Meg Macy writes all the way across the mystery spectrum.What a treat to chat to Meg Macy, who writes historical mysteries, cozy teddy bear mysteries, as well as co-writing an Eliza Doolittle and Henry Higgins mystery series with her friend Sharon.This idea of Eliza and Henry solving crime thrills me. What a great premise for a mystery series!Listen in and hear how Meg came up with the idea and how she got her fellow author and friend on board to write the series, which was accepted by an agent just hours after they pitched it.You can find out more about today's guest, Meg Macy, and all her books on her website MegMacy.com. You can also find her on Twitter @MegMimms.Click on any of the book covers to go to Meg's books on AmazonPress play (above) to listen to the show, or read the transcript below. Remember you can also subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts. And listen on Stitcher.You can also click here to watch the interview on YouTube.Transcription of Interview with Meg MacyAlexandra: Hi, mystery readers, I'm Alexandra Amor. This is "It's a Mystery Podcast," and I'm here today with Meg Macy. Hi, Meg.Meg: Hi.Alexandra: How are you today?Meg: I'm doing fine.Alexandra: Good, good. Well, let me introduce you to our listeners. Award-winning mystery author, Meg Macy, lives in Southeast Michigan, the area she chose to set her "Shamelessly Adorable Teddy Bear," cozy mystery series for Kensington. Bearly Departed, which is book one, is available now, and book two, Bear Witness to Murder, will be coming out in May 2018. Meg's first published book, Double Crossing, won the 2012 Best First Novel Spur Award from the Western Writers of America. Meg is also one-half of the D.E. Ireland team writing the Eliza Doolittle and Henry Higgins mystery series. Books one and three have been named Agatha Award finalists for Best Historical Mystery, and we're going to touch on all of that today. Let's start talking about the "Adorable Teddy Bear" mystery book. So this was an idea that really captured my imagination, and I'm going to ask you about the factory and the shop in Michigan that's now closed, actually, that was a bit of inspiration for you. Tell us a bit first about Sasha Silverman and your main character in these books.Meg: She's my daughter's age, actually, so every time I have to have her read my manuscript, because it's like, "Does she talk like this?" Because a lot of times my vocabulary comes out, and it's like, "No, she wouldn't talk like that." So my daughter, luckily, is exactly her age, but she has a lot of my qualities. And, of course, she follows the cozy mystery...not really a formula, it's just what readers expect, the small-town atmosphere where a lot of family and friends are. There are a lot of quaint shops and stuff like that. She manages the Silver Bear Shop and Factory for her parents, which is a little different. She doesn't really own it, although it might in the future come about. I don't know yet how long this series is going to last. But it's a very small, intimate community, and a lot of people know everyone else.Now, do I live in that kind of a town? No, but I do know people who do. So it's interesting to kind of like, "Okay, would this really happen?" Well, obviously, how many murders can there be, like in Cabot Cove where Jessica Fletcher lived. It seemed like everybody was dying. But many mystery readers really love, they love just to get into how this happened, how a murder could have happened, and how someone would solve it if they're not a police detective, or a medical examiner, or whatever, you know, so...and may have to have helped.Several of her best friends kind of keep Sasha, supported, and also she is, well, sort of friends with the county sheriff detective, whatever his name is, I forget. Let's see. I think...what is his name? Just think about it, you've got so many characters in your head,