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Debra Gaskill

Biography

Debra Gaskill is the former managing editor of the Washington Court House (Ohio) Record Herald, which earned two Associated Press General Excellence awards during her tenure. She was an award-winning journalist for 20 years, writing for a number of Ohio newspapers covering the cops and courts beat, and the Associated Press, covering any stories thrown her way.

Gaskill brings her knowledge of newspapers to her Jubilant Falls series. The mysteries 'Barn Burner' (2009), 'The Major's Wife' (2010), 'Lethal Little Lies' (2013), 'Murder on the Lunatic Fringe' (2014) and 'Death of A High Maintenance Blonde' (2014) all center around crimes committed in the fictional small town Jubilant Falls, Ohio, and often center around the damage family secrets can do. 'The Major's Wife' received honorable mention in the 2011 Writer's Digest Self-Published Book Awards and 'Barn Burner' was a finalist for the Silver Falchion Award at Killer Nashville..

Her next series, featuring the private investigator Niccolo Fitzhugh, brings her cops and courts experience together in a mystery that "creates complex characters and places them in real settings" according to customer reviews. That series includes Call Fitz (2015), Holy Fitz (2016), Love Fitz (2016), and the 2018 Silver Falchion Award winner for Best Suspense, Kissing Fitz (2017).

Gaskill has an associates degree in liberal arts from Thomas Nelson Community College in Hampton, Va., a bachelor's degree in English and journalism from Wittenberg University and a master of fine arts in creative writing from Antioch University, Yellow Springs.

She and her husband Greg, a retired U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel, have two children and three grandchildren. They raise llamas and alpacas on their farm in Enon, Ohio.

Connect with her on her website, www.debragaskillnovels.com, as well as on Twitter and Facebook.

Where to find Debra Gaskill online

Website: http://www.debragaskillnovels.com/

Series

Fracktown Gumshoe by
Call Fitz
Price: $2.99 USD.
Holy Fitz
Price: $2.99 USD.
Love, Fitz
Price: $2.99 USD.
Kissing Fitz
Price: $2.99 USD.
Toxic Fitz
Price: $2.99 USD.
Finding Fitz
Price: $2.99 USD.
Jubilant Falls Series by
Barn Burner
Price: $0.99 USD.
The Major's Wife
Price: $2.99 USD.
Lethal Little Lies
Price: $2.99 USD.
Murder on the Lunatic Fringe
Price: $2.99 USD.
Death of A High Maintenance Blonde
Price: $2.99 USD.

