I’m a USA Today bestselling crime fiction author and a big horse and sled dog enthusiast. I'm published by Bookouture and independently, and my books are translated into ten languages.
My hunky husband and I ride our beloved draft cross horses way up in the frozen north of Snowheresville, WY, where we run an off-the-grid lodge on the face of the Bighorn Mountains. We split time between there and our rustic cabin on Mooselookmeguntic (not a typo) Lake in Maine. And traveling the world—four months in Denmark, 16 months in France, weeks at a time on a catamaran. When I’m not writing, I’m passionate about wilderness sports (dog sledding, skijoring, bikejoring, hiking, camping, kayaking, canoeing, and... well, everything), always with bear spray, a mountain lion knife, and my Judge. NO ANIMALS HAVE BEEN HARMED IN THE MAKING OF THIS LIFE ADVENTURE (but don’t sneak up on me).
You can even rent our abodes, since we move around so much—I mean, why not?
I host the world-famous (possibly an overstatement) show, Crime & Wine, where I fangirl my favorite authors and interview them for your listening and viewing pleasure.
I’ve made some lists and won some awards, yada yada. Amazon Charts Top 25 bestseller. USA Today Bestseller. Amazon All Star. The Silver Falchion for Best Adult Mystery WINNER (Fighting for Anna), the WINNERS for USA Best Books Fiction: Cross Genre (Hell to Pay, Heaven to Betsy), and others. With books “in print” of over 3,000,000, readers seem to enjoy the books—I think they have exceptionally good taste. {insert goofy grin here} Lots of them follow my Crime & Wine show, too. Subscribe free at Crime & Wine: Novelist Chats with Pamela Fagan Hutchins.
You can read my series in any order or as standalones, but they’re a lot of fun if you do them like this—and if you click the title, you'll get a copy of the book club questions for that book, too:
* Coming soon: The Runaway Series, starting with Dead Water
* The Deputy Delaney Pace Series, Books 1-6 (R): Her Silent Bones, Her Hidden Grave, Her Last Cry, Her Forgotten Shadow, Her Burning Lies, and Her Cold Heart (2025)
I also have a few children’s books. One featuring Poppy, the world’s best grandfather, and Petey, his blind Boston terrier. It's called Poppy Needs a Puppy. Another about a sad young dragon who wants a best friend, called George Finds a Friend. And I have nonfiction books about ... me... my family... parenting... pets... marriage... and more.
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If after all that you still want to learn more about my books, my podcast, or me, then God Bless Ya. There are many ways: This website and its blog. THE NEXT CHAPTER newsletter (subscribe at "Mailing List" above). Email me: Pamela at PamelaFaganHutchins dot com. And you can follow me around the web at the links to other sites.
I’m a USA Today bestselling crime fiction author and a big horse and sled dog enthusiast. I'm published by Bookouture and independently, and my books are translated into ten languages.
For fans of C.J. Box, Craig Johnson, and Jon Krakauer — the final Patrick Flint novel, in which a killer acquitted at trial follows the family to the summit of Mount Rainier to finish what she started.
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First, I will admit I've had the concept in place for this book since the pandemic as well. Polo is a big, big deal in tiny Big Horn, Wyoming in the summer months. How...
I could have called this post Building up to a Big Explosion just as much as Everybody's Gotta Eat. Stick with me and I'll explain.
When writing a series with an ongoing narrative arc/crime element, inevitably there comes a time when you reach intermediate plot resolutions. Whether it is two characters initiating the long awaited relationship or the comeuppance of a deliciously evil bad guy, readers are leaning into it. Of course, these are often FALSE resolutions, but still, they give...
Many of you, like me, wrestle with the question of whether you “deserve” to be something. A parent. A computer scientist. An athlete. Or in my case, a writer. Whether I am a good enough writer. Whether I am really even a writer at all or just some Karin Slaughter wannabe.
It can be exhausting, right?
But it persists. I imagine snide comments from unseen naysayers: “So where do you get off, calling yourself a writer? You write for a digital publisher. You’re not a real writer unless your books...
