Barbara Joyce-Hawryluk

Inspired by stories from Members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and my 18 years as a social worker, the crime fiction

series, Scarlet Force, was created in 2013. My award-winning novel, Wounded, is the first in the series and the second novel, Bad Elf, is set to launch in 2021 or early 2022.

Non-fiction short story credits include 'When the Sun Rises Without You,' published in 2020 by BioStories Literary Magazine, and 'Finding Faith,' winner in Writer's Digest 2020 competition. Please feel free to read them at no charge by clicking the Reading tab

at www.scarletforce.com.

I'm an active member of Crime Writers of Canada and Sisters in Crime. When I'm not writing or reading, I can be found running in the wee hours of the morning, training for long-distance races and doing my best to keep pace with my grandchildren.