers' Police Academy.
Mike has short stories that appear in the following anthologies:
Jayne Ormerod
Jayne Ormerod grew up in a small Ohio town and attended an Ohio college. Upon earning a Bachelor of Science Degree in accountancy, she spent years as a CIA (not a flashy spy thing, but a Certified Internal Auditor). She now pens coastal cozies with a splash of humor.
Jayne Ormerod writes what she knows—small towns and beach settings. Thanks to a youth spent reading Nancy Drew and an adulthood devouring the words of Janet Evanovich, Mary Daheim and Lillian Jackson Braun, Jayne now writes about amateur sleuths, exploding cars and dead bodies with a modicum of authority.
Raised in a 150-year old farmhouse, Jayne honed her story-telling skill at a young age. As a U.S. Navy wife, she began her writing career penning romance novels. But when her romantic heroine stumbled across a dead body, Jayne discovered the secret to creating instant conflict. Armed with the building blocks of conflict, character and tension, Jayne developed the mismatched duo of Ellery Tindsdale (a not-so-gracefully-aging school teacher) and Samantha Greene (Ellery’s high-energy, haute-couture neighbor). Their first adventure is told in "The Blond Leading the Blond", "Blond Faith" is the wildly successful sequel. Jayne is editing the third book in the series, "Blond Justice", and has hopes of continuing with an entire Blonds at the Beach series. She's also developed a passion for writing short mysteries and the occasional novella.
Teresa Inge
Teresa Inge is an author in the Mutt Mysteries series ("To Fetch a Thief", "To Fetch a Scoundrel", "To Fetch a Villain", and "To Fetch a Killer"), Virginia is for Mysteries series volumes I, II, III, "50 Shades of Cabernet", "Coastal Crimes: Mysteries by the Sea", and "Murder by the Glass".
She is president of the Sisters in Crime, Mystery by the Sea chapter, a member of the Central Virginia chapter, Chessie chapter, Guppies chapter, Hampton Roads Writers, and Short Mystery Fiction Society. During her writing career, Teresa has mentored mystery authors to help develop their writing craft and pathway to publication.
A Navy brat, Teresa grew up reading Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys mysteries. Combining her love of reading mysteries and writing professional articles led to writing short fiction and novellas.