She is a world famous mystery writer whose book series has been made into TV movies. She has just published the twelfth novel in her series and she is working on her thirteenth. Surely, she must live in a huge American city or perhaps London, England? No – she is our very own Gail Bowen and she lives in Regina! Her books are set in Saskatchewan, her heroine, Joanne Kilbourn lives in Regina, and Kilbourn’s daughter lives in Saskatoon. Bowen has her heroine travel the province. In her last book, The Brutal Heart, Prince Albert played a part in the story. Pine Grove Correction Centre (the woman’s jail) is in The Brutal Heart and staff invited Bowen to give a reading to the inmates there. Bowen was very happy to do so and shared her book this morning. She was well received by the woman who is incarcerated at the Correctional Centre, who took part in a lively question-and-answer in which they questioned Bowen about her book and about publishing in general. Last night, Bowen held a reading at the local library. Gail Bowen is a popular author who takes ordinary prairie living and turns it into a murder mystery. She, nor her heroine, ever forget where they are from and are always proud of their prairie roots. Amazing authors who live just around the corner . . . it’s a good thing!
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