Sarah Wisseman, Author

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Archaeologist Sarah Wisseman writes mysteries about mummies, murder, and lost manuscripts.

Sarah has a new short story "Malice Archaeological" in the summer issue of Mysterical-E, a free ezine, and a new audio download story, "Justice," at sniplits.com

And she recently returned from the best of all mystery conferences, Malice Domestic.

Visit her blog on writing and archaeology (including interviews with other authors such as Molly MacRae, Barbara D'Amato, and Libby Fischer Hellmann) here. Past topics: near death experiences, the Iceman, experimental archaeology, and art forgery.

In the June 2008 issue of Bryn Mawr College's Science and Technology magazine is a short article about Sarah's day job and how it fuels her writing.

 

The Dead Sea Codex


Archaeologists race to find a lost codex before Christian fanatics destroy it...


"Sarah Wisseman's second entry in the Lisa Donahue series is entertaining and satisfying. It is a slim volume (only 150 pages in length) and this is a strength. Her prose is spare but evocative and one gains an insight into the sights and smells and atmosphere of Israel, from the souks of the Old City to the incredible desolation of the Dead Sea area. The characters are credible and the adventure and the danger--especially in the environment of the Dead Sea caves--are palpable. I look forward to more of Lisa's archaeological adventures--as either a care-free ABD or as a world-weary widow and single parent."

Bill Grescens, Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center at University of Wisconsin at LaCrosse.

 "If you liked The Da Vinci Code, you'll love The Dead Sea Codex."

Diana Kirk, author of Song of Isis


Hard Shell Word Factory
Ebook (December 2005)
ISBN 0-7599-3675-7 ($5.00)

Trade paperback (January 2006)
ISBN 0-7599-3678-1 ($10.95)

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Article about Dead Sea Codex

Codex excerpt

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Bound for Eternity

A museum curator discovers that an Egyptian mummy holds the secret to two murders in her Boston Museum...

"Highly authentic, written by an archaeologist, BOUND FOR ETERNITY is a great read. The museum setting was both eerie and fascinating. I hope to see Lisa Donahue in many books to come."

Barbara D'Amato, Chicago author of the Cat Marsala series and Death of a Thousand Cuts

"Bound" was a finalist in the St. Martin's Press 2004 Malice Domestic contest for Best First Traditional Mystery.

April, 2005
ISBN 0-595-35088-7 ($15.95)

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Article about "Bound"

Excerpt from "Bound"

"Bound" is a companion novel to Wisseman's non-fiction book, The Virtual Mummy (University of Illinois Press 2003).

 Kindle Edition

Coming in November 2008: "Mummy Dearest," a novella in Chronicles of Egypt 1: Echoes of Intrigue (an anthology edited by Diana Kirk, to be published by Hard Shell Word Factory)

Interview with Earl Merkel (audio)