Joyce Yarrow
A New York City transplant now living in Seattle, Joyce Yarrow began her writing life jotting down poems on the subway and observing human behavior from every walk of life.
Joyce's latest published books are SANDSTORM (D.X. Varos, 2021) and ZAHARA AND THE LOST BOOKS OF LIGHT. Her Jo Epstein Mystery series includes:
ASK THE DEAD, Martin Brown Publishers, Kokomo, Indiana, 2005
THE LAST MATRYOSHKA (aka Russian Reckoning), Five Star/Cengage, Nov. 2010
Literary fiction:
RIVERS RUN BACK, - co-authored with Arindam Roy, Vitasta Publishing, New Delhi, 2015
In addition to authoring novels, Joyce Yarrow is a Pushcart Nominee with short stories and essays that have appeared in Inkwell Journal, Whistling Shade, Descant, Arabesques, Weber: The Contemporary West, and the Los Angeles Review of Books. Yarrow is a member of the Authors Guild and Sisters in Crime and has presented workshops on “The Place of Place in Writing” at conferences in the US and India. Her novel, Russian Reckoning (ask The Last Matryoshka) is a Library Journal “SELF-E” Selection.
Works
RUSSIAN RECKONING aka THE LAST MATRYOSHKA
Roped into helping her émigré stepfather, Nikolai, escape the clutches of a ruthless blackmailer, Jo Epstein must enter a world where criminals enforce a 19th century code of honor, threats arrive inside traditional Matryoshka (nesting) dolls, and fashion models adorn themselves with lewd prison tattoos. And even as she helps Nikolai—who claims to have been framed—to evade the police, Jo can’t help wondering if her musically gifted but socially inept stepfather is as innocent as he claims.
A Library Journal “SELF-E” Selection
SANDSTORM
Zahara and the Lost Books of Light
Awards and Recognition
- Pushcart Prize nomination from Inkwell Magazine
- Library Journal “SELF-E” Selection awarded to Russian Reckoning
Press and Media Mentions
Website
Location
Seattle, WA
Author Contact
Category
Fiction & Literature, Mystery & Crime
agent Contact
Jo Ann Deck Literary Agency