by Clea | Sep 19, 2018 | Bouchercon, Cats
One of Bouchercon’s traditions is its auctions – usually a live one and a silent one, which raise money for a literacy campaign. This year, the beneficiary was Dolly Parton’s literacy campaign, the Imagination Library. , which provides books to kids. And...
by Clea | Sep 18, 2018 | Boston Noir, CrimeReads, George V. Higgins, Reviews, Uncategorized, World Enough
Fascinating piece on George V. Higgins (author of “Friends of Eddie Coyle,” etc.) and the development of the Boston crime novel in the new issue of CrimeReads. Overwhelming to me because the article’s author Scott von Doviak referenced ME as an heir...
by Clea | Sep 17, 2018 | Five Questions, Writers on Writing, Writing
Debut mystery novelist Joanna Schaffhausen has quickly become part of our New England crime fiction family. Already Facebook friends, we got to do an event together at the lovely New England Mobile Book Fair this summer, and I invited Joanna to chat on my blog. How...
by Clea | Sep 13, 2018 | Uncategorized
What is Bouchercon? Only the biggest crime fiction convention on the planet! Think 1,500 fans – including about 600 authors (who are also fans) – all milling about, eating, drinking, talking, signing books, talking some more, and sitting on panels! The annual autumn...
by Clea | Sep 10, 2018 | Five Questions, Writers on Writing, Writing
Lisa Leiberman hits the sweet spot between “Casablanca” and Alan Furst, mining the post-World War II world for social and personal tensions. In person, however, she’s a jolly companion, one I always seek out at conferences and book events, which...
