Colleen Hofstadter Hlavac completed her debut mystery novel, The Stalker in the Desert, during the pandemic. The novel has become an international seller, achieving sales in seventeen countries. Colleen’s next mystery novel, Liquid Deceptions, is scheduled to launch this summer.
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Colleen Hofstadter Hlavac ’90

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