Interview in Gapers Block
This is a big deal for me: I'm in Gapers Block! Hello, Chicago! Hi! It's all getting-ready around here right now. The countdown says...gulp...10 days.
The Black Hour is nominated for a Macavity Award!
The Black Hour is a nominee for the Macavity Award for Best First Novel! What a year I've had.
Goodreads #giveaway
If you're a Goodreads user, getcherself over to the giveaway for an advanced reader copy of LITTLE PRETTY THINGS going on now, before the book is available in stores July [...]
Little Pretty Things is Booklist’s Review of the Day!
*Kermit flail* LITTLE PRETTY THINGS is the Review of the Day on Booklist's homepage (5/21/15 only)! Click to read the starred review (any day of the week)!
Three Questions with…James W. Ziskin
I met Jim Ziskin through Seventh Street Books. His excellent Ellie Stone mystery series—set in 1960 upstate New York and featuring a spitfire "girl reporter"— is published by them. I [...]
Little Pretty STARRED review!
I forgot to share this news: LITTLE PRETTY THINGS got a starred review from Booklist! Booklist has been amazing to me. People who like libraries are all right by me, [...]
Goodreads giveaway
Hashtag FREE. You could win a copy of the advanced reader copy of Little Pretty Things, right here. Four days left to enter. "Advanced reader copy" means the in-house printed [...]
THE BLACK HOUR is an Anthony Award nominee!
This is big! THE BLACK HOUR is a nominee for the Anthony Award for Best First Novel! The winner will be announced at Bouchercon in October! That's also where we'll [...]
Three Questions with…Susanna Calkins
Susanna Calkins and I met through Mystery Writers of America Midwest Chapter, but then we figured out a reason we might look familiar to one another—we both worked at the [...]
THE BLACK HOUR is nominated for a Barry Award!
I've been so busy I forgot to post the latest great news: The Black Hour is a finalist for the Barry Award for Best Paperback Original! Not sure how I [...]
