What are You Reading? What are You Writing? ep. 363 with Wilnona Marie & Jade Dee

What happens when two longtime friends take an unusual real-life experience and turn it into a funny cozy mystery series?

Wilnona Marie and Jade Dee—known together as “The Ladies”—join Karen E. Osborne for a fast-moving, laughter-filled conversation about the Famous House Cleaners series and the third book in the series.

The books follow Pete and Violet, whose lives change overnight after a banking disaster wipes out their business funds. An accidental misunderstanding at a bridge game launches them into an unexpected new career as house cleaners—only to land them in the middle of murder, missing people, suspicion, and more trouble than anyone holding a mop should have to handle.

The Ladies explain how the series grew from an experience they actually shared and how their very different creative strengths shape the books. Wilnona brings the mystery, while Jade adds much of the comedy.

Karen, Wilnona, and Jade also talk about the second book, The Famous House Cleaners All Bleached Up, what was developing in Book Three, and what happens when two childhood friends build stories together while also juggling careers as authors, entrepreneurs, publicists, poets, media creators, and influencers.

Expect a lot of laughter.

Watch or listen for a lively conversation about friendship, murder, comedy, and the wonderfully unpredictable world of the Famous House Cleaners.