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Oct 13
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Good mood contest

By Lori | Awards, Black Hour, Contest | 9 Comments

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…

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Oct 12
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The Black Hour won the Anthony Award!

By Lori | Awards, Black Hour, Bouchercon, Conferences, News | One Comment

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…

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Jun 18
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The Black Hour is nominated for a Macavity Award!

By Lori | Awards, Black Hour, Bouchercon, News | No Comments

The Black Hour is a nominee for the Macavity Award for Best First Novel! What a year I’ve had.

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May 10
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Little Pretty STARRED review!

By Lori | Awards, Black Hour | No Comments

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…

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May 07
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THE BLACK HOUR is an Anthony Award nominee!

By Lori | Awards, Black Hour, Bouchercon, Debutante Ball | No Comments

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…

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Mar 28
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THE BLACK HOUR is nominated for a Barry Award!

By Lori | Awards, Black Hour, News | No Comments

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…

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Mar 09
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LCC Rosebuds: Meet the first novel nominees

By Lori | Black Hour, Conferences, Guest post, Little Pretty Things | No Comments

I *may* have mentioned this already, but The Black Hour was nominated for the Rosebud Award at the 2015 Left Coast Crime Conference, Crimelandia! The Rosebud is the best first mystery award at this year’s conference, and the great news is that all the nominees are indeed…

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Jan 27
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THE BLACK HOUR is nominated for the Rosebud!

By Lori | Awards, Black Hour, Conferences, News | No Comments

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…

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Jan 21
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BIG news! Mary Higgins Clark Award nomination

By Lori | Awards, Black Hour, Fangirl, News | No Comments

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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Aug 06
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Indy Reads event for THE BLACK HOUR

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Celebrated the launch of The Black Hour with a couple of events in Indiana (cornfields, represent!). Didn’t get a lot of photos from the event at my childhood hometown library, which is a shame, but I did have a talented friend volunteer to take photos at my…

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