Nominees for the 2013 Crimefest Awards

The fine folks behind CrimeFest has announced the nominees for the 2013 CrimeFest awards. Winners will be announced at the CrimeFest Dinner on June 1. AUDIBLE SOUNDS OF CRIME AWARD The Audible Sounds of Crime Award recognizes the best crime audiobook published in both...

Winners of the 2013 Edgar Awards

Last night, the Mystery Writers of America handed out the 2013 Edgar Allan Poe Awards in New York. Here are the winners: Best Novel Live by Night by Dennis Lehane (HarperCollins Publishers – William Morrow) Other finalists: The Lost Ones by Ace Atkins (Penguin...

5 Books That Changed My Life: Sarah Graves

Green Mansions by W.H. Hudson starred a young man named Abel, but for me the important character was Rima the Bird-Girl, and after that the wild, strange forests of Venezuela. For a Wisconsin kid that was a heady brew: romance , danger, and exotic settings all mixed...

William Morrow to launch digital mystery line

Tuesday, HarperCollins announced that that their William Morrow imprint will launch Witness, a new digital-original mystery, suspense and thriller line – the first of its kind from a major U.S. publisher. Witness will debut in October 2013. Editors have already...

The Duane Swierczynski Interview

Called “… the hottest thing in crime fiction” by no less than Joe R. Lansdale, Duane Swierczynski has been a force in crime fiction since his debut novel SECRET DEAD MEN hit shelves in 2005. Since then nine other novels have followed, as well as comic book work for...