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FIVE QUESTIONS with thriller author Amy Shojai
Before Amy Shojai started writing thrillers, she'd authored more than 30 serious animal-care books: The woman knows her beasts! In recent years, she's turned that knowledge into "thrillers with bite," penning suspense novels with realistic animal characters. We've...
Writing across the spectrum
Even if you adore chocolate, sometimes you want chips, right? And after a salt binge, I usually find myself craving something sweet and spicy. So why should authors content themselves with writing only one kind of book – or even one kind of mystery? That's the...
FIVE QUESTIONS with NYT-bestseller Caroline Leavitt
Welcome to the inaugural Five Questions! In each edition, I'll be asking an author five questions and letting her or him introduce herself to you. Today, we're chatting with the New York Times bestselling author of Cruel Beautiful World, Is This Tomorrow, and Pictures...
“A genre-bender … in full force.” THANK YOU, Fredericksburg Free-Lance Star
"A genre-bender that continues the series theme while simultaneously expanding it, Cross My Path displays Simon’s powers of imaginative conception and adroit execution in full force." So says Jay R. Strafford in the Fredericksburg Free-Lance Star and I couldn't be...
Noir Night!
Tonight is Noir Night! Mysteries and wine! Come join us (More info here.)Noir and more Noir: Casual Reading, Wine Tasting, & Book Signing New England Mobile Book Fair is thrilled to be welcoming Clea Simon, Laura Lieberman, & Joanna Schaffhausen for an evening...
Readers’ Choice awards (your vote counts)
Utterly thrilled to have my World Enough among the nominees for the Killer Nashville Readers' Choice awards. And if you're reading this, you're a reader – so whether you vote for my book or one of the other great books, please vote! (It only takes a minute). (If the...
Meet your favorite authors here!
Don't you wish you had the chance to ask your favorite authors about their work and what comes next? What surprises them and why they write the stories they do? I know I do, and that's why I'm launching FIVE QUESTIONS, mini interviews with authors across the spectrum!...
Meet Care (of “Cross My Path”)
Dru Ann of the MWA Raven Award-winning Dru's Books Musings "interviewed" the young protagonist of my Blackie and Care series in celebration of the release of Cross My Path. Here's the interview.
“Fear” one of the “Best Pet Books of Summer”
Columnist Kim Campbell Thornton wrote up "Page Turners for Pet Lovers" in the Palm Beach Florida Weekly – the columnist calls calls us "The Nine Best New Pet Books to Read This Summer" – and the first book she recommends is my new Fear on Four Paws! "In “Fear on...
Cover reveal: A SPELL OF MURDER
The first in a new cozy cat mystery series, coming to you Dec. 11 from Polis Books. (Yes, you can pre-order here or from your favorite local indie.)