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Mary Lynn Cloghesy, Author
I’m a fiction writer from Calgary, Alberta, known as the Wild Rose Writer, and the founder of the Leadership Literary Lab. I grew up in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, so my books reflect a western sensibility and my fascination with the unseen forces that move us. I was a Claymore finalist in 2023 for Claire O’Connor: The Chain-Link Murder, and was chosen as a Top Pick in 2024 for my latest work, Embers. Find out more in My Books.
Supernatural Stories Set In Western Canada
Growing up in Alberta, my books capture a maverick spirit unique to the west. Not cowboy stories, I write about outliers who explore the unseen forces and emotions that move us. My first two novels are both murder mysteries with a supernatural spin.
Claire O’Connor: The Chain Link-Murder begins when a body is found impaled on a fence post at the corner of a parochial school and a public park in Victoria, BC. Claire O’Connor, a young clairvoyant, is asked to assist in the investigation and senses her family’s involvement. Will this case destroy her and those closest to her, or will she unmask the killer in time to prevent another innocent death?
Embers, my second book, is loosely based on a true story. When a café mysteriously burns down between a funeral home and a wedding chapel off the Trans-Canada Highway near Calgary, AB, a group of travellers become the prime suspects in an arson-turned-murder investigation. Find out who killed Charlie and if paranormal forces played a role…
