Brenda Chapman

Mystery Writer

Brenda Chapman is a Canadian crime fiction author with twenty-six published novels. In addition to short stories and standalones, she has written the lauded Stonechild and Rouleau police procedural series, the Anna Sweet mystery novellas, and the Jennifer Bannon mysteries for middle grade. Blind Date is the first in her Hunter and Tate mysteries. Her work has been shortlisted for several awards including five Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence.

Upcoming Appearances

Saturday, February 21 – 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. –– Signing at the Book’s Better, 275 Brockville Street, Smiths Falls followed by a book club from 5:00 to 6:00 (pre-registration required).

Wednesday, February 25 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. – I’ll be appearing at the Clarence-Rockland Public Library, 2-1525 du Parc Avenue, Rockland, Ontario.

New and Reviews

 

  • Sullivan Entertainment options Cold Mourning for television.
  • Who Lies in Wait is featured in the Ottawa Citizen as part of the summer reading series.
  • Glebe Report reviews Who Lies in Wait in the June issue!
  • Fatal Harvest is shortlisted for  2025 Crime Writers of Canada Best Crime Novel Set in Canada award!
  • My 2024 interview in Kitchissippi Times with editor Charlie Senack.
  • Fatal Harvest reviewed in the Glebe Report
  • My short story “The Pool” has been chosen for the anthology Larceny & Last Chances, due out June 2024 from Superior Shores Press
  • An interview in Lakehead University’s Journey magazine
  • An interview in Kitchissippi Times
  • A terrific When Last Seen review in Publisher’s Weekly!
  • Crime Writers of Canada’s Eric D’Souza interviewed me about my short story “The Final Hit” in the anthology  Cold Canadian Crime.
  • Cold Mourning & Butterfly Kills audiobooks were among the top 10 library loans in 2021 in more than one country! Article in The Guardian
  • This 2022 interview on Daytime Ottawa introduces Blind Date and the new Hunter and Tate mystery series.

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