"Murder at Tulip Time" 

Myron Kukla worked as a Holland area reporter for the GR Press for many years. It was during a Holland City Council Meeting, where the discussion was about appropriate punishments for tulip destruction, that he got the idea for this book. He couldn't get the idea of finding a body in the tulips at the beginning of the festival out of his mind. He wrote the beginning of the book a few days after the meeting. Shortly after, he wrote the book's ending. However, it took 10 years from the original concept to the book's publication earlier this year.

Myron moved from writing for a local newspaper to writing for MLive (the online news provider), to retirement. He feels that the timing of his leaving journalism was fortuitous for him. He continues to write a humor column.

Myron sent his manuscript to many publishers and received rejections from all of them. A friend of Myron offered suggestions to improve the readability. In the end, he decided to self-publish it in time for this year's Tulip Time. The Amazon Self-Publishing division has made it very easy and cost-effective to publish.

“Murder at Tulip Time” is available in paperback at Reader's World, Barnes & Noble, and Brewery 4 Two 4. The e-book version is available online through Barnes & Noble.