Books

Seasons by , , , , , &
Price: Free! Words: 17,150. Language: English. Originally Published: April 18, 2023 by Debra Gaskill. Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - multi-author
This year's anthology, the fifth by the Southern Ohio Writers Group, Seasons, is indicative of a lot of things: the sweetness and the bitterness of life, the passing seasons and the passing of time. This is the first anthology we have published since the pandemic. The Southern Ohio Writers and Readers Collaborative, SOWriters for short, is a writers' critique group which meets in Chillicothe...
Toxic Fitz by
Series: Fracktown Gumshoe, Book 5. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 61,560. Language: English. Originally Published: November 11, 2018 by Debra Gaskill. Categories: Fiction, Fiction » Mystery & detective » General
TOXIC FITZ IS A FINALIST FOR THE 2019 SILVER FALCHION AWARD FOR BEST SUSPENSE Hometown star Nora Solomon was poised for fame when she was found dead in her barn. It's a sad end to a long acting career that was ready to explode with the upcoming release of two movies. Then Nora's nephew contacts Rustbelt PI Niccolo 'Fitz' Fitzhugh to claim Nora was murdered, even though there's nothing to...
The Cabin by
Price: Free! Words: 6,060. Language: English. Originally Published: November 17, 2016 by Debra Gaskill. Categories: Fiction » Women's fiction » Chick lit
In this short story, Susan returns to a Southern Ohio cabin to hide the evidence of a twenty-year affair with Benjamin, Miriam's husband. When Miriam shows up at the cabin, both women learn the terrible cost love can exact.
Counterfeit Life by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 93,080. Language: English. Originally Published: January 15, 2020 by Debra Gaskill. Categories: Fiction, Fiction » Women's fiction » Chick lit, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense
When Columbus, Ohio, businesswoman Lisa Harper tries to change her name following her wedding, she gets a rude awakening: the social security number she's used all her life isn't hers. When Ames Flaherty, the lawyer hired to find out the truth, discovers her birth certificate is also forged, Lisa finds she's been living a counterfeit life. If she's not the daughter of Dr. Regina Harper, an art...
Death of A High Maintenance Blonde by
Series: Jubilant Falls Series, Book 5. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 72,240. Language: English. Originally Published: February 3, 2016 by Debra Gaskill. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths
There are blondes — and then there are high maintenance blondes. And Eve Dahlgren was a high maintenance blonde, even forty years ago in high school. When Eve ends up dead, and Journal-Gazette publisher Earlene Whitelaw is arrested for her murder, it looks like an open and shut case. It's up to editor Addison McIntyre to prove her boss didn't kill her. But Eve's got secrets—and so does the...
Dark Inspirations by , , , , &
Price: Free! Words: 24,110. Language: English. Originally Published: October 8, 2020 by Debra Gaskill. Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - multi-author, Fiction » Horror
The Southern Ohio Writers' Collaborative, SOWriters for short, is a writers' critique group which, in true social media form, accepts members online through several different websites. The group began meeting in 2013 at local restaurants, book stores, and the Ross County Library until SOWriters was approached in mid-2015 by volunteers at the Pump House Center for the Arts offering to hold their...
Surviving Christmas by , , , , &
Price: Free! Words: 14,900. Language: English. Originally Published: November 28, 2017 by Debra Gaskill. Categories: Fiction » Literary collections » Letters
The Southern Ohio Writers and Readers Collaborative, SOWriters for short, is a writers' critique group which, in true social media form, accepts members online through several different websites. The group began meeting in 2013 at local restaurants, book stores, and the Ross County Library until SOWriters was approached in mid-2015 by volunteers at the Pump House Center for the Arts offering to...
The Major's Wife by
Series: Jubilant Falls Series, Book 2. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 74,700. Language: English. Originally Published: February 3, 2016 by Debra Gaskill. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Suspense
When Marcus Henning came to the Jubilant Falls Journal-Gazette in 1982, he was looking for the one story that would change his career, give him credibility after screwing up a story in another town. Instead, he fell in love —and lost— the fiery redhead Kay James when she married an Air Force fighter pilot named Paul Armstrong. Seven years later...
Holy Fitz by
Series: Fracktown Gumshoe, Book 2. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 51,420. Language: English. Originally Published: July 7, 2017 by Debra Gaskill. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » General
The women in the life of private investigator Niccolo Fitzhugh aren't making things easy for him at all. His mother has told Father O'Malley, the priest at St. Rita, he would investigate—for free—the case of Aileen O'Connor, who lost $50,000 to con man Benedict St. Giles and who believes she's part of a rebirth of the Catholic Church. Then Fitz...
Finding Fitz by
Series: Fracktown Gumshoe, Book 6. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 59,860. Language: English. Originally Published: November 17, 2020 by Debra Gaskill. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » General, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » General
