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Short Bio:
Sarah Ickes has a devoted passion to art, a love for reading and writing, and has an old soul when it comes to television and films. Though she has a degree in Fine Arts, her life is not as simple as a piece of paper. She has worked in retail management, web designing, and marketing to name a few of the realms of her experiences. The pets in her life take precedence, as anyone with animals knows. Her interest in historical America comes vividly to life in her Murial Robertson mysteries, following the adventures of a woman in the 1880s. Currently, she has three books in the series, as well as one in her Vectra Tillerman Adventures (action/adventure/greek myth/steampunk), and the first installment in her Cybil Lawson Mysteries (cozy/light-hearted traditional mystery).
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Longer Bio:
Sarah Ickes has a devoted passion to art, a love for reading and writing, and has an old soul when it comes to television and films. Though she has a degree in Fine Arts, her life is not as simple as a piece of paper. She has worked in retail management, web designing, and marketing to name a few of the realms of her experiences. She has had her artwork on display at her alma mater, a gallery in York, and she has received three artistic certificates of merit from the Luxembourg Art Prize of 2021, 2022, 2023. The pets in her life take precedence, as anyone with animals knows.
In school, she loved to read fantasy YA books, and still does. Though she has moved into the realm of reading some cozy and traditional mystery books after watching so many growing up. Her interest in history has a profound influence on her work and is evident in both her writings and art pieces, particularly in regards to the Victorian time era and Ancient Greece. Her interest in historical America comes vividly to life in her Murial Robertson mysteries, following the adventures of a woman in the 1880s. Currently, she has three books in the series, as well as one in her Vectra Tillerman Adventures (action/adventure/greek myth/steampunk), and the first installment in her Cybil Lawson Mysteries (cozy/light-hearted traditional mystery). And Pennsylvania is where she calls home as there is no place like it. ​​
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Murial Robertson Mysteries
Series Information:
Genre: Traditional Mystery/Historical Fiction
Time Period: Late 1800s
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My "Murial Robertson Mysteries" is about a woman living in the 1880s America during the tremulous Industrial Revolution where businesses were prospering at a level never thought of before. Murial starts out on the security team for her father, Senator Robertson, until a series of events occurring in the Territory of Arizona sets a new direction for her life. Since then, she owns and operates the old family farm alongside her Foreman, and cousin, Walter with the occasional help of other friends and family as the series progresses. One would think that such a life would be serene, but that is not the case for our main heroine as she is constantly being thrust into solving mysteries, murder, and even a touch of conspiracy plots.
Vectra Tillerman Adventures
Series Information:
Genre: Action and Adventure/Greek Mythology/Steampunk/Mystery
Time Period: Present Day (with many references to the past)
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My "Vectra Tillerman Adventures" series focuses on a mysterious woman named Vectra and the life she lives living between the Olde Realm and today's society. Monica and Dare Browning first meet her when their eldest brother, and legal guardian, gets kidnapped in front of their house. After being told to find the strange woman in a dream, Monica and Dare set off on an adventure like none other. For the Olde Realm has been lurking amongst the rest of the world for centuries. It is full of Greek myths, legends of old, and knights of medieval times left to mere stories in history books. Once the Brownings have stepped foot into this unknown life, they are never the same as they will continue to discover how much they are intertwined with Vectra's domain. And perhaps, fight off a few evil fiends while they are at!
Cybil Lawson Mysteries
Series Information:
Genre: Cozy/Light-Hearted Traditional Mystery
Time Period: Present Day
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My "Cybil Lawson Mysteries" take place in a small town called Robbyr's Cove, settled in the center of Pennsylvania. Cybil has lived all her life in the place that was founded by a band of outlaws in the early part of the 1900s. The oldest families all have connections to the original founders, including her ancestor, and all of them have been searching for the missing gems that were stashed away centuries before. But beyond the locals' pastime of amateur treasure hunting, the town finds themselves with a murder or two that Cybil soon gets wrapped into investigating. Whether it be the suspicion falls onto her family, friends, or herself, the part-time art store manager seems to be the one who has a knack for the details.
A Family's Masterpiece Series
Series Information:
Genre: Women's Fiction/Clean Story (slight mystery)
Time Period: Present Day (with many references to the past)
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when it becomes available.
My "A Family's Masterpiece" series is more along the lines of women's fiction with a mystery in the background. Following the death of the Lucy's grandmother, Lucy gets her life-insurance policy worth enough money to start her own craft and artisan marketplace, along with the help of her best friend's family. But the embittered relatives have their own views on everything, resenting even her presence at the will reading. Different accounts of what happened the day Lucy's parents moved, all show another angle to the mystery of why they left in the first place. And if Lucy wants to get her business up and running, she is going to have to learn how to get along with people she doesn't really remember while she discovers the secret that caused the heartache between her mother and grandmother.
Twisted Short Tales Collections
Series Information:
Genre: Short Story Collections/Clean Mysteries
Time Period: Any (ranges all over)
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when it becomes available.
My short story collections, or anthologies, are a range of stories I've written over different months, years, and days. There is a theme to each of the books, such as seasons or night and day. The stories will sometimes have characters in them that are derived from my other series, or they will have stories that are excerpts from my other books. Think of them like a sample of my works and a nice way to try my writing style branching over various time periods.
The Sky-High Witness (Standalone)
Book Information:
Genre: Historical Fiction/Clean Mystery
Time Period: 1843
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when it becomes available.
Margaret Everton dreams of becoming an aeronaut and sailing into the sky on a balloon, just like famed John Wise. Upon seeing his tethered ascension, or balloon flight, from Carlisle, PA in 1843, she soon finds herself a witness of a bank robbery that leads into a tangled web of lies. Will she be able to figure out just what is going on before the money is lost? Or perhaps she will find herself grounded for good...six feet under.