In the year 1994, she won the Ottawa Citizen short story contest for “Death Before Doughnuts”. For her short stories, she has won a pair of Arthur Ellis Awards, and was nominated for three others. “The Busy Woman’s Guide to Murder” won the RT Award for Best Amateur Sleuth in the year 2012. She is a native of Nova Scotia, like many of her characters, Mary Jane lives in Ottawa with her long-suffering husband and two miniature dachshunds. Mary is a frequent panelist at mystery conferences like Malice Domestic and Bouchercon in America and Bloody Words National Mystery Conference in Canada. ![]() She was a former board of directors member of the Canadian Booksellers Association. Mary is a former President and a current member of Crime Writers of Canada. Mary’s short stories, many of them indicating a deep mistrust of old ladies, can be found in the seven Ladies Killing Circle anthologies, Cold Blood V, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, Storyteller Magazine, Iced, and some other popular publications. ![]() She was born in Sydney, Nova Scotia and has a BA and a Masters in Library Sciences from Dalhousie. Mary Jane Maffini is a lapsed librarian, a member of the Ladies Killing Circle, former co-owner of Ottawa’s Prime Crime Mystery Bookstore.
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