FOR THE PRESS
Short bio:
Peggy Ehrhart is a former English professor with a doctorate in Medieval Literature. Her Maxx Maxwell mysteries were published by Five Star/Gale/Cengage and feature a blues-singer sleuth. Her Knit & Nibble mysteries were published by Kensington Books and feature Pamela Paterson, founder and mainstay of a knitting club in charming Arborville, New Jersey.
Peggy is currently writing the Quilt Whisperer mysteries for Kensington Books. Her protagonist, Caroline Platt, is a museum curator specializing in quilts, as well as–of course–a quilter. The first book in the series, The Quilt Whisperer Investigates, appeared in September 2026.
Long bio:
When Peggy Ehrhart was in the third grade at Our Lady of Peace School in the San Fernando Valley near Los Angeles, she won a Knights of Columbus essay contest and her fate was sealed. It just took her a while to realize that what she really wanted to write was fiction.
Peggy is a former English professor with a Ph.D. in Medieval Literature. She taught writing and literature at Queens College, CUNY, and then at Fairleigh Dickinson University, taking early retirement in 2002 to focus on writing fiction and playing guitar.
Her academic publications include many articles on medieval literature published in scholarly journals, as well as a book,The Judgment of the Trojan Prince Paris in Medieval Literature (University of Pennsylvania Press, 1987).This book won a Choice award for best academic book.
Her short stories have appeared in many venues, both print and online, and her first full-length mystery series was published by Five Star/Gale/Cengage. Inspired by her experiences playing guitar, the books are set in the world of a struggling blues band and feature a blues-singer sleuth: Elizabeth “Maxx” Maxwell. Her Knit & Nibble mysteries were published by Kensington Books and feature Pamela Paterson, founder and mainstay of a knitting club in charming Arborville, New Jersey.
Peggy is currently writing the Quilt Whisperer mysteries for Kensington Books. Her protagonist, Caroline Platt, is a museum curator specializing in quilts, as well as–of course–a quilter. The first book in the series, The Quilt Whisperer Investigates, appeared in September 2026.
Peggy herself is an avid crafter, dating from her childhood as a member of the 4-H Club in rural Southern California.