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ⓘ About Dawn Merriman
Dawn grew up as a girl on a small farm located in Indiana. She spent much of being a young adult sitting and writing stories into notebooks. She is married and lives with her husband and their children on a small farm in northeastern Indiana where they focus on raising pigs. Some of her hobbies include auctions, animals, reading, going snorkeling, and of course, writing murder mystery books set in small towns. She first completed a novel when she was in middle school. She went on to finish some more books while in high school and later college. In 1990, she won the first place in a short story contest put on by the Northeast Indiana Young Writers. She took a brief break from writing in order to raise her children and then got right back into it.
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Who is Dawn Merriman?
Dawn grew up as a girl on a small farm located in Indiana. She spent much of being a young adult sitting and writing stories into notebooks. She is married and lives with her husband and their children on a small farm in northeastern Indiana where they focus on raising pigs.
Which Dawn Merriman series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Messages of Murder series, the earliest of Dawn Merriman's multi-book series: it opens with Message in the Bones (2019) and runs to 10 books across 2019–2026, ending with Message in the Dress (2026). Dawn Merriman's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Dawn Merriman written?
Dawn Merriman has 26 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2019 and 2026. 24 of them belong to 5 named series — the largest being the Messages of Murder series with 10 books — and 2 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Dawn Merriman's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Dawn Merriman's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Messages of Murder (2019–2026, 10 books), Maddison, Indiana Supernatural Thriller (2020–2023, 5 books) and Harper Lakes Murder Thrillers (2021, 1 book), plus 2 more.
How are Dawn Merriman's books organised into series?
This guide splits Dawn Merriman's 26 books into 5 named series and 2 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Messages of Murder (10 books, 2019–2026); Rylan Flynn Mystery (7 books, 2023–2025); Maddison, Indiana Supernatural Thriller (5 books, 2020–2023); Harper Lakes Murder Thrillers (1 book, 2021); Magnolia Thrillers (1 book, 2023).