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Leslie Budewitz

Bio

Leslie Budewitz blends her passion for food, great mysteries, and the Northwest in two cozy mystery series, the Spice Shop Mysteries, set in Seattle’s Pike Place Market, and the Food Lovers’ Village Mysteries, set in NW Montana. Leslie is the winner of three Agatha Awards—2013 Best First Novel for DEATH AL DENTE, the first Food Lovers' Village mystery; 2011 Best Nonfiction, and 2018 Best Short Story, for “All God’s Sparrows,” her first historical fiction.  Her work has also won or been nominated for Derringer, Anthony, and Macavity awards. A past president of Sisters in Crime and a current board member of Mystery Writers of America, she lives and cooks in NW Montana.

Leslie Budewitz Books

Murder in the Graveyard book cover

Murder in the Graveyard

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Lavender Lies Bleeding book cover

Lavender Lies Bleeding

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To Err is Cumin book cover

To Err is Cumin

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Between a Wok and a Dead Place book cover

Between a Wok and a Dead Place

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Peppermint Barked book cover

Peppermint Barked

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The Solace of Bay Leaves book cover

The Solace of Bay Leaves

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Chai Another Day book cover

Chai Another Day

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Killing Thyme book cover

Killing Thyme

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Guilty as Cinnamon book cover

Guilty as Cinnamon

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Butter Off Dead book cover

Butter Off Dead

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Assault and Pepper book cover

Assault and Pepper

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Crime Rib book cover

Crime Rib

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Death Al Dente book cover

Death Al Dente

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Books, Crooks, and Counselors book cover

Books, Crooks, and Counselors

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