Behind The Book: Michael H Rubin

Behind the Book: Why I Write Writing a thriller that gets positive reviews from magazines, journals, and best of all, readers, is the ultimate thrill for me. It’s a fantastic adrenaline rush, not that my life has been lacking in rushes. I’ve been a professional jazz...

Tales from the Blue Line 26

You’re a small town police officer in the quiet mountain town of Boulder, Colorado. You have never investigated a major crime. After all, major crimes don’t occur in small towns. At least, not the type of major event programmed into the minds of average...

GOTHAM: Fox orders 6 additional episodes

FOX has ordered six more episodes of this fall’s breakout new drama series, GOTHAM, it was announced today by Dana Walden and Gary Newman, Chairmen and CEOs of Fox Television Group. The announcement raises the series order to 22 episodes. “GOTHAM debuted as one of the...

Veteran Benefit Book Fair November 8th

On November 8th in San Diego, California, the USS Midway will provide a dramatic setting as best selling authors plan on honoring military veterans presented by the Us4Warriors veteran’s support foundation and American Legion. The authors are hoping this will become a...

Pet Spotlight: Sara Paretsky

My girl Callie came to us when she was 10 weeks old. She was active, playful, lived to swim. Like all Goldens, she needed a lot of time with her people. If I was working too long and she was feeling lonely, she would hide something of mine, like a shoe, and then come...

BRAVO By Greg Rucka

Growing up in Wisconsin every winter we spent a lot of time sledding. The anticipation while climbing a hill towing your sled, jumping on and grabbing the handles like your life depended on it, the rocketing down a slick hill that lasted for hours and seconds at the...

Elmore Leonard's birthday

On this day, in 1925, Elmore Leonard was born in New Orleans, Louisiana . As most of you will know, Mr. Leonard went on to provide inspiration, and advice, to generations of crime writers,as well as some film makers, and created some of the more memorable characters...

Patricia Cornwell writing pilot for CBS

Patricia Cornwell, bestselling author the Kay Scarpetta novels, is creating a new series for CBS. The proposed drama would center on Angie Steele, a very smart, unusual detective San Diego Major Crimes detective with skeletons in her closet. Gretchen Berg  and Aaron...