When I first met Mary Higgins Clark—on the shelf of my public library—I was 12. Pretty sure I was too young and naive for most of what I found between those covers, but I LOVED those books. So to be nominated for the Simon & Schuster Mary…
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Well, this is ridiculously exciting. This morning, Little Pretty Things was named a 2016 Mary Higgins Clark Award nominee! A full list of nominees for the Edgars and the MHC Award—with many many great friends on it—is here. I think I’ve said before how much Mary Higgins…
You will not be surprised to find that winning an Anthony Award puts me into a good mood. I want to share it. The mood, not the Anthony. Get your own shiny wooden bowl. How about a contest? Join my email news list for (seriously) only occasional…
The Black Hour won the Anthony Award for Best First Novel this weekend at Bouchercon in Raleigh, North Carolina! One exclamation point doesn’t do it!!! !!! Thank you thank you to everyone there and to Sharon Bowers, my agent, and Seventh Street Books/Prometheus/Peguin&Random House for everything they…
The Black Hour is a nominee for the Macavity Award for Best First Novel! What a year I’ve had.
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, too. In fact, Booklist also just put THE BLACK HOUR on this “best of” list. Yes, best…
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 hear about the Barry Awards. That’s going to be a fun weekend. So excited to among such…
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 skated past “best first novel” into the grown-up category of “best” anything else, but I’m happy to…
More good news! THE BLACK HOUR has been nominated for the Rosebud Award at Left Coast Crime 2015: Crimelandia! That’s the award at this year’s conference for the best first mystery. I’m so excited, and here’s the best news: All the other nominees are my friends, so…
Today I learned that The Black Hour has been nominated for the Mary Higgins Clark Award. This is huge to me. I’m so thrilled and overwhelmed and all the big emotions. Upon further reflection, I also realized that I was getting nominated for an award named after…
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