As an added bonus, some of them are quirky and funny. In my novels, I want to create strong women characters who can take care of themselves and each other. I like a good feminist revenge strong on plot and even stronger on character. These badass girls give as good as they get. Then there's a whole host of fun and funny secondary characters like Amber Bush, the rescue-remedy dropping hippy hacker from Wolf, or Coyote's Madge Blackthorn, the Blackfoot tribal police chief who keeps a big bag of candy in her squad car, which she doles out liberally, along with slugs from her Beretta Storm shotgun. Her best friend, Lolita Durchenko, may be a Russian beauty running a high stake poker game that earned her the knick-name 'the poker Tsarina,' but she's also a black-belt in karate and doesn't take shit from anybody. She's funny and witty, the queen of one-line come backs, and she can quote Nietzsche. With more wit than grace, the cowgirl philosopher stumbles into murder mysteries, human trafficking, rape drugs, art scams, and corporate corruption.

Kelly Oliver: Jessica James is a former barrel racing champion getting a PhD in philosophy 'back east' at a posh Ivy League school where she's one of the few women in the program. Omnimystery News: Introduce us to your new series character.

Kelly begins a new mystery series featuring former Montana cowgirl in Wolf (Kaos Press June 2016 trade paperback and ebook formats) and we recently had the opportunity to spend some time with her talking about it. We are delighted to welcome author Kelly Oliver to Omnimystery News today.

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