Gavin / G. B. Ralph
@gbralph.com
📚 Author 🕵️♂️ Cosy mysteries 👬 Romcoms
👨🏫 Gay librarian approved 🏳️🌈 (he/him)
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👨🏫 Gay librarian approved 🏳️🌈 (he/him)
📍 Aotearoa NZ 🇳🇿 Join my mailing list ⤵️
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Tonight's viewing 🕵️♂️📺
January 16, 2026 at 5:56 AM
Tonight's viewing 🕵️♂️📺
MM ratings, as the Romans might have written 👬🧮
January 15, 2026 at 7:32 PM
MM ratings, as the Romans might have written 👬🧮
Free virtual event with Ross Montgomery in just over an hour.
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The Murder at World's End was such a fun read and I can't wait to hear more about it ☄️💀
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The Murder at World's End was such a fun read and I can't wait to hear more about it ☄️💀
#Mystery #BookSky #WriteSky 🌈📚🇳🇿📚💙🔎💀📚👀📚🌎🌈✒️
January 15, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Free virtual event with Ross Montgomery in just over an hour.
Register to attend: www.eventbrite.com/e/bn-midday-...
The Murder at World's End was such a fun read and I can't wait to hear more about it ☄️💀
#Mystery #BookSky #WriteSky 🌈📚🇳🇿📚💙🔎💀📚👀📚🌎🌈✒️
Register to attend: www.eventbrite.com/e/bn-midday-...
The Murder at World's End was such a fun read and I can't wait to hear more about it ☄️💀
#Mystery #BookSky #WriteSky 🌈📚🇳🇿📚💙🔎💀📚👀📚🌎🌈✒️
Brilliant fun, an absolute delight ☄️
January 9, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Brilliant fun, an absolute delight ☄️
What a delightfully despicable number of readers on my author mailing list 😈
You too can join this extremely intelligent and devilishly charming group 😘 gbralph.com/mailing-list/
You too can join this extremely intelligent and devilishly charming group 😘 gbralph.com/mailing-list/
January 8, 2026 at 1:34 AM
What a delightfully despicable number of readers on my author mailing list 😈
You too can join this extremely intelligent and devilishly charming group 😘 gbralph.com/mailing-list/
You too can join this extremely intelligent and devilishly charming group 😘 gbralph.com/mailing-list/
Not again 🔒😅
WIP: Killer on the Kelvin Explorer
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January 8, 2026 at 1:25 AM
Not again 🔒😅
WIP: Killer on the Kelvin Explorer
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New year, new profile banner image 🖼️
January 7, 2026 at 11:44 PM
New year, new profile banner image 🖼️
WIP: Killer on the Kelvin Explorer 🚂💀
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January 6, 2026 at 9:41 PM
WIP: Killer on the Kelvin Explorer 🚂💀
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We've now returned to continue painting the house, but whenever the weather keeps us inside I've been swapping the paintbrush for solving (literary) crimes, following current events (in Hawkins), and catching up on sport (but not really) 🏡 [3/3]
December 29, 2025 at 10:40 PM
We've now returned to continue painting the house, but whenever the weather keeps us inside I've been swapping the paintbrush for solving (literary) crimes, following current events (in Hawkins), and catching up on sport (but not really) 🏡 [3/3]
Our Christmas break involved a cross-country road trip, festive scavenger hunt, too much food and drink, naps, brisk swims, sweet treats, wine tasting, coffee walks, bush walks, beach walks, dog walks, books, puzzles, etc. [2/3]
December 29, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Our Christmas break involved a cross-country road trip, festive scavenger hunt, too much food and drink, naps, brisk swims, sweet treats, wine tasting, coffee walks, bush walks, beach walks, dog walks, books, puzzles, etc. [2/3]
A few days at the beach with partner, parents, siblings, and niblings 🏖️🎄 [1/3]
December 29, 2025 at 10:40 PM
A few days at the beach with partner, parents, siblings, and niblings 🏖️🎄 [1/3]
I skip town for a few days and they're wiped out, again! Recently I've been restocking my local bookshop every other week 🤯😍
A huge thanks to the wonderful Bruce McKenzie Booksellers, local readers, and book gifters for moving so many copies of The Milverton Mysteries!
