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Waverly Curtis

Waverly Curtis is the joint byline for the mystery writing team Waverly Fitzgerald and Curt Colbert.

Waverly Fitzgerald is the author of three historical romances under the name Nancy Fitzgerald. She has taught writing classes at the UCLA Writers Program, the University of Washington Extension, and regional conferences. She currently teaches at Richard Hugo House, the literary arts center in Seattle. She lives in Seattle with her daughter, Shaw, and Shaw’s Chihuahua, Pepe.

Curt Colbert is the author of the Jake Rossiter and Miss Jenkins mysteries. A Seattle native, Curt is also a poet and an avid history buff. Curt and his wife, Stephanie, live in a Seattle suburb under the thrall of their cat, Esmeralda.


“I do not understand," said Pepe, "why humans use that term as one of denigration, when a bitch is one of the most beautiful things on earth.”
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