Nicole Blades

 The best mystery novels stay with you long after you’ve turned the final page, haunting you with their questions and revelations
– Agatha Christie

Sunday, September 20th at 8pm ET – Sunday, September 27th at 8pm ET on eBay

Go to Ebay to Bid!
Sunday, September 20th at 8pm ET – Sunday, September 27th at 8pm ET

Auction 1

  • Signed & Personalized Trade Paperback Book + Swag

    • Would I Lie to You
    • A cool tote bag
  • Value: Priceless
  • Free Shipping via USPS:
    (US) Shipping (only)
  • $20 starting bid

Auction 2

  • Name a character in Nicole’s next book
    • We can’t guarantee what kind of character it will be – main, side, good, villain etc.
      • We will be in touch to let you know what book your name will be in and when it will be released
    • Value: Priceless
  • Shipping – NA
  • $40 starting bid

Author’s Biography

Nicole Blades is a novelist and journalist with nearly two decades of experience in the media industry.  Her cover stories and features have been published in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Runner’s World, Women’s Health, and more.

Her novels often focus on the façade and filters people put on to face the world. Her latest book, WOULD I LIE TO YOU?, joins Nicole’s previous novels, HAVE YOU MET NORA?, THE THUNDER BENEATH US, and EARTH’S WATERS. She’s also a member of the International Thriller Writers, Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of American, and Crime Writers of Color organizations.

A proud Caribbean-Canadian, Nicole currently lives in New England with her husband and their son. For more, subscribe to Nicole’s newsletter, Come to Find Out… , on Substack and follow her on social media at: Instagram and Threads.

Learn more about Nicole on her website.

Reminder:

The live auction will be from Sunday, September 20th at 8pm ET – Sunday, September 27th at 8pm ET on eBay. You can bid anytime during that week on eBay. 

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Nicole Blades has generously donated swag to the Friends of the Ashland Public Library for our online Mystery/Thriller Swag Bag Auction 2026, helping raise funds to support our library programs for all ages. We are so grateful!

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