by Clea | Dec 22, 2019 | Uncategorized
Chanukah starts at dusk tonight, kicking off eight nights of festivities. As a perpetual procrastinator, I’m so glad it’s late this year – bridging Christmas and the beginning of Kwanzaa too. So happy holiday season everyone, whatever you...
by Clea | Dec 19, 2019 | Uncategorized
Sisters in Crime New England solicited reading suggestions from all of us. Here’s the list. Enjoy! If you’re looking for a signed copy of any of mine, both Harvard Book Store and Porter Square Books have copies. Call to make sure you get a signed one –...
by Clea | Dec 18, 2019 | A Spell of Murder, An Incantation of Cats, Cats, cozies, Writers on Writing
For Cats Week, Jezebel tackles the concept of the cat mystery – and interviews yours truly. .. “You’re always going to go home and tell your cat what happened.” Simon theorizes that maybe we’re following in the footsteps of an iconic detective duo, Sherlock...
by Clea | Dec 16, 2019 | Five Questions, Writers on Writing
I first encountered Art Taylor through his work. His story, “English 398: Fiction Workshop,” was one of hundreds I and my colleagues read while judging the short fiction entries for last year’s Edgar Awards, and while there were many (so many)...
by Clea | Dec 9, 2019 | An Incantation of Cats, Bristol Public Library, Reviews
Bookblog of the Bristol Library Reviews by the Reference Department of the Bristol Public Library, Bristol, Virginia/Tennessee. Monday, December 9, 2019 An Incantation of Cats: A Witch Cats of Cambridge Mystery by Clea Simon Reviewed by Jeanne Becca Colwin is slowly...
