Join Ellen Crosby in a virtual conversation with Thomas Balch Library Director, Alexandra S. Gressitt, about the art of writing and her latest Wine County Mystery: The French Paradox. In this volume Lucie Montgomery’s discovery of her grandfather’s Parisian romance unlocks a series of shocking secrets in a gripping new Wine Country mystery. Ellen Crosby is the author of the Virginia wine country mystery series; her latest book, The French Paradox will be released in the US on 6 April 2021. Her books have been nominated for the Mary Higgins Clark Award and the Library of Virginia People’s Choice Award; The Riesling Retribution won the 2009 Gourmand World Cookbook Award for Best US Wine Literature Book. Crosby has also written two mysteries featuring international photojournalist Sophie Medina and Moscow Nights, a standalone mystery. Previously she worked as a freelance reporter for The Washington Post, Moscow correspondent for ABC Radio News, and as an economist at the U.S. Senate.
