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About Elizabeth Sims and Her Books | |||
Elizabeth Sims is the author of four novels comprising the Lillian Byrd Crime Story series: Holy Hell (#1), the Lambda Award-winning Damn Straight (#2), Lucky Stiff (#3) and Easy Street (#4), all from Alyson Books of New York. Three of her short stories appear in the collections A Woman's Touch, Best Lesbian Love Stories 2004 and Romance For LIFE. Other of her stories and poems have been published in literary magazines, and she has written for Writer's Digest and LOGOS: Journal of the World Book Community (UK). She's served on the editorial board of a literary magazine and has worked as a reporter, bookseller, corporate trainer, executive, and writing coach. Her degrees are from Michigan State University and Wayne State University, where she won the Tompkins Award for fiction. Elizabeth lives in Port Angeles, Washington, USA. |
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Praise for Easy Street the latest Lillian Byrd Crime Story "Lillian has returned in all her dry, witty splendor" —The L Life "Lillian is a true original." —Kirkus Reviews 
A Lillian Byrd Crime Story By Elizabeth Sims November, 2005 by Alyson Books Could things get worse for Lillian? Could this be the best one yet?
Her old Caprice is convulsing through the last of its death throes, her pet rabbit and constant companion Todd ails, and as usual Lillian Byrd is flat broke.
For a few extra bucks she agrees to help an old friend renovate her house, but as you know, nothing ever goes smoothly in the life of Lillian Byrd.
By the end of the first day on the job there's a partially demolished wall, a mysterious stash of cash, and a dead body. And Lillian's attentions have been diverted by the appearance of a drop-dead gorgeous neighbor.
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Damn Straight won a Lambda Literary Award!
Click here to read Elizabeth's acceptance speech. "A sassy, smart, ultimately thoughtful thriller." —Booklist "Strong and filled with humor... by far the best detective of the bunch." —Just Out 
A Lillian Byrd Crime Story By Elizabeth Sims Published 2003 by Alyson Books The Dinah Shore Weekend turns deadly ...and Lillian Byrd is in the middle of it After her narrow brush with death in Holy Hell, you'd think Lillian Byrd would have learned to keep her head down, but when a friend in crisis calls from California, Lillian jumps on a plane and wings her way from Detroit to Palm Springs—and
danger. It's the long weekend of the Dinah Shore golf tournament, the wildest women's sporting event in the world, when thousands of lesbians descend on the desert community of Rancho Mirage and take over. At a pre-championship party, Lillian leaps into a slippery romance with a top LPGA star. But her superstar athlete has a secret: Someone is quietly terrorizing her. Lillian, eager to help, goes undercover as a high-profile reporter, an unhinged nun, and a professional caddie while uncovering layer after disturbing layer of the golfer’s past. Finally, with violence erupting at every turn, Lillian uncovers her lover's ultimate horrifying secret—and
it is not at all what she had guessed. With this new book, Elizabeth Sims presents another nail-biting thriller featuring her oh-so-human amateur detective. Damn Straight sizzles and zings and will have you laughing through your shivers.
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Praise for Holy Hell the first Lillian Byrd Crime Story "Brilliant, sharp, clever, and compelling." —Rainbow Network "In the style of hard-boiled crime detectives of the past comes a new sleuth that one can't help find likable. She's a maverick: impulsive, resourceful, naive, witty, stubborn, and courageous.... Holy Hell will leave readers craving the next Lillian Byrd escapade." —Just Out "Lillian Byrd is wry, acerbic, intelligent, common-sensical, and just foolhardy enough to keep the plot moving without making readers want to kill her before the baddies do.... Read it. You'll love it. You'll want more." —Liberty Press 
A Lillian Byrd Crime Story By Elizabeth Sims Published 2002 by Alyson Books "A wickedly funny novel of suspense." Lillian Byrd is a small-time reporter with a flair for making big-time mistakes—like getting fired for fending off the boss's son with an X-Acto knife and breaking up with her girlfriend for no good reason—so her investigation into the disappearances of women around the Detroit area might not be the best idea. But when one of the missing women turns up dead and Lillian recognizes the curiously mutilated corpse, she's in too deep to get out. Of course, it doesn't help that she's still fighting off the boss's son and ducking the intensely aggressive attentions of the roughest dyke in town. Now, after simultaneously blowing the case for the police and revealing herself to the killers, she is completely on her own. Can she catch the murderers before they catch up with her?
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edited by Lori L. Lake & Tara Young Published February 14 2006 by Intaglio Publications. |
edited by Angela Brown Published 2004 by Alyson Books |
edited by Valerie Reed Published 2003 by Alyson Books |
