About

Little did our intrepid author know that growing up in Northern Indiana would lead him to a career of crime… writing.

Alyn Troy’s teenage insistence on spending time with his nose in books, living in fictitious worlds inhabited by amateur sleuths, dastardly deeds, and even magic, gave him the foundations for creating his magical world where murder, magic, and snarky talking cats collide on a daily basis.

After spending a decade as a news photographer, and two more decades as a wedding photographer, he and his wife moved to the smog-filled streets of Los Angeles. He found himself sitting on a tiny balcony outside their equally tiny apartment in smog-filled Los Angeles. While his wife pursued her career, he used the memories of his crime–(fiction)–filled childhood to create the world found in his Mystic Brews, Pixie Twist, and Eerie Falls series of Cozy Mystery stories.

He released his 18th novel set in this world earlier this summer (2023), and is currently writing yet another paranormal mystery. If you listen to the feline familiars of each story, you couldn’t be faulted for believing that the snarky talking cats do more to solve the mysteries, eat the chili-cheese dogs, and catch the bad guys by the end of each story.

Fortunately, Alyn is there to set the record straight, and show how April, the barista in Wales, Twizzle, the pixie realtor in Southern California, and Sammi the librarian in Ontario save the day. They do so, of course, with a little help from their friends. And from the snarky talking cats.