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Welcome to the Joyce Holms website. One of Scotland’s best selling crime
writers, Joyce Holms is widely known as an effective teacher of Creative
Writing. She gives workshops and classes to writing groups, readers’ groups,
schools and writers circles as well as humorous and entertaining talks
to organisations such as Rotary, Probus and Womens Guilds.
You may know
her best as the creator of the Fizz and Buchanan Mysteries. Her two detectives,
Fizz Fitzpatrick and Tam Buchanan are both Edinburgh lawyers and their
relationship supplies much of the humour that makes the books what they
are.
For all books in the Fizz and Buchanan series click books above.
Some recent books in the series:
 
 
STOP PRESS
Writing course by Joyce at Newington library starting 10th. Jan.2012 fully booked.
Another may start at Morningside soon.
Good News for all Fizz and Buchanan and Joyce Holms fans. The Fizz and
Buchanan Mystery series has been acquired by Bloody Brits a new imprint
of the USA publisher Bywater Books. The first in the series Payment Deferred
is now widely available through
Barnes & Noble , Amazon(usa)
and associates.
Amazon(uk)
and many other booksellers.
Fizz has taken over and now wants her own blog, at least she has put
on it some decent photos of her adventures and Auld Reekie. See photos
on the Link below.
Fizzfitzpatrick
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KIND WORDS FROM FELLOW AUTHORS
Read their comments in full on the News/Views page.
IAN RANKIN: "Joyce's humour is sharp without being nasty, her
characters well drawn, and her Edinburgh a place you'll want to spend
time in..... read her books."
PAULA GOSLING: "The Fizz and Buchanan novels sizzle with fun and
story-telling skill. A new star has been born into the mystery world."
HRF KEATING: "Every now and again we are lucky enough to be given
a crime writer whose work has that cherishable mark of difference. Joyce
Holms is one of that rare band."
ALANNA KNIGHT: "Crime writing at it's best."
VAL McDERMID: "Engaging and entertaining...Deft, Daft and definitely
delicious...Holms is a magician - the reader is so busy laughing the clues
just slip by unnoticed."
CHECK THE DIARY FOR JOYCE'S FUTURE READINGS AND ENGAGEMENTS BY CLICKING
here ON NEWS VIEWS PAGE..
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