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Gemma Halliday

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Literature & Fiction, Mystery & Thrillers, Romance

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Gemma had a hard time figuring out what she wanted to be when she grew up. She worked as a film and television actress, a teddy bear importer, a department store administrator, a preschool teacher, a temporary tattoo artist, and a 900 number psychic, before finally selling her first book, Spying in High Heels, in 2005 and deciding to be a writer.

Since then, Gemma has written several mystery novels and been the recipient of numerous awards, including a National Reader's Choice award and three RITA nominations. Her books have hit both the USA Today and the New York Times Bestseller lists.

Gemma now makes her home in the San Francisco Bay area where she is hard at work on her next book.
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Average rating: 3.92 · 97,942 ratings · 6,458 reviews · 95 distinct works • Similar authors

	Spying in High Heels (High Heels, #1) 3.72 avg rating — 17,068 ratings — published 2006 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Killer in High Heels (High Heels, #2) 3.87 avg rating — 8,885 ratings — published 2007 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Undercover in High Heels (High Heels, #3) 3.93 avg rating — 6,847 ratings — published 2007 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Alibi in High Heels (High Heels, #4) 3.97 avg rating — 6,095 ratings — published 2008 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Deadly Cool (Deadly Cool, #1) 3.86 avg rating — 5,754 ratings — published 2011 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mayhem in High Heels (High Heels, #5) 3.95 avg rating — 4,653 ratings — published 2008 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fearless in High Heels (High Heels, #6) 4.02 avg rating — 4,049 ratings — published 2011 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Christmas in High Heels (High Heels, #3.5) 3.55 avg rating — 3,696 ratings — published 2010 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Social Suicide (Deadly Cool, #2) 3.95 avg rating — 3,178 ratings — published 2012 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hollywood Scandals (Hollywood Headlines, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 3,286 ratings — published 2009 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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20th Anniversary!

It's been 20 years this July since I published my very first book, with Spying in High Heels. To celebrate 20 years of High Heels Mysteries, I'm
giving away $20 Amazon gift cards to 20 lucky winners!
https://www.gemmahalliday.com/giveaway

AND.. .Spying in High Heels is also 80% off for the month of July! Just $0.99!
https://www.gemmahalliday.com/spying-...

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Series by Gemma Halliday

High Heels (13 books)
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Deadly Cool (3 books)
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Hollywood Headlines (5 books)
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Jamie Bond (6 books)
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Wine & Dine Mysteries (7 books)
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Explosive Eighteen (Stephanie Plum, #18)

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Still Life With Murder (Nell Sweeney Mysteries, #1)

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Gemma Halliday wrote a new blog post 20th Anniversary! It's been 20 years this July since I published my very first book, with Spying in High Heels. To celebrate 20 years of High Heels Mysteries, I'm giving Read more of this blog post »
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Gemma Halliday answered Annamarie's question: Any more Wine and Dine books coming ?…. Yes, I'm working on one now, but now release date yet. :)
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Quotes by Gemma Halliday (?)

“Earthquakes just happen. Tornadoes just happen. Your tongue does not just happen to fall into some other girls mouth!”
― Gemma Halliday, Deadly Cool

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“I'll go," he said.
"And that's safer because?"
"I'm a guy."
"Right, and having a pair of dingle balls makes you invincible how?”
― Gemma Halliday, Deadly Cool

tags: humor, humour

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“That craptastical, gutless, son-of-a-cactus-humping butt monkey!!”
― Gemma Halliday, Deadly Cool

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