According to its website, Book Expo America (or BEA, as the cool kids call it) is “the largest publishing event in North America.” Wikipedia says it’s “the largest annual book trade fair in the United States.” Now that I’ve been, though, I can honestly say that...
On May 13th, David Corbett celebrated the launch of THE MERCY OF THE NIGHT, his fifth novel, at Book Passage in Corte Madera, CA. Phelan Tierney helps people who hope to start their lives over. When a young woman he’s taken under his wing disappears, the former...
Friday, April 24, saw the Crimespree Wrecking Crew descend on the city of Chicago for the fourth consecutive year. Armed with little more than orthotics for our shoes, Star Wars lanyards, and a half-filled bottle of stale water, we once again proved that C2E2 is...
Last Thursday, Minnesota author Jessie Chandler celebrated the release of OPERATION STOP HATE, her new stand alone, at Once Upon A Crime. When Special Agent Cailin McKenna and her National Investigation and Protection Unit partners are drawn into an investigation...
April 11 was the first warm, sunny Saturday Maine’s had in a good six months, so it may surprise you to learn I voluntarily spent the entire day indoors. What on Earth could persuade me to do such a thing? The second annual Maine Crime Wave, of course. The...
Thursday, April 9th to Saturday, April 11th saw the Association of Writers and Writing Programs (or AWP for short) descend on the city of Minneapolis. Mainly a conference with an extreme focus on MFA courses, the Minneapolis Convention Center found itself jam...
