Clea Simon's Blog, page 94
April 1, 2011
My informal blog tour
I've been busy!The last few weeks, I've been chatting and writing and it's all finally coming to light. The most recent was a really fun interview I did for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer Cat Lady. But I also had a real heart-to-heart with Ingrid King over at Conscious Cats and guest blogged at Meandering and Muses and at the Creatures n' Crooks bookblog both.Oh, and this just in - I was also
Happy GREY ZONE (no fooling!)
Today is the official publication day of the U.S. edition of GREY ZONE, the third Dulcie Schwartz mystery! Celebrate with your favorite kitty (past or present).
March 30, 2011
And thank you (again), Library Journal!
A new mystery columnist takes over – but she relates to Dulcie and Grey Zone!Simon, Clea. Grey Zone: A Dulcie Schwartz Mystery. Severn House. May 2011. c.216p. ISBN 9780727869920. $28.95. M Dulcinea Schwartz's life as a Harvard grad student is more complicated than most. She's a bit psychic; has a ghost cat, Mr. Grey, for a muse; and is already known to the local police for earlier cases (Grey
March 21, 2011
Bittersweet
Today, as I re-read two new lovely reviews of Grey Zone, I have a confession: I did not think I'd made this book, the third Dulcie Schwartz, a very good mystery. My reasons were good: Last spring, my mother was declining through a series of illnesses and health crises that were rapidly building on each other. By the middle of March last year, it was pretty clear she was dying, and she passed away
March 11, 2011
Setting up book-launch events
so far... Monday, April 11, 7 p.m.Partners and Crime, 44 Greenwich Ave., New York. 212-243-0440.Tues., April 12, 7 p.m.Reading/signing with Rosemary Herbert, Brookline Booksmith, 279 Harvard St., Brookline, MA 617-566-6660Tuesday, May 17, 7 p.m.Book launch reading/party, Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 617-542-READand remember, if you can't make an event you can always
March 10, 2011
High-quality cozy?
"Simon writes a high-quality cozy mystery, well paced and plotted, with plenty of twists." - Booklist (starred review). Oh my! How did I miss that first time through?
Wow - thank you, Booklist!
A starred review for Dogs Don't Lie!Pru Marlowe has recently returned to her hometown in the Berkshires, ostensibly to care for her dying mother. In reality, she fled New York when she was weeks away from completing her degree as an animal behaviorist, having endured a nervous breakdown caused by her sudden ability to hear animals. Only a few months later, after setting up shop as an animal
Pru gets a star from Booklist!
"Watch this series closely. It could well spring to the top of the animal-cozy genre." – Booklist (starred review)
February 23, 2011
Thank you, Library Journal!
"A delightful new series"! Woohoo!Library JournalBerkshires pet psychic Pru Marlowe finds her highest-paying client dead in his living room with his throat torn out. The prime suspect is the victim's blood-covered pit bull, Lily. Trying to save Lily places Pru squarely on the path to danger. VERDICT Simon, author of the Theda Krakow (Probable Claws) and Dulcie Schwartz series (Grey Matters),
February 14, 2011
Wow, thank you, Robin Agnew
"[C]risp writing and polished plot are a pleasure from start to finish." – Robin Agnew on Dogs Don't Lie. Can a book with a cat be taken seriously? (Answer: yes)."While I often am approached by writers wanting to send me ARCs and have me read, possibly review them, and certainly try to sell them, it's not often that I say "yes," send the ARC, and less often when I actually read and enjoy them.
