About
Lynne Murray knew she wanted to write a novel featuring a fat heroine with a take-no-prisoners attitude when the book hit the wall. She threw the novel she was reading when she reached a page where the book's heroine sneers at a fat character. It was one fat joke too many. She had to do something.
She wasn't sure how to create a fat fictional character who refused to be ignored or disrespected. It turned out that what she had to do was become a self-accepting woman of size in the process of writing about one.
Larger Than Death, the first book in the mystery series featuring Josephine Fuller, a sleuth of size who doesn't apologize, won the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance (NAAFA) Distinguished Achievement Award.
In Bride of the Living Dead, she set out to write a romantic comedy about love and marriage. She conjured up a rebellious, plus-sized heroine whose idea of dressing up is wearing a monster movie T-shirt and jeans to go to the movies. Yet Bride of the Living Dead finds heroine Daria MacClellan trapped into a formal wedding with her anorexic, perfectionist older sister planning the whole thing.
Murray's humorous short pieces have appeared in magazines and newspapers. Many of these articles, including an interview with Darlene Cates, star of What's Eating Gilbert Grape, are available on her website at www.lmurray.com. She is also a regular contributor to the Body Impolitic blog.
Murray went to San Francisco to go to college and ended up staying. She received a B.A. in psychology from San Francisco State University. The city is the setting for Bride of the Living Dead and has been the setting for most her her fiction since her first book, Termination Interview, was published in 1988.
Murray shares an apartment with a small group of extremely mellow cats, who are all either rescued or formerly feral.
Story Behind The Book
At Large is the third book in the Josephine Fuller mystery series by Lynne Murray. The series was originally published by St Martin's Press (the first book, Larger Than Death, was originally published in hardcover by Orloff Press), but was out of print until Pearlsong Press starting reprinting the series and publishing the books in ebook form for the first time.
Reviews
"A large dose of fun carefully entwined in a rip-snorting mystery."<br /><em><strong>Crescent Blues</strong></em><br /><br />"This one is a winner, the kind of read you don't want to put down unless the house is on fire."<br /><strong>Lee Martindale</strong><br /><em><strong>Rump Parliament Magazine</strong></em><br /><br />"Josephine Fuller charms the reader with her wry, self-deprecating humor and her passionate defense of the underdog."<br /><strong>Donna Andrews</strong><br />author of<em><strong> Murder with Peacocks</strong></em><br /><br />"<em><strong>At Large</strong></em> is filled with hilarious dialogue, comfortable old friends and a great love triangle. Grab a cup of tea, sit in front of the fireplace, and follow Jo as she sets out to solve this latest puzzle."<br /><em><strong>BBW Magazine</strong></em><br /><br />"Investigator Josephine Fuller is a large woman, but no challenge is too big for her."<br /><em><strong>The Oklahoman</strong></em>
