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“Shades of Grey” September!
Yow, it's September! And Shades of Grey, my first Dulcie Schwartz mystery, is making its US debut (in reality) with a (virtual) tour.Yes, I will be doing some live in-person readings. But this time out, I'm focusing on the online world. That means you can drop by and...
“Cries and Whiskers” in mass market!
Finally! Cries and Whiskers – the third Theda Krakow mystery – is now available in a mass market (read: cheap) paperback edition from Worldwide. Cool new cover, too!
Laying back
Got back from vacation this week and haven't done much of anything – nor, for the first time in a long while, do I have a new project on deck. In part, I'm waiting for the page proofs of "Grey Matters," which will pub in the UK in December (and the US soon after). And...
Truth in fiction
We were on the beach in Provincetown when the news broke about the CIA hiring Blackwater to carry out assassinations. Strangely enough, this kind of thing was what I talked about with Joe Finder, author of the great new thriller Vanished, in this week's Boston...
Oline Cogdill likes “Shades of Grey”!
"It's easy to get caught up in the adventures of grad student Dulcie Schwartz." – Oline Cogdill, Sun-SentinelBig sigh of relief - and big thanks out to Sun-Sentinel critic Oline Cogdill!Simon makes her elements of the supernatural work in `Shades of Grey'By OLINE H....
Thank you, Library Journal!
"This series launch ... is for readers who like their feline cozies mixed with a touch of the paranormal." – Library Journal on Shades of GreyFull review (including what I hope is a typo: Theo?)REVIEWAuthor: CLEA SIMONTitle: SHADES OF GREYPublication: LIBRARY...
Vicki Lane cracks me up
Vicki Lane, author of the marvelous Elizabeth Goodweather mysteries, never fails to entertain. I had the pleasure of meeting her at Bouchercon a few years back and ever since have read and thoroughly enjoyed her carefully crafted, smart whodunits.Though I believe she...
Happy day!
It's my birthday and my editor emailed to thank me for my revisions and the copy editor has already touched base with some proposed cover copy (all this for "Grey Matters") and Jon is making dinner tonight and all is good!
One small step for man…
What do you remember about Apollo 11? Has it retained any magic for you?I was seven years old, one week away from my eighth birthday. And although I was allowed to stay up, I fell asleep - but I remember being shaken awake to see that historic broadcast. We had landed...
Thank you, Bristol Library!
A nice introduction to my Theda series, from a librarian's blog.