George Bernard Shaw, Teddy Bears, and Historical Mysteries with Meg Macy

Meg Macy writes all the way across the mystery spectrum. What a treat to chat to Meg Macy, who writes historical mysteries, cozy teddy bear mysteries, as well as co-writing an Eliza Doolittle and Henry Higgins mystery series with her friend Sharon. This idea of Eliza and Henry solving crime thrills me. What a great premise for a mystery series! Listen in and hear how Meg came up with the idea and how she got her fellow author and friend on board to write the series, which was accepted by an agent just hours after they pitched it. You can find out more about today's guest, Meg Macy, and all her books on her website MegMacy.com. You can also find her on Twitter @MegMimms. Click on any of the book covers to go to Meg's books on Amazon Press play (above) to listen to the show, or read the transcript below. Remember you can also subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts. And listen on Stitcher. You can also click here to watch the interview on YouTube. Transcription of Interview with Meg Macy Alexandra: Hi, mystery readers, I'm Alexandra Amor. This is "It's a Mystery Podcast," and I'm here today with Meg Macy. Hi, Meg. Meg: Hi. Alexandra: How are you today? Meg: I'm doing fine. Alexandra: Good, good. Well, let me introduce you to our listeners. Award-winning mystery author, Meg Macy, lives in Southeast Michigan, the area she chose to set her "Shamelessly Adorable Teddy Bear," cozy mystery series for Kensington. Bearly Departed, which is book one, is available now, and book two, Bear Witness to Murder, will be coming out in May 2018. Meg's first published book, Double Crossing, won the 2012 Best First Novel Spur Award from the Western Writers of America. Meg is also one-half of the D.E. Ireland team writing the Eliza Doolittle and Henry Higgins mystery series. Books one and three have been named Agatha Award finalists for Best Historical Mystery, and we're going to touch on all of that today. Let's start talking about the "Adorable Teddy Bear" mystery book. So