by Clea | Apr 2, 2020 | Writers on Writing
Welcome to the #NoContact Book Tour! While we all stay inside and stay safe, books have become even more important. But book events and conferences, alas, are canceled. So let’s “meet” some authors here, shall we? To launch this series, I give you...
by Clea | Mar 26, 2020 | Uncategorized
We have lost Kate Mattes, proprietor of the legendary Kate’s Mystery Books in Cambridge, co-founder (with Sara Paretsky) of Sisters in Crime, and all-around champions of writers, particularly women writers, and readers. Word is that she had a sudden cardiac...
by Clea | Mar 23, 2020 | Five Questions, Uncategorized, Writers on Writing
Michelle Cameron and I met when I interviewed her years ago. She was helping me with one of my projects, but that chat introduced me to her own wonderful historical novels. Now I’m thrilled to introduce her – and her upcoming BEYOND THE GHETTO GATES – to you....
by Clea | Mar 16, 2020 | Five Questions, Uncategorized, Writers on Writing
Sarah Smith is a time traveler! Although we New Englanders know Sarah as an indefatigable supporter of the local crime fiction scene, to readers worldwide she is the Agatha Award-winning (and New York Times notable books) author of Chasing Shakespeares (yes, plural!),...
by Clea | Mar 11, 2020 | criticism, Hilary Mantel
Hi folks – I’d love you all to support the Boston Globe, where this review ran on Sunday. If you don’t pay, journalists can’t do their jobs. But, I also want you to read about this stunning book. And so, a few days late. here’s my review....
