February 3, 2023:
Lynn is featured on Lois Winston’s blog “Killer Crafts & Crafty Killers.” The retired officer answers some wild questions about Clara Shannesy Blythe, her con artist protagonist, from The Forty Knots Burn suspense novel, including how her blessing quilt thread developed in the story: https://anastasiapollack.blogspot.com/2023/02/an-interview-with-roma-con-artist-clara.html?fbclid=IwAR2HIp0Ka3FLTqltoudblkBJ0HvNnFYl1KIC-rrajrwmIDvF2CARPRW27Qo
Characters with Nervous Gestures, Habits, and Qualifiers by Lynn Hesse
Jan 4, 2023 | 2023 Articles, Mysteryrat’s Maze
Book launch
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Photos from the official book launch for A Matter of Respect.
Monroe -Walton Center for the Arts in Monroe, GA.
Even Santa joined us! He wanted a piece of my homemade chocolate and a first shot at the new book.
Book signing and soft launch
Corner Cup Coffee in Tucker, GA, on Dec. 4







Interview on the podcast Really Charlie
Loved being interviewed by Charlie Perry, retired PD. He was laid back and made me feel at ease. Thank you so much for your generosity and support for indie authors. To everyone who tuned in big hug. (I liked the music before and after the show too.)

Interview by Onyx Publications/Discovery Podcast
In this July 2022 interview, you can hear Lynn’s short story “Shrewd Women” read by a professional narrator.


Interview with Angela Durden, publisher of Blue Room Books.
They talked about Lynn’s research into Roma culture and about the likable anti-hero protagonist in The Forty Knots Burn — a con artist running from a murderer.

Interview on the Wild Women Who Write Podcast.
On this podcast, women writers help other female authors “find support, encouragement, a damn good story, and unleash their inner wildness.”
A narrative poem by Lynn Hesse, retired lieutenant DeKalb County Police Department


National Police Officer Week-May 9-15, 2021
On June 1, 2021 at the Gwinnett County Rotary Club, I honored the brave men and women officers who gave the ultimate sacrifice for their community and spoke about why my law enforcement experience prompted me to write my crime novel “Well of Rage.”
Launch party for “Another Kind of Hero” at Tall Tales Books

Decatur Book Festival









