About
Jule Selbo, an award-winning screenwriter moved from Los Angeles to Maine to write novels. 7 DAYS, A Dee Rommel Mystery (2025), is the fourth of a crime/mystery series that follows the Kirkus starred ** 10 DAYS (2021) and 9 DAYS (2022) and 8 DAYS (2023). Other kudos: Kirkus’ Top 5 from Small Publishers, Silver Falchion Award and Foreword Review, Clue and Maine Lit Award nominations. Other books include: Find Me in Florence (2019), Dreams of Discovery, the Life of Explorer John Cabot (2019), Breaking Barriers, The Life of Laura Bassi (2020). Screenwriting credits include (tv and film) Lucas’ Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, Hercules, Melrose Place, Hercules, Space Above and Beyond and more and feature-length movies for Disney, Columbia Pictures and Universal. Along the way, she earned her PhD in Film Theory and wrote film history and screenwriting articles and a few textbooks that are used in universities in the States and abroad, Screenplay, Building Character Through Story and Film Genre for the Screenwriter.
Featured Work
7 DAYS, A DEE ROMMEL MYSTERY
In this fourth book in the Dee Rommel Mystery Series, harassment comes in all shapes and sizes and Dee’s protective streak – particularly when it comes to her mother’s well-being and her new clients, is triggered. When a well-known environmentalist and land developer in Maine is found dead, Dee’s boss, head of Portland Maine’s G&Z Private Investigations and good friend of the deceased, sends her to find out what she can. Clues begin to collide when Dee faces greed, betrayals and property deals that sour because of the Forever Chemicals embedded in a family’s beloved farmland. It’s an emotional roller-coaster for Dee when she’s thrown in with a diverse cast of suspects and steps into dangerous territory to defend the weakest among them. Dee gains new insight, about herself, her past, and her loved ones; she realizes she must make the right choices – for the safety of those she cares about and for her own well-being.
Other Works
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7 DAYS, A DEE ROMMEL MYSTERY
2025
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9 DAYS, A Dee Rommel Mystery
2022
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10 DAYS, A Dee Rommel Mystery
2021
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Find Me in Florence
2020
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Breaking Barriers, Based on the Life of Laura Bassi
2020
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Dreams of Discovery, Based on the Life of Explorer John Cabot
2019
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Screenplay: Building Story Through Character
2016
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Film Genre for the Screenwriter
2015
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WOMEN SCREENWRITERS, International Guide
2015
Awards and Recognition
- Kirkus Top Five List/Crime Mysteries by Small Publishers (10 DAYS, A Dee Rommel Mystery)
- Silver Falchion Award (10 Days, A Dee Rommel Mystery)
- Foreward Review Finalist, Honorable Mention (10 DAYS, A Dee Rommel Mystery)
- Goethe Award (Breaking Barriers, Based on the Life of Laura Bassi - awarded through Chanticleer)
