HAMMER & ELLEN J WELCOMES MYSTERY AUTHOR/TV WRITER ELLEN BYRON IN STUDIO

Welcome to the Hammer Radio Network!!! Today, Brian & Ellen J have a great show lined up for you...joining us in the studio, Tv writer/author, Ellen Byron; Ms. Byron will be sharing with us her Cajun Country mystery series. If you would like to join us, 319-527-6099 is the number.

Ellen writes the USA Today bestselling Cajun Country Mysteries. MARDI GRAS MURDER won the Agatha Award for Best Contemporary Novel and was nominated for a Best Humorous Mystery Lefty Award by Left Coast Crime. A CAJUN CHRISTMAS KILLING and BODY ON THE BAYOU, both won the Lefty Award for Best Humorous Mystery, and were nominated for Agatha Awards in the category of Best Contemporary Novel. Ellen's TV credits include Wings and Just Shoot Me; she's written over 200 magazine articles; her published plays include the award-winning Graceland and Asleep on the Wind. She is a native New Yorker who lives in Los Angeles and attributes her fascination with Louisiana to her college years at New Orleans' Tulane University. She also worked as a cater-waiter for Martha Stewart, a credit she never tires of sharing. Have an early copy of Martha's first book, ENTERTAINING? Ellen's standing right next to her in the group shot.

Also on the show today, Hammer & Ellen J will have headlines, politics, entertainment, box office and more. to come in the studio, the number is 319-527-6099.