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Valerie Webster of Boulder, Colo. draws readers into the shadowy worlds of crime and crime fighters by using her 30+ year career in cyber and real-life security.
The result is riveting fiction based on real cases and policing applications with the main character Rita Mars—an ex-investigative reporter fighting crime around Washington D.C.’s beltway and beyond.
Webster’s debut novel Driven: A Rita Mars Thriller received critical accolades from readers.
Her second book in the crime fiction series, Objects of Desire publishes in late 2022.
Webster is a member of Mystery Writers of America and the national and Colorado chapters of Sisters in Crime.
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About the Author Valerie Webster
Rita Mars Thriller Series | Twisty Crime Thrillers | Timely Stories Based on True Experiences Valerie Webster of Boulder, Colo. draws readers into the shadowy worlds of crime and crime fighters by using her 30+ year career in cyber and real-life security. The result...
Write Club Episode 6: Diane Gansauer
Valerie Webster talks with Diane Gansauer, the author of The Waypoints: From 400 Farewells and 3000 Miles. At the age of sixty-one, Diane Gansauer committed to something great: hiking the entire length of the Continental Divide Trail, from Mexico to Canada. Over a...
Write Club Episode 5: Dr. Terry Chase
Valerie Webster interviews Dr. Terry Chase. Terry Chase is a nationally recognized speaker, teacher and author spanning careers in healthcare, higher education, and private practice. As a leader in nursing and healthcare, she has contributed value to educational...
Write Club Episode 4: William A. Liggett
Valerie Webster interviews cli-fi author William A. Liggett. Bill Liggett writes fiction that blends behavioral and earth sciences in the new literary genre “cli-fi,” or climate fiction. His goal is to paint a hopeful future, based on solutions to global warming....
Write Club Episode 3: Tim Howell
Author Valerie Webster interviews Tim Howell, home and business security expert, on how to keep your home secure from break-ins. https://youtu.be/Mh21LKxlWqY?si=u2-zYwN8aRG0zLea
Write Club Episode 2: Stephen Saletan
Stephen Saletan is the author of the memoir, "To The Midnight Sun" an inspiring story of family, history, and the search for connections across place and time that help make us who we are. https://youtu.be/pQ-M_449CcM?si=qigbc3I201PAj4NF
Write Club Episode 1: Helen Starbuck
Author Valerie Webster interviews romantic suspense author Helen Starbuck. https://youtu.be/wwB4PghR0g4?si=HaAzMbaTQQSb01l4
She Done It
Back in the day when I rode my bike 100 miles to school – in the snow – barefoot – I learned that there were competing ideas about who was the first real fictional detective. Edgar Allen Poe gets first dibs as his short story, “Murders in the Rue Morgue,” arrived...
Who is Beverly Hills?
When I had my first inklings of writing a detective novel, I considered that my main character would need a posse. Every detective has a posse. So what sort of people would comprise Rita Mars’ inner circle? They had to be fun, trusted, effective. I discovered over...
Where did Rita Mars come from?
In the upcoming monthly posts, I’m going not only to present the profiles of my thriller cast, I want to share how they got to be who they are. IN THE BEGINNING... In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Me – I need to create...
March Madness
In psych thrillers, it’s always a dark and stormy night. As thriller readers, we love that brush with evil, that threat that cannot touch us. We’re safe from the likes of a Hannibal Lecter, but boy, do we love the intrigue, the danger and suspense. ...
February, The Month of Love!
It’s February, and groundhogs aside, the fame of this month belongs to Cupids, heart-shaped boxes of cheap chocolate and flowers scooped up at the last minute from the grocery. So, what the heck do those things have to do with books, you ask? I couldn’t...
The Rise of Self Published Books – 2024
Authors are choosing more often to self publish. A key indicator in 2024 trends is the uptick in self publishing which outstripped traditional publishing for the first time. This self publishing market is experiencing a 17% annual growth rate. Compare that to the...
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