Ep 122: Exploring North Dakota with Author Ellen Jacobson
Join us as we tour the US through books, one state at a time.
This week we are unraveling mysteries in North Dakota with author Ellen Jacobson. Inspired by her sister and her husband, her newest cozy mystery series is a love letter to both libraries and North Dakota.
Thea Olson is an amateur sleuth who teams up with her grandmother and the new library director to solve mysteries in the fictional town of Why, North Dakota. Murder at the Library is packed with nods to North Dakota’s vibrant Scandinavian community, adding a rich cultural layer that brings a great sense of place to the story.
You’ll love hearing how Ellen started her writing journey with a sailing blog and how her background in anthropology plays into her stories.
North Dakota is often overlooked and rarely visited but it has so much to offer. Let’s go!
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Meet Ellen Jacobson
Ellen Jacobson is a chocolate-obsessed cat lover who writes cozy mysteries and romantic comedies. After working in Scotland and New Zealand for several years, she returned to the States, lived aboard a sailboat, traveled around in a tiny camper, and is now settled in a small town in northern Oregon with her husband and an imaginary cat named Simon.
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Exploring North Dakota with Author Ellen Jacobson
In This Episode
We had so much fun chatting with Ellen and here are some of the things we talked about:
- The Badlands of North Dakota
- Fargo
- Bison, aka “fluffy cows”
- How she started writing, thanks to her mom!
- Living in the southern hemisphere
- Her linguistic anthropology degree
- The inspiration for her North Dakota series
- A surprise chameleon in Murder at the Library
- Scandinavian culture in North Dakota
- The fun of traveling via books
Books Mentioned in this Episode
Murder at the Marina
Smitten with Ravioli
Murder at the Library
Eighty Days to Elsewhere by KC Dyer
NOTE: KC Dyer was on the podcast in Episode 30 talking about this book!
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