# Maaja Wentz — Author

> Maaja Wentz is an award-winning Canadian writer of cozy paranormal mysteries
> and quirky speculative fiction. She also writes chapter books for kids ages
> 6-11 under the pen name Apricot Banks, and serializes Sherlock Undying, a
> gaslamp paranormal mystery, free online.

Credits: Watty Award winner (Feeding Frenzy); published in Ellery Queen
Mystery Magazine ("Inside of a Dog"); Norma Epstein Foundation prize.

## Books (adult, as Maaja Wentz)

- [Loon Lake Magic series](https://www.maajawentz.com/loon-lake/): complete
  cozy paranormal mystery trilogy for readers of Legends & Lattes and The Very
  Secret Society of Irregular Witches.
  1. [Feeding Frenzy: Curse of the Necromancer](https://www.maajawentz.com/books/feeding-frenzy/)
  2. [Double Dead Magic](https://www.maajawentz.com/books/double-dead-magic/)
  3. [Witch Gone Dragon](https://www.maajawentz.com/books/witch-gone-dragon/)
- Deadly Museum: free Loon Lake novella (reader magnet).

## Books (kids, as Apricot Banks)

- [Saltwater Spy School series](https://www.maajawentz.com/apricot-banks/):
  undersea chapter books for ages 6-11 by a teacher-librarian.
  1. Marina Royale
  2. The Hunt for Red Octopus
  3. Gold Stinger (upcoming)

## Serial

- [Sherlock Undying](https://sherlockholmesletters.com/): Victorian gaslamp
  paranormal mystery, serialized free as it is written.

## Key pages

- [About the author](https://www.maajawentz.com/about/)
- [Free stories](https://www.maajawentz.com/free-stories/)
- [Blog](https://www.maajawentz.com/blog/)