Berryville Library hosts event featuring local authors

As part of a new series featuring local authors, the Friends of the Berryville Library hosted Murder with a Local Twist: Celebrating Local Authors Jane Elzey (The Cardboard Cottage Mystery series) and Amber Camp (the Horse Rescue Mystery series) on Monday, April 24, at the Carroll Electric Community Room in Berryville.

Jane Elzey is a mischief-maker, storyteller and bender of the facts. A career journalist, she now writes modern-day, not-so-cozy mysteries without much regard for the truth. Born and raised as a wild child on Florida’s sandy beaches, Jane now lives in the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas. An insatiable world traveler, she turns her bucket list travels into backdrop settings for her books, sharing distant destinations with readers on the hunt for whodunnit.

Elzey writes about four mature women who love to play games — while the husbands die trying. (The husband always dies.) Her Cardboard Cottage Mystery series includes Dying for Dominoes (2020), Dice on a Deadly Sea (2021) and Poison Parcheesi and Wine (2022). Killer Croquet on the Emerald Isle is due out in 2024. For author gossip, book clubs and book signings, or to join Elzey’s VIP Club, visit http://JaneElzey.com or http://CardboardCottageMystery. com Amber Camp has lived in Northwest Arkansas for 20-plus years, working as a registered nurse at a rural hospital in the area. She has a menagerie of animals that includes dogs, cats, horses, and what has been described as the Mule from Hell, which may or may not be a slight exaggeration.

Writing has always been a focus in Camp’s life, something she describes as “food for my soul.” An avid reader since grade school, she enjoys multiple genres and is always looking for new authors to add to her favorites.

Camp’s first published book was Canter with a Killer (2022) and her second murder mystery book is titled Trotting Trouble (2023). You can visit her on social media or at https://www.ambercampauthor.com.