#BookSky 🌈📚🇳🇿📚💙🔎💀📚👀📚🌎🌈✒️
A huge thanks to the wonderful Bruce McKenzie Booksellers, local readers, and book gifters for moving so many copies of The Milverton Mysteries!
#BookSky 🌈📚🇳🇿📚💙🔎💀📚👀📚🌎🌈✒️
December 29, 2025 at 4:08 AM
I skip town for a few days and they're wiped out, again! Recently I've been restocking my local bookshop every other week 🤯😍
A huge thanks to the wonderful Bruce McKenzie Booksellers, local readers, and book gifters for moving so many copies of The Milverton Mysteries!
#BookSky 🌈📚🇳🇿📚💙🔎💀📚👀📚🌎🌈✒️
A huge thanks to the wonderful Bruce McKenzie Booksellers, local readers, and book gifters for moving so many copies of The Milverton Mysteries!
#BookSky 🌈📚🇳🇿📚💙🔎💀📚👀📚🌎🌈✒️
Mum is very on theme this Christmas with this book of train-related cosy mystery crime puzzles 🚂💀 That's me sorted for this afternoon!
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December 25, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Mum is very on theme this Christmas with this book of train-related cosy mystery crime puzzles 🚂💀 That's me sorted for this afternoon!
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Addison on top in April, 2½ years after stumbling over his first 💀 in Milverton, is my final writing highlight of the year 🏆🎉
Thank you so much to all the wonderful readers for sharing my cosy, quirky, queer, Kiwi mysteries. It means everything!
Now let's see what we can get up to in 2026 💪
Thank you so much to all the wonderful readers for sharing my cosy, quirky, queer, Kiwi mysteries. It means everything!
Now let's see what we can get up to in 2026 💪
December 23, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Addison on top in April, 2½ years after stumbling over his first 💀 in Milverton, is my final writing highlight of the year 🏆🎉
Thank you so much to all the wonderful readers for sharing my cosy, quirky, queer, Kiwi mysteries. It means everything!
Now let's see what we can get up to in 2026 💪
Thank you so much to all the wonderful readers for sharing my cosy, quirky, queer, Kiwi mysteries. It means everything!
Now let's see what we can get up to in 2026 💪
😼 The judgement is strong with Keith (the cat).
December 22, 2025 at 9:14 AM
😼 The judgement is strong with Keith (the cat).
👵 Sneaky septuagenarian, Mabel Zhou, is absolutely about to get up to some mischief.
December 22, 2025 at 9:14 AM
👵 Sneaky septuagenarian, Mabel Zhou, is absolutely about to get up to some mischief.
👮♂️ Milverton’s Sergeant Jake Murphy is ready for anything (and he needs to be).
December 22, 2025 at 9:14 AM
👮♂️ Milverton’s Sergeant Jake Murphy is ready for anything (and he needs to be).
💁♂️ Our main man, Addison Harper, looks like he’s about to do something embarrassing.
December 22, 2025 at 9:14 AM
💁♂️ Our main man, Addison Harper, looks like he’s about to do something embarrassing.
Addison, Jake, Mabel, and Keith have never looked so adorable!
I’ve always had a strong impression of their appearance in my head while writing The Milverton Mysteries and I periodically describe them on page but this year was the first time we’ve had a visual representation.
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I’ve always had a strong impression of their appearance in my head while writing The Milverton Mysteries and I periodically describe them on page but this year was the first time we’ve had a visual representation.
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December 22, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Addison, Jake, Mabel, and Keith have never looked so adorable!
I’ve always had a strong impression of their appearance in my head while writing The Milverton Mysteries and I periodically describe them on page but this year was the first time we’ve had a visual representation.
🌈📚🇳🇿📚💙🔎💀📚👀📚🌎🌈✒️
I’ve always had a strong impression of their appearance in my head while writing The Milverton Mysteries and I periodically describe them on page but this year was the first time we’ve had a visual representation.
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5 a.m. was an early wake-up for me to join the Mysterious Murders short story competition winners call this morning, but totally worth it to celebrate with my fellow judges and the first, second, and third-place winners!
#Mystery #ShortStories #WritingCommunity 🌈📚🇳🇿📚💙🔎💀📚👀📚🌎🌈✒️
#Mystery #ShortStories #WritingCommunity 🌈📚🇳🇿📚💙🔎💀📚👀📚🌎🌈✒️
December 21, 2025 at 8:44 AM
5 a.m. was an early wake-up for me to join the Mysterious Murders short story competition winners call this morning, but totally worth it to celebrate with my fellow judges and the first, second, and third-place winners!
