The Agatha Award nominees have been announced and I’m so thrilled to be on this list of amazing writers of cozy and traditional mysteries! This is my first Agatha Award nomination!! The award is given out by (and normally AT) Malice Domestic in Bethesda, Maryland. This is…
The Lucky One is a Mary Higgins Clark Award nominee! This is an Edgar-adjacent award, given out on April 29. Am I excited? YES. This is a party I’ve been to before, but it. does. not. get. old. I’m a lucky one, for sure. And so are…
Well, I had a great weekend in Dallas and came home with a significant souvenir… The Anthony Award for Best Paperback Original, or as Catriona McPherson put it, before saying my name, the OTHER Best Novel, format be damned. I feel so lucky to be nominated…
I was updating some events on this site, getting organized all back-to-school style when I realized I had never posted about Under a Dark Sky being an Anthony Award nominee. WHAT? A chance to brag, missed? Well, it is. Under a Dark Sky is a nominee for…
It’s been such a busy day that I forgot to post this news here: Under a Dark Sky is an Edgar Award nominee! I just said that. Like it was no big deal! But it is a very big deal, to me. I ugly-cried when I found…
I was surprised and delighted to learn today that Under a Dark Sky is a finalist for the Lefty Award for Best Mystery! Yes, Best Mystery, like out of thousands or something. They have an award for the funny one, for the historical one, and for the…
The Day I Died took home the Anthony Award for Best Paperback Original! Now, to put some big flowers into that vase. Thank you, Bouchercon board and volunteers, attendees, authors, readers, friends. This book was ten years in the making. Who knew when I put that manuscript…
Some great news this week… The Day I Died is a nominee for the ITW Thriller Award for Best Paperback Original! This is truly thrilling news, my first Thriller Award nomination! I’ve definitely had more than my fair share of award nominations, but it’s exciting to be…
Had a lovely surprise today: The Day I Died is a finalist for the Simon and Schuster/Mary Higgins Clark Award! The award is given out alongside the Edgar Awards, announced today, on Edgar Poe’s birthday. Yes, that’s a thing that mystery writers know. It’s Edgar’s birthday. *confetti*…
That title is a song, and if you’re not *from* Indiana, perhaps this song has never wedged itself into your brain for an entire weekend. I spent last weekend at the festivities for the Indiana Author Award. I was the Regional category winner, and it was just…
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