Quilt Camp at Sea "sew excited" to have Earlene Fowler returning as the  special guest author on the 2011 Mexican Riviera Cruise (she was also our very popular special guest artist on the 2009 New England Cruise For A Cure)!! 

Detailed information about this cruise can be found on the links below (scroll down the page to see the photo gallery from Earlene's book signing tour following the publishing of State Fair in May 2010):

THIS CRUISE IS SOLD OUT - call us at 360-455-9926 if you would like to be on the waitlist in case of a cancellation.

Earlene Fowler was raised in La Puente, California, by a Southern mother and a Western father which is probably why her Benni Harper series features quilts, cattle, smart-mouthed women, cowboys and a sexy Latino cop.   She wrote literary and commercial short fiction for ten years with no publishing success when she decided to change gaits and write a mystery novel.

Her first novel Fool’s Puzzle and two sequels were sold within a week of submission to Putnam-Berkley Publishing Group as one of three lead titles for their new hardcover Prime Crime Line.   Fool’s Puzzle was nominated for an Agatha Award for Best First Mystery of 1994.   Kansas Troubles, Goose in the Pond, and Dove in the Window were each nominated for an Agatha award for Best Novel.   Earlene finally won the Agatha Award for her sixth book Mariner's Compass.  It was followed by Seven Sisters, Arkansas Traveler, Steps to the Altar and Sunshine and Shadow, Broken Dishes, and Delectable Mountains.  In 2006 her first mainstream novel, The Saddlemaker's Wife, was published to enthusiastic reviews from both fans and reviewers.  In May 2007,  her 13th Benni Harper mystery, Tumbling Blocks was published.  Her next mainstream book, Love Mercy, is set in Morro Bay and stars a new set of San Celina County characters. (Benni and family will be minor characters in this book) was published in May 2009.  In May 2010, her next Benni Harper mystery, State Fair, was published and Earlene began a book signing tour that included stops in Portland, Oregon and at Bluebird Quilts and Gallery in Grand Terrace, California (Bluebird Quilts and Gallery will be the onboard quilt shop for Quilt Camp at Sea's 2011 Mexican Riviera cruise featuring Earlene bas the special guest on the cruise).  Earlene is currently working on her next book, Spider Web to be published in May 2011.  Guests on Quilt Camp at Sea's 2011 Mexican Riviera cruise will be treated to a preview of the book including the reading by Earlene. The Benni Harper mystery series is set on the Central Coast of California in a town remarkably similar to San Luis Obispo.  Earlene is an avid lover of quilts, folk art, horses, oral history, cowboy boots (she owns 25 pair), the Central California Coast and country/western music.   She owns a purple Ford Ranger truck and lives in Southern California with her husband Allen and her Corgi, Boo.

Photo Gallery from Earlene's State Fair book signing tour in May 2010

For additional information about Earlene and her upcoming appearances, please visit her website at www.EarleneFowler.com

Detailed information about the cruise featuring Earlene as the special guest can be found on the links below:

For details about Quilt Camp at Sea's other cruises, please see the links below: