by Crimespree Magazine | Sep 13, 2010 | Books
September 13th2001 , A Memory Project… Featuring Laura Lippman Nine years ago today my husband Jon got a panicked phone call from our friend Richard Katz. “Laura Lippman is signing tonight. Nobody’s going to come. You guys will, right?”Laura was touring her new book,...
by Crimespree Magazine | Aug 25, 2010 | Books, News
Two of Crime Fiction’s Most Respected Independent Presses Merge MADISON, Wisc. — August 26, 2010 — Tyrus Books, Inc. today announced the acquisition of Busted Flush Press, LLC., in a move that brings together two of crime fiction’s most recognizable independent...
by Crimespree Magazine | May 19, 2010 | Books
This week there are two very good pieces available to anyone who’s a writer. Joe Konrath has his say here. Jason Pinter has a great rundown of pluses and minuses of the precedent here. Both have elicited much commentary. I suggest you read them both. Confused? If...
by Crimespree Magazine | Feb 9, 2010 | Awards, Books
From Janet Rudolph: The International Association of Crime Writers (IACW) has announced the 2010 Hammett Prize Nominations: Bury Me Deep by Megan Abbott(Simon & Schuster) Devil’s Garden by Ace Atkins (Putnam) The Manual of Detection by Jedediah Berry...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jan 19, 2010 | Awards, Books
Mystery Writers of America is proud to announce on the 201st anniversary of the birth of Edgar Allan Poe, its Nominees for the 2010 Edgar Allan Poe Awards, honoring the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction and television published or produced in 2009. The Edgar®...