by Clea | Feb 4, 2019 | Five Questions, George V. Higgins, Uncategorized, Writers on Writing, Writing
I first heard of Edwin Hill when we were both included (along with Dennis Lehane!) in a Strand Magazine piece on “Five Reinventions of the Boston Crime Novel,” calling us the heirs of George V. Higgins. From the description of his hard-hitting debut,...
by Clea | Jan 28, 2019 | Five Questions, Uncategorized, Writers on Writing, Writing
Thrilled to be hosting thriller great Joe Finder today! I’ve loved Joe’s books forever and know him as a generous member of the crime fiction community, utterly brilliant, and all-around nice guy (he and my husband taught together, once upon a time). His...
by Clea | Jan 21, 2019 | Five Questions, Uncategorized, Writers on Writing, Writing
Boston is a great setting for crime fiction – it’s dark and cold (especially this week). But our crime fiction community is both warm and welcoming. That’s why, when I saw Ray Daniel at Joanna Schauffhausen’s book event last week, I knew I wanted to...
by Clea | Jan 14, 2019 | Five Questions, Polis Books, Uncategorized, Writers on Writing
The South and Southern Gothic fiction have long fascinated me, and as my own readers will know, I have more than a passing fancy for magic. Therefore, when I first started to hear about Steph Post’s Miraculum, I was intrigued. We share a publisher, Polis Books,...
by Clea | Jan 7, 2019 | Five Questions, Uncategorized, Writers on Writing
Edith Maxwell – aka Maddie Day – is a force of nature. I’m not sure when I met her. She might have been organizing an event. She might have been recruiting other authors – members of Sisters in Crime New England, perhaps – to help out. She might have been...
by Clea | Dec 31, 2018 | Five Questions, Writers on Writing, Writing
Sometimes you just click. Dave Zeltserman and I met at last year’s New England Mobile Book Fair mystery gala and followed up online, chatting mostly about our shared business. When we saw each other again at the New England Mobile Book Fair mystery gala earlier...
