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FIVE QUESTIONS with Karen Olson

I don't even remember how Karen and I met.  I do know we bonded over our shared journalism background and our love of cats. And when Karen was looking for a new home for her Black Hat thrillers, I was happy to recommend Severn House. Now her latest, Vanished, is...

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Reclaiming public space/A Writers’ Salon

Well, this is fun! Today is PARKing day in Cambridge, Mass. That means a day of reclaiming open urban space ... at least until the meter runs out! More than 75 local groups are taking up curbside space and reclaiming 150 parking spaces all over the city today. One of...

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Boucheront redux, pt.2: Thisbe approves!

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 so, to...

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George V. Higgins and me?!?

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 of Higgins (cause...

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FIVE QUESTIONS with Joanna Schaffhausen

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...

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Bouchercon redux

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...

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FIVE QUESTIONS with Lisa Lieberman

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 makes me more than...

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BOUCHERCON bound!

I'll be on the FOUR-LEGGED FRIENDS in CRIME FICTION panel Sunday at 9 a.m. but grab me for a chat anywhere! See you there!  https://www.bouchercon2018.com

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FIVE QUESTIONS with Leigh Perry

How does a book start for you? It varies by book, of course, but generally speaking, I get going when I can hear the protagonist’s voice.   Now The Skeleton Makes a Friend, my most recent book, is the fifth in the Family Skeleton series. The series features Georgia...

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FIVE QUESTIONS with horror-to-Holmes author Dana Cameron

I first met Dana after the publication of Site Unseen, her first Emma Fielding mystery (and now a Hallmark/Mystery channel film!). At the time, Dana was using her own background in archaeology to tell the story of Emma, who finds a skeleton that is a little more...

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