Jeanne Burrows-Johnson
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Jeanne Burrows-Johnson

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GREETINGS! Drawing on the performing arts, marketing consultation, and motivational speaking, I author and narrate works of fiction and non-fiction. I earned a Bachelor of Arts degree with distinction in history at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, where I then studied Asian history during a teaching assistantship in World Civilizations. My memberships include Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Alpha Theta; the National Writers Union; Arizona Authors Association; Sisters in Crime; and a Lifetime Membership in the British Association of Teachers of Dancing, Highland Dance genre. In my award-winning Natalie Seachrist Visionary Hawaiian Mystery Series, a semi-retired journalist is driven by haunting visions to explore puzzling deaths and pan-Pacific history in the lush environs of Hawaiʻi. In this, Natalie is aided by her clever and fleet-footed feline companion Miss Una, her life partner private investigator Keʻoni Hewitt, and his former colleague Detective Lieutenant John Dias of the Honolulu Police Department. PROSPECT FOR MURDER 2017 New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards, FINALIST, Mystery Suspense and WINNER, Best Cover Design ~ In this first Natalie Seachrist Visionary Hawaiian Cozy Mystery, the protagonist seeks resolution of her vision of the horrifying death of a beloved great-grandniece by falling onto a classic Ford Mustang from the apartment the college student was to rent. With the aid of Ke`oni Hewitt, a retired Honolulu Police Department detective, and Miss Una, her clever feline companion, Natalie discovers the intriguing Shànghǎi origins of the women who own the apartment complex...and more than a little discord. MURDER ON MOKULUA DRIVE 2018 New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards, WINNER Cozy Mysteries, WINNER Cover Art 2018 Arizona Literary Excellence Contest, SECOND PLACE Published Literature ~ This book is ideal if one is intrigued by the escape of a little Jewish girl from Nazis in Denmark during the Second World War. Now an International Human Rights activist, she is one of the neighbors Natalie, Natalie, Ke`oni and Miss Una meet at their new home on Mokulua Drive, where the trio has moved for life in a peaceful seaside abode...as least until another a vision reveals a garroting in their neighborhood and they must join with his former partner at HPD to discover the perpetrator of this heinous crime. MURDERS OF CONVEYANCE 2019 New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards, WINNER, Fiction-Adventure-Other ~ For someone seeking fun (except for a couple of homicides), there is my third mystery. In it, Natalie and Ke`oni are delighted to participate in the first Annual Aloha Scavenger Hunt across the island of O`ahu during Chinese New Year. Unfortunately they are soon working again with his former partner, Lt. John Dias of HPD, to explore the relationship between two murders separated by sixty years...and the periodic presence of a mysterious woman in red. YEN FOR MURDER, 2025 2025 New Mexico Book Awards, FINALIST, Cozy Mysteries ~ This fourth mystery in the series opens with the killing of a gentle Buddhist minister at her altar at a Honolulu Jodo Shinshu Temple during the theft of a sacred statue of the Shākyamui Buddha. Natalie and company move on to international antiquarian auctions, intriguing Japanese history and philosophy...and the purchase of a yacht for future inter-island jaunts. ~ What’s next for Natalie? In A SPINELESS MURDER, Natalie (with the aid of Miss Una, Ke`oni, JD, and her pensive twin Nathan) is presented with visions of World War II in Honolulu during the holidays in which she experiences something wholly new...A GHOST! Please visit my new duo website/blog which you can find on most internet search engines to learn more about my background, sample work in several genres (including the six-author anthology UNDER SONORAN SKIES, PROSE AND POETRY FROMT HE HIGH DESERT), contemplate recipes from Hawai`i and beyond, and read Blog Posts on authorship, branding, marketing, promotion, and event planning.
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