Here’s a little quiz that
might save your life. What is the most toxic substance known to man? One
gram can kill 80,000 people. AND YET, people seek it for beauty’s sake.
Poisons are fascinating because they are the ultimate paradox--good and
bad at the same time.
To find out more,
come see “Poisons You Personally Know,” a St. Louis Writers Guild workshop
featuring award-winning historical mystery author Fedora Amis, from 10 a.m. to noon, May 6, at The Lodge Des Peres, 1050 Des Peres
Rd, St. Louis, MO 63131. Free for
Guild members; $5 for nonmembers.
Fedora AMIS won
the Mayhaven Fiction Prize for her Victorian whodunit, Jack the Ripper in St. Louis. Five-Star Cengage published her
historical whodunit Mayhaven at Buffalo
Bill's Wild West in 2016. This historical mystery celebrates the actual
1898 performances of Buffalo Bill's Grand show in Kansas City, Hannibal and
Sedalia. The novel received a SPUR nomination by the Western Writers of
America. Fedora is also published in non-fiction and served as editor for
an educational magazine.