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Five Questions with Dharma Kelleher
There's a lot of talk in the crime fiction community these days about "other voices." Basically, that means hearing from people whose stories don't necessarily follow the usual template – and it can focus more on our differences (race, gender, sexuality, religions,...
PW loves “Incantation”!
"In Simon’s entertaining sequel to 2018’s A Spell of Murder... Becca’s cats, each with a distinctive personality, use their individual magical skills in their efforts to solve the case and keep Becca safe. Fans of talking cat cozies will have fun." –...
Five Questions with Paula Munier
I first knew Paula as a panelist – a wise and funny woman who would show up at conferences and always had something useful to say. I'd see her name on a schedule and I'd know that wherever she was, that was going to be good. I then started to hear about her agenting –...
Calling all critics…
Book bloggers and reviewers! The ARC (advanced reading copy) of AN INCANTATION OF CATS is now available on NetGalley. Please, be aware – this is (as the cover notes) the UNCORRECTED copy. I'm going through it now and making all the copy editor's corrections, such as...
Five Questions with Lisa Unger!
OMG, people! Lisa Unger! My introduction to this deservedly best-selling author was through her short story, "The Twenty." A giveaway at last year's Bouchercon, it appeared in a little booklet that I read – and re-read and re-read, first for the sheer joy of it and...
Five Questions with Marty Wingate
I first met Marty Wingate in person in New Orleans, where we skipped out on Bouchercon to enjoy the fabulous adult libations at the ... Her latest, The Bodies in the Library, out tomorrow, How does a book start for you? I’m open to any kind of inspiration, whether it...
Chatting with Harvard Book Store
Harvard Book Store is truly a Cambridge institution. Not only has this independent bookstore survived for more than 80 years in what is arguably one of the most competitive commercial districts in the region, it has thrived. Renewed and expanded under current owner...
Win a copy of “An Incantation of Cats”
I'm doing a giveaway over on Goodreads! Goodreads Book Giveaway An Incantation of Cats by Clea Simon Giveaway ends October 29, 2019. See the giveaway details at Goodreads. Enter...
Five Questions with Lois Winston
No, it's not Thanksgiving yet. But in publishing terms, it's already the homicide, and Lois Winston's latest sweet and funny crafting cozy, Handmade Ho-Ho Homicide will come out tomorrow. Lois's Anastasia Pollack mysteries are always good fun, so this eighth outing...
Five Questions with Greg Herren
Greg Herren and I could be twins. Well, okay, except that he identifies as male while I'm female, he's gay and I'm straight, and his ridiculously fun Scotty Bradley mysteries feature a protagonist who is all of the above, as well as in-depth looks at New Orleans, his...