Alice K. Boatwright is an award-winning author writing fiction across genres from mysteries and literary fiction to short stories and tales for children. While her career as a writer about public health, education, and the arts took her around the world, she now lives in the Pacific Northwest.
“Not only is Alice Boatwright a good detective writer, but a first-class storyteller as well. A great find.”
—M.C. Beaton
The Ellie Kent Mysteries: a series
In this series, American Ellie Kent finds the first year of marriage can be a dangerous proposal when she moves with her new husband to his English village—and is soon accused of a murder that she must solve. With close 70,000 copies sold and 6,200 ratings on Amazon, the first three Ellie Kent mysteries have delighted readers—and the fourth book is in the works. Patience, please!
“Anglophiles will adore this book’s many pleasures.” —Kirkus Reviews on Under an English Heaven (Ellie Kent mystery, book 1)
Shadows of Vietnam: three linked novellas
This new edition of the award-winning Collateral Damage will be released in late April 2025. Shadows of Vietnam is three linked stories from the Vietnam War era about those who resisted, those who fought, and those who loved them. Spanning the years from 1968 to 1993, the stories are set in the US and post-war Vietnam.
“On par with, yet completely different from, that Vietnam War masterpiece, The Things They Carried.” —Curtis Dawkins, author of The Graybar Hotel
In this chapbook of stories about the San Juan Islands, a lonely teacher, an islander in love, and a young couple keep their dreams afloat by drawing strength from the sea, sky, and islands. Illustrated by Canadian artist, Marsha Karr.
“These stories make a perfect triptych—each with its note of hard-earned, open-eyed hope. They created a world and cast a spell that stayed with me. A beautiful book.”
—Kathryn Chetkovich, author of Friendly Fire
The author’s debut children’s book was inspired by Dickens’ A Christmas Carol and traces Martha Potts’ discovery of the meaning of Thanksgiving through her chance encounter with a stray cat, who comes to stay. For ages 8 to 108.
“A rebooted, briskly paced holiday parable that focuses on generosity and community connection.” — Kirkus Reviews
The Writing Life
My fiction writing has always been the work of my heart, my private world, the hardest thing I do, and the thing that gives me the most pleasure. That said, it has almost never paid my rent… although my skill as a writer has. It took me a long time to recognize that the writing life I have lived was far more interesting than what I imagined when I was young. . .