Sarah Stewart Taylor

How Elizabeth Bowen’s Big Houses Laid the Groundwork for Irish Domestic Noir “After the Bentley murder, Rose Hill stood empty two years.” I read the first line of the great Irish writer Elizabeth Bowen’s 1934 short story The Cat Jumps late one January night almost exactly s…

Reposting this piece I wrote for CrimeReads in honor of Elizabeth Bowen's birthday yesterday. Happy Birthday, EB! crimereads.com/elizabeth-bo...

Danger and Cold War intrigue in small town Vermont . . . In paperback July 1.

Independent Bookstore Day is this weekend! Why not pick up a copy of Agony Hill and preorder Hunter’s Heart Ridge while you’re shopping at your local indie on Saturday?

Hunter's Heart Ridge (Franklin Warren and Alice Bellows… In this sequel to Taylor’s lyrical series debut, Agony …

There's a Goodreads giveaway of Hunter's Heart Ridge ARCS going on! www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...

I was honored to sit on the jury for this scholarship. Huge congratulations to Aime and Grace!

Crime Writers Come Together in Support of Trans Rights These are dire times. Human rights, and especially the rights of trans folks, are under attack. And thankfully, some of the crime fiction community has come together to fight back. For the next wee…

Last day! I am honored to be a part of this auction! crimereads.com/crime-writer...

Not surprisingly, Trump’s overall tax and tariff proposals would make the very rich much richer and working families poorer.

If you earn less than $360,000 a year, your taxes are going to go way up.

If you’re in the top 1%? Don’t worry. You’ll save big.

Today, on March 15, 1945, Mystery Writers of America was incorporated. Happy 80th anniversary to us!! Thank you to all our members, past and present for all the support.

It’s also a good way to become a person who spends a lot of time marketing your free roosters.

It’s fun seeing all the love for Vermont right now. We are indeed a mighty little state. We are also a complex one, and our history is fascinating. If you are newly obsessed with Vermont history and protest, check out my 1960s-set crime novel.

I'm loving the Vacation Greeting cards from Vermont 😂

Proud of my neighbors in Vermont

Vaccines Accessible vaccination services for older Vermonters and those with disabilities. In-home and drive through options for COVID, flu, and RSV.

Vermont's in-home and site based vaccination is available for anyone who has difficulty getting to or using a community vaccination location, including children ages 3+. You must have insurance of some kind.

This program is available until March 31, 2025. Please share.

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Every day of the last month and a bit has brought its own new horror. Today’s was that shameful spectacle at the White House.

Make your calls. Go to your town halls. Ask your state and local officials what they are doing under state and local law. Rest. Hydrate. Make soup for the hungry. Don’t let people tell you that you’re doing it wrong. Not a sprint. Not a marathon. A relay. Find your team. Thank you.

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Thank you so much!

Abibliofob's review of Agony Hill 4/5: I got this opportunity to read book two in this series as an advance copy and thought it seemed like something for me. But I always like to read the books in order. So I got myself a copy of Agon...

I had a wondeful time reading Agony Hill by @sarahstewarttaylor.bsky.social I really recommend it. www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

I thought the writing was going so well that I was making the house shake but alas . . .

Affected! Argh.

Authors4LA Red Cross Fundraiser Help people affected by wildfires in California in 2025. Your donation enables the Red Cross to prepare for, respond to and help people recover from these disasters.

I'm honored to be part of the Authors for LA auction and fundraiser to raise money for LA fire relief. Here's my auction item. There are so many other amazing things you can bid for to help those afected by the fires. givebutter.com/c/authors4la...

Congrats to all the nominees! #booksky

All this, and also, gathering in real life more, for conversation, commiseration, and celebration. We’ve lost the habit.

There is something so unbelievably awful about this scam. It exploits the lifelong dreams of artists, the uncertainties of a career in publishing, and the secret, fragile hopes that authors hold about their work someday finding a larger audience. Shameful.

This so true.

My family owns an absolutely ridiculous number of actual travel mugs, and yet this is the extremely risky situation in my car this morning.

Good morning from Vermont!

As a @mysterywriters.bsky.social board member, I am very excited about this news!

True. Forgetting about my chicken privilege. A lot of rice?