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Shawn Reilly Simmons is the author of The Red Carpet Catering Mysteries. Shawn was born in Indiana, grew up in Florida, and began her professional career in New York and New Jersey after graduating from the University of Maryland with a BA in English. Shawn has worked as a sales executive, book store manager, fiction editor, convention organizer, and caterer. Cooking behind the scenes on movie sets perfectly combined two of her great loves, film and food, and provided inspiration for her books. Murder on the Red Carpet and Murder on Location are the first two books in her series.
 

Awards: Agatha (2022), Anthony (2020)  see all

Genres: Cozy Mystery, Mystery
 
New and upcoming books
October 2025

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Murder in the Graveyard
(Destination Murders)
Anthologies edited
   Windward (2016) (with Kimberly Gray, Verena Rose and Harriette Sackler)
   Busted! (2017)
   Noir at the Salad Bar (2017) (with Verena Rose and Harriette Sackler)
   Snowbound (2017) (with Verena Rose and Harriette Sackler)
   Landfall (2018) (with Verena Rose, Harriette Sackler and Angel Trapp)
   Seascape (2019) (with William Ade, Christine Bagley, Michael Bracken, Dames of Detection, Peter W J Hayes, Adam Meyer, Alan Orloff, Janet Raye Stevens and Gabriel Valjan)
   Masthead (2020) (with Verena Rose and Harriette Sackler)
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Anthology series
Mystery Patrons Present (with Rita Owen and Verena Rose)
   1. Mystery Most International (2024)
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Series contributed to
Malice Domestic
   12. Charlaine Harris Presents Malice Domestic 12 (2017) (with others)
   13. Nancy Pickard Presents Malice Domestic 13 (2018) (with others)
   14. Murder Most Edible (2019) (with Rita Owen and Verena Rose)
   15. Ellen Hart Presents Malice Domestic 15 (2020) (with others)
   16. Mystery Most Diabolical (2021) (with Rita Owen and Verena Rose)
   17. Mystery Most Traditional (2023) (with Rita Owen and Verena Rose)
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Destination Murders
   Murder on the Beach (2021) (with others)
   Murder in the Mountains (2022) (with others)
   Murder at Sea (2023) (with others)
   Murder in the Air (2024) (with others)
   Murder in the Graveyard (2025) (with others)
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Books containing stories by Shawn Reilly Simmons
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Crime Songs (2025)
edited by
Sean O'Leary
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Agatha and Derringer Get Cozy (2024)
Thirteen Tales of Murder, Mystery, and Master Detection
edited by
Gay Toltl Kinman and Andrew McAleer

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Awards
2022 Agatha Award for Best Short Story : Bay of Reckoning
2020 Anthony Award for Best Anthology or Collection : Murder Most Edible
2020 Agatha Award for Best Short Story : The Last Word

Award nominations
2021 Agatha Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : The Red Herrings at Killington Inn


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