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WELCOME TO MY WRITING & MY WEBSITE |
Welcome and thank you for looking at my website. My long-held hopes of becoming an author came true in 2013 with the publication of "One Dog Too Many" by Camel Press. I love hearing from readers so email me anytime at farquha1@msu.edu. Interested in learning more about me as a person and an author? Please check out the "About" Page.
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Author Lyn Farrell
,Dear Visitor:
Welcome to my website! Thank you for visiting, and for being a reader. I’ve been writing and publishing books since 2013. I decided to become a writer in the seventh grade when my teacher read John Steinbeck’s “The Pearl” aloud. My home life was chaotic and I found peace spending summers at my grandmother’s dairy farm. With little supervision, I wandered the hundred and twenty acre farm and discovered the beauty and healing power of nature. Today, when I need inspiration for my stories, I take long walks. I find being around dogs therapeutic and have always had one by my side. My memories of the time I spent at the farm resulted in a novel “The Cottonwoods” to be released August, 2021.
My first marriage had ended in divorce, leaving me with two young children. Five years later, I fell in love with a professor with six children. Needless to say raising that many kids required working full-time. When I retired from Michigan State University, I pursued my original dream of becoming a writer. My daughter, Lisa, and I wrote the “Mae December mysteries” using the penname of Lia Farrell. They are amusing, mental puzzles called cozies, with an element of romance. Cozies are the gentlest subset of the broad genre of crime writing. As its name suggests, it's a comfort read that leaves you satisfied and at one with the world.
Now writing as Lyn Farrell, I recently published "The Blind Switch" (January, 2021). It's the first in a series about a private detective agency and two of our readers favorite characters from the Mae December mysteries, Dory Clarkson and Wayne Nichols, have starring roles in these books. I love hearing from you! Email me at farquha1@msu.edu or subscribe to my monthly Newsletter. Interested in more? Check out the "About" page and my "Blog".
Welcome to my website! Thank you for visiting, and for being a reader. I’ve been writing and publishing books since 2013. I decided to become a writer in the seventh grade when my teacher read John Steinbeck’s “The Pearl” aloud. My home life was chaotic and I found peace spending summers at my grandmother’s dairy farm. With little supervision, I wandered the hundred and twenty acre farm and discovered the beauty and healing power of nature. Today, when I need inspiration for my stories, I take long walks. I find being around dogs therapeutic and have always had one by my side. My memories of the time I spent at the farm resulted in a novel “The Cottonwoods” to be released August, 2021.
My first marriage had ended in divorce, leaving me with two young children. Five years later, I fell in love with a professor with six children. Needless to say raising that many kids required working full-time. When I retired from Michigan State University, I pursued my original dream of becoming a writer. My daughter, Lisa, and I wrote the “Mae December mysteries” using the penname of Lia Farrell. They are amusing, mental puzzles called cozies, with an element of romance. Cozies are the gentlest subset of the broad genre of crime writing. As its name suggests, it's a comfort read that leaves you satisfied and at one with the world.
Now writing as Lyn Farrell, I recently published "The Blind Switch" (January, 2021). It's the first in a series about a private detective agency and two of our readers favorite characters from the Mae December mysteries, Dory Clarkson and Wayne Nichols, have starring roles in these books. I love hearing from you! Email me at farquha1@msu.edu or subscribe to my monthly Newsletter. Interested in more? Check out the "About" page and my "Blog".
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Women's Fiction
A memoir that became a novel. To be released August 10, 2021. 
The Cottonwoods
Fifteen years after her mother’s death, Amber sets off to honor the promise she made--to find an ancient treasure hidden in the family’s century-old farmhouse. She doubts its existence, but the farm is about to be sold and if the treasure is ever to be found, it’s time. She locates her great Grandmother's journal which talks of shimmering golden coins, but also tells of her bitterness. Her husband stole her dowry and ripped her from her homeland. It’s a familiar concept to Amber who struggles with her own resentment about having to become a “mother” to her little sister, Claire, after her mother died. Release date: August 10, 2021 |
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