Mood, Art, and How It “Works” in My Home Office Jim Brodie, my series character, runs an antiques and art shop in Japan. Art inspires him. It grounds him. So I make my writing space fit his sensibilities. I write in two sessions—at home in the mornings, and in...
The folks behind Malice Domestic have announced the nominees for the 2015 Agatha Awards. Best Contemporary Novel: BURNED BRIDGES, Annette Dashofy (Henery Press) LONG UPON THE LAND, Margaret Maron (Grand Central Publishing) THE CHILD GARDEN, Catriona McPherson...
The Friends of the St. Paul Public Library announced the nominees for the 28th annual Minnesota Book Awards. Below are the nominees for Genre fiction: Genre Fiction (sponsored by Macalester College) THE DEVEREAUX DECISION by Steve McEllistrem (Calumet Editions) THE...
The plot of THE EX has one of New York City's best criminal defense lawyers, Olivia Randall, representing her ex- fiancé, Jack Harris. He has been arrested for a triple homicide that includes a victim connected to his wife's murder three years earlier. Burke takes the...
Crime Writers’ Association has announced that the Diamond Dagger will be bestowed upon Peter James. While James is best known for his DSI Roy Grace novels, he has published 31 novels overall (12 of which feature DSI Grace). The CWA Diamond Dagger is awarded each year...
How would I describe Hank Phillippi Ryan? Hank is a storyteller. She is also one of the smartest people I'm lucky enough to know, glamorous as all get-out, and tough as heck. Much to the delight of readers everywhere, she writes the Jane Ryland/Jake Brogan novels, and...
