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Available Now!!

IF BOOKS COULD KILL is available now! You'll find it at any of your favorite bookstores, including independent mystery bookstores, Barnes & Noble, Borders and their online branches, as well as Amazon.com. You'll find links to other online sites on the Books page of my website.

My website Events page has a list of the places I'll be appearing for book signings and discussions. But I'm also thrilled to be doing a blog tour this year, visiting some of my absolute favorite blogs on the internet...

Holiday Greetings!

Hello from deep within the bowels of the Deadline Cave. I'm busy, busy, busy, hard at work on book three of my Bibliophile mysteries, so yes, my blogging time has definitely suffered. :-(

So, what's going on in Kate's world? Well, in October I flew off to Indiana to attend my first Bouchercon convention. Indianapolis was beautiful and I had a great time attending workshops, meeting wonderful new authors and getting to know some fabulous booksellers and librarians.

Just a few weeks ago, I...

Washington D.C., here I come!

This week I'm in Washington D.C. to attend the annual Romance Writers of America conference. I'll be going to workshops and parties and seeing old and new friends -- and also taking part in a few book signing events. I hope you'll stop by if you're in the area.
Tuesday, July 14, 7:00 pm - Barnes & Noble in Reston, VA. I'll be signing HOMICIDE IN HARDCOVER and with me will be New York Times bestselling author John Gilstrap who will be signing his latest thriller, NO MERCY .

Wednesday, July 15...

Library Event This Saturday in Burbank

I'm excited to be part of the Sassy Sleuths panel, an event sponsored by the Los Angeles Chapter of Sisters in Crime.

It takes place at the Burbank Library (Buena Vista Branch), on June 6, from 2 - 4 p.m. The library is at 300 N. Buena Vista in Burbank, and it promises to be very fun. Sassy, even! :-)


I'll be talking about Homicide in Hardcover and my sassy protagonist, Brooklyn Wainwright. Joining me on the panel will be authors Dorothy Howell and M.M. Gornell, with moderator Jackie Vick. If ...

Crawling from the Cave

Wow, has it really been almost two months since I last blogged? Hmm. Well, I have lots of good excuses. Really. A deadline. Then another deadline. A proposal due. Revisions to do. And more revisions. Then I traveled to San Francisco for a long weekend to attend several cool book signings and a very fun book launch party.

I even blogged! At Romance Bandits, and Orange County's RWA Chapter blog, and at the new Silhouette Desire authors' blog. But not here at Kate's Chronicles. Ah, well ...

I'm...

Author of the Month!

I'm thrilled to announce that I am one of the featured authors at the Mystery Club at Barnes&Noble.com this month! The Mystery Club moderator is the fabulous Becke Martin, so please come by and visit, leave a comment, ask questions about Homicide in Hardcover, tell me a joke, anything you want! Let's talk. I'll be there all through March!
I'm doubly excited because also featured this month is the marvelous New York Times bestselling author Karen Rose (fangirl moment--wheeee!!), so please...

This Week in My World

[image error] I'm blogging at Romance Bandits today! I hope you'll come by and say hello!
And if you're in the San Diego, California area this week, I'll be signing Homicide in Hardcover at Mysterious Galaxy Books on Friday night at 7:00 p.m., with Rosemary Harris , author of The Big Dirt Nap . Hope you can make it!
Cheers!

It's the New York Times, baby!!!

I'm absolutely thrilled -- and stunned! -- to announce that HOMICIDE IN HARDCOVER hit the New York Times Bestseller List!!! (#34 on the mass market paperback extended list for March 1st, 2009!)
I received the call from my agent Christina earlier this week while I was at the mall. She asked if I was sitting down and, well, no, I wasn't. But as soon as she told me the news, I immediately found a bench and sat. My knees were weak and in danger of giving out. When I was finished screaming and...

The Winnah!!

The random number generator has chosen the winner of the Homicide in Hardcover Book Launch Prize Package! And the winner is ...

Helen!!
Congratulations, Helen!! Write me at katecarlisle99@yahoo.com with your snail mail address and I'll ship your goodies to you right away.
Thanks to everyone who commented last week! I appreciate all your good wishes and I love all the fun photos you took of my book on the shelf. Keep them coming! I feel the need for another contest soon. :-)
Cheers!

More Pics!

Here are three very fun photos sent by Lezlie in Odessa, Texas. She told me she asked for my book at Hasting's. They didn't have it out yet but they had several copies in the back. She told the clerk that it was my first release so the clerk put my book on the New Arrivals shelf!

So check out my neighbors on that New Arrivals shelf. Can you see?


Let's get closer.



Closer.
Hello! That's right. I'm there, in between Charlaine Harris and Stephen King. Hi, neighbors!
Yo, Stephen, high five, dude!