#Mystery #ShortStories #WritingCommunity 🌈📚🇳🇿📚💙🔎💀📚👀📚🌎🌈✒️
#Mystery #ShortStories #WritingCommunity 🌈📚🇳🇿📚💙🔎💀📚👀📚🌎🌈✒️
I'm a regular at the library, so when the librarians asked if I'd be willing to feature in a video, of course I had to say yes!
To quote my video self, "just being in the library is inspiring, being surrounded by books and knowing that every one of those spines on the shelves is another story."
To quote my video self, "just being in the library is inspiring, being surrounded by books and knowing that every one of those spines on the shelves is another story."
December 20, 2025 at 1:56 AM
I'm a regular at the library, so when the librarians asked if I'd be willing to feature in a video, of course I had to say yes!
To quote my video self, "just being in the library is inspiring, being surrounded by books and knowing that every one of those spines on the shelves is another story."
To quote my video self, "just being in the library is inspiring, being surrounded by books and knowing that every one of those spines on the shelves is another story."
I accuse Harriet Ferguson (the mayor) in Lynne's Cafe with a cheese platter 🧀 That's my answer today anyway!
We played this Cluedo-style Milverton Mystery game in the Cozy Mystery Lovers Facebook Group during my author takeover earlier in the year and I had too much fun not to share it here too.
We played this Cluedo-style Milverton Mystery game in the Cozy Mystery Lovers Facebook Group during my author takeover earlier in the year and I had too much fun not to share it here too.
December 18, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I accuse Harriet Ferguson (the mayor) in Lynne's Cafe with a cheese platter 🧀 That's my answer today anyway!
We played this Cluedo-style Milverton Mystery game in the Cozy Mystery Lovers Facebook Group during my author takeover earlier in the year and I had too much fun not to share it here too.
We played this Cluedo-style Milverton Mystery game in the Cozy Mystery Lovers Facebook Group during my author takeover earlier in the year and I had too much fun not to share it here too.
Konnichiwa to my first translated work!
Originally published in English in The Law of Consequences anthology, ‘The Sand Witch’s Sandwich’ was picked up and translated into Japanese by Tokyo-based translator Nona Umezawa. [1/4]
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Originally published in English in The Law of Consequences anthology, ‘The Sand Witch’s Sandwich’ was picked up and translated into Japanese by Tokyo-based translator Nona Umezawa. [1/4]
#BookSky #WriteSky #WritingCommunity 🌈📚🇳🇿📚💙🔎💀📚👀📚🌎🌈✒️
December 18, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Konnichiwa to my first translated work!
Originally published in English in The Law of Consequences anthology, ‘The Sand Witch’s Sandwich’ was picked up and translated into Japanese by Tokyo-based translator Nona Umezawa. [1/4]
#BookSky #WriteSky #WritingCommunity 🌈📚🇳🇿📚💙🔎💀📚👀📚🌎🌈✒️
Originally published in English in The Law of Consequences anthology, ‘The Sand Witch’s Sandwich’ was picked up and translated into Japanese by Tokyo-based translator Nona Umezawa. [1/4]
#BookSky #WriteSky #WritingCommunity 🌈📚🇳🇿📚💙🔎💀📚👀📚🌎🌈✒️
Addison’s back for opening night at the theatre and he has front-row seats with Sergeant Jake Murphy!
Philip Battley’s back too, lending his superb voice acting talents to narrating Fright on Stage Right, the latest Milverton Mystery audiobook – to be published by Tantor Audio on 16 June 2026!
Philip Battley’s back too, lending his superb voice acting talents to narrating Fright on Stage Right, the latest Milverton Mystery audiobook – to be published by Tantor Audio on 16 June 2026!
December 16, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Addison’s back for opening night at the theatre and he has front-row seats with Sergeant Jake Murphy!
Philip Battley’s back too, lending his superb voice acting talents to narrating Fright on Stage Right, the latest Milverton Mystery audiobook – to be published by Tantor Audio on 16 June 2026!
Philip Battley’s back too, lending his superb voice acting talents to narrating Fright on Stage Right, the latest Milverton Mystery audiobook – to be published by Tantor Audio on 16 June 2026!