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West Coast Tour Dates

I'll be heading out to the west coast in a few weeks where I'll visit some great book stores. Details as to when and where...

Wednesday, June 13th
Seattle Mystery Bookshop
Discussion and Signing - Noon
117 Cherry Street
Seattle, Washington 98104

Thursday, June 14th
Murder By The Book
Discussion and Signing - 7:00 pm
7310 S.E. Hawthorne Blvd.
Portland, Oregon 97214

Saturday, June 16th
Book Carnival
Discussion and Signing - Noon
348 S. Tustin Street
Orange, CA 92866

Edgar Awards - 2012

A few days ago, I had the pleasure of receiving the Edgar Award for Best First Novel by an American Author. I've included a few pictures of questionable quality that I hope might illustrate the marvelous night. I apologize for the glare of my contacts, which seems to have infiltrated every picture my husband took.  I also apologize that I don't have a picture that includes Edward Conlon. I will post a new picture as soon as one is available.

My fellow nominees were as follows:
Edward Conlon - Red on Red David Duffy - Last to Fold Leonard Rosen - All Cry Chaos Steve Ulfelder - Purgatory Chasm




When I was originally nominated for an Edgar Award on January 19th of this year, I published a blog thanking a good many people. It seems appropriate to re-run a portion of that blog.
Many people have worked to bring BENT ROAD to the shelf. My heartfelt thanks to everyone who has read it, edited it, proofed it, blurbed it, designed for it, marketed it, sold it, accounted for it, reviewed it, blogged about it, tweeted about it, facebooked about it, listened to me read from it, listened to me talk about it, stocked it, restocked it, ordered it, bought it and I'll say it again...read it.

SNOW DAY

I had fun guest blogging over at Jungle Red Writers the other day. Click here to read about snow-days and when I first thought of myself as a writer.

Upcoming Events

I'm looking forward to visiting several bookstores in the coming weeks. Here's a run-down of what's coming up.

Friday, March 2 - Sunday, March 4
Sleuthfest
Ticketed Event
Royal Plaza Hotel
Orlando, Florida

Thursday, March 15
Aunt Agatha's Bookstore
5:30 pm Dinner
7:00 pm Speaking and signing
213 South Fourth Avenue
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104
734-769-1114

Saturday, March 17
I Love A Mystery Bookstore
2:00 pm Speaking and Signing
6114 Johnson Drive
Mission, Kansas
913-432-2583

Friday, March 23
Murder on the Beach Mystery Bookstore
7:00 pm Speaking and Signing
273 Pineapple Grove Way ( NE 2nd Ave )
Delray Beach, Florida
(561)279-7790

Tuesday, April 24
Mysterious Bookshop - Launch of MWA Anthology
6:00 pm
58 Warren Street
New York, NY

Wednesday, April 25
Edgar Symposium - Ticketed Event
10:00 am Panel Discussion
111 E 59th Street
New York, NY 10022

Coming in Paperback

As is always the case at our house, the arrival of the UPS guy was announced by my Jack Russell terrier. I opened the door and found this box on my front porch.

The paperback edition of BENT ROAD--complete with a beautiful new cover--will be released on February 28th and is available for pre-order here.

A Good Day, in deed...

On our way to school this morning, Daughter snapped this picture. It was shaping up to be a good day.

Today is, among other things, the anniversary of Edgar Allen Poe's birth. It is also the day the Edgar Awards are generally announced. I am happy to share that BENT ROAD is among the five nominees for Best First Novel by an American Author.

Many people have worked to bring BENT ROAD to the shelf. My heartfelt thanks to everyone who has read it, edited it, proofed it, blurbed it, designed for it, marketed it, sold it, accounted for it, reviewed it, blogged about it, tweeted about it, facebooked about it, listened to me read from it, listened to me talk about it, stocked it, restocked it, ordered it, bought it and I'll say it again...read it.

My thanks to you all

LR