Unhappy clients and a marriage on the brink of implosion mean tough times for Fitz. When Alicia is kidnapped from her hotel room while prosecuting a high-profile murder trial, the search for her uncovers an ugly subculture of hate that Fitz needs to infiltrate in order to save his wife. What he learns along the way could also save his marriage...
Hidden Fitz by
Series: Fracktown Gumshoe, Book 7. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 59,380. Language: English. Originally Published: April 4, 2022 by Debra Gaskill. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Hard-Boiled, Fiction » Mystery & detective » General
When a young university student Phillipa Huddleston sits down in the office of Fitzhugh investigation, she wants Fitz to find her mother, Barbara Huddleston. The problem? She's been gone for four years and the police were never notified. Why wouldn't her father report his wife missing? Had he killed her? Or why didn't Pippa's wealthy grandparents do the same? The case takes Fitz out of the...
Murder on the Lunatic Fringe by
Series: Jubilant Falls Series, Book 4. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 70,200. Language: English. Originally Published: February 3, 2016 by Debra Gaskill. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths
The news is as slow as the lazy, final days of summer in Jubilant Falls when editor Addison McIntyre drives out to the Lunatic Fringe farm, to interview Russian-born Ekaterina Bolodenka for a story on her award-winning weaving and the llamas and alpacas she raises there. But there's something about farm manager Jerome Johnson that Addison doesn't trust, particularly when she—or the police—can't...
Containment by
Price: Free! Words: 3,900. Language: English. Originally Published: October 21, 2020 by Debra Gaskill. Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author
Its a different world. Essential workers come in containment suits now, bringing food and other necessary items. Since the virus was discovered to be airborne, the Government said it had no choice. People were locked in their houses, reporting their symptoms to Big App every morning on their smart phones and subjected to constant government propaganda. But for a woman stuck inside with her...
Love, Fitz by
Series: Fracktown Gumshoe, Book 3. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 56,710. Language: English. Originally Published: July 7, 2017 by Debra Gaskill. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » General
What's scarier for Rust Belt PI Niccolo Fitzhugh? A dead body in the trunk of burning car or waking up in bed with prosecutor Alicia Linnerman after a blistering drunk? Fitz's life has been turned upside down since the death of his beloved wife Gracie. Outside of work, he's holed up at home alone, drowning in his grief. But sex with Alicia has...
Barn Burner by
Series: Jubilant Falls Series, Book 1. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 80,900. Language: English. Originally Published: February 3, 2016 by Debra Gaskill. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths
Barns are burning on farms all around Jubilant Falls, Ohio —but that's the least of newspaper editor Addison McIntyre's problems. The daughter of Golgotha College president Dr. Seaford Thorn has come up missing — along with $500,000 from the college's endowment fund. When Addison's own daughter Isabella, already suspended from school for assaulting a teacher, attempts suicide , Addison must...
Lethal Little Lies by
Series: Jubilant Falls Series, Book 3. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 67,260. Language: English. Originally Published: February 3, 2016 by Debra Gaskill. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths
Times are tough in the newspaper business these days. In between staff cuts, furloughs and declining advertising dollars, Jubilant Falls Journal-Gazette editor Addison McIntyre hasn’t got time to listen when candidate Rick Starrett claims his opponent Virginia Ferguson ran a dirty state senate campaign. Short on staff, time and patience, she can’t waste time on sore losers—then Virginia...
Kissing Fitz by
Series: Fracktown Gumshoe, Book 4. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 57,680. Language: English. Originally Published: December 17, 2017 by Debra Gaskill. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » General
WINNER OF THE 2018 SILVER FALCHION AWARD FOR BEST SUSPENSE! A Saturday of ballistic therapy at the Fawcettville gun range turns bloody for PI Niccolo 'Fitz' Fitzhugh when local social worker and community theater star Anna Maria Ippolito is found murdered in her home. It's personal too—he's been casually dating Anna Maria following his disastrous break up with prosecutor Alicia Linnerman. The...
Call Fitz by
Series: Fracktown Gumshoe, Book 1. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 55,420. Language: English. Originally Published: February 3, 2016 by Debra Gaskill. Categories: Fiction » Thriller & suspense » General
Think your husband is unfaithful? Call Fitz. Niccolo 'Fitz' Fitzhugh is the retired cop who runs Fitzhugh Investigations, whose business revolves around digging up dirt for local divorce lawyers. He knows, maybe better than anyone, how an unfaithful male thinks. After all, his police career came to an abrupt end when he slept with the police chief's slinky wife—and he's sleeping on his office...

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