Defining a Cozy Mystery Novel - video

Author Judy Cobb Dailey defines the term cozy mystery novel and discusses the cozy mystery novel audience. She imagines the reader as a woman with a cup of tea and a cat. The reader enjoys small world stories with no graphic violence or sex. While these readers enjoy a lighter story, Cobb Dailey says they are longing to be challenged more in their cozy mysteries. They are looking for new storylines that don't exactly follow the set cozy novel formula. Writing for cozy readers is a great market to break into because the audience is faithful and reads multiple books a week.