Margaret Lucke

Margaret Lucke flings words around in the San Francisco Bay Area, as a writer, editor, teacher of writing classes, and writing coach. She is fascinated by the power of stories and the magic of creativity.

Her latest novel, HOUSE OF DESIRE, a tale of love, ghosts and murder in San Francisco, is now available for preorder as a Kindle book. A print edition is coming soon. It is the second book in the Claire Scanlan Haunted House series, following HOUSE OF WHISPERS.

Other works include two novels featuring artist/private eye Jess Randolph: SNOW ANGEL, in which Jess makes a desperate search for a missing child, and A RELATIVE STRANGER, an Anthony Award nominee for Best First Mystery, and two how-to books on writing: SCHAUM'S QUICK GUIDE TO WRITING GREAT SHORT STORIES and WRITING MYSTERIES.

Margaret is also the editor of FAULT LINES, an anthology of 19 stories by Northern California crime writers, published in 2019 by the NorCal chapter of Sisters in Crime.

A former president of the Northern California chapter of Mystery Writers of America, Margaret teaches fiction writing classes at UC Berkeley Extension and frequently leads writing workshops and classes for libraries, writers organizations, and other groups. Visit her at www.margaretlucke.com.