Happy Anonymity

If you look closely, you’ll notice that my name isn’t even on the front cover of this collection of short stories, the latest in the Mystery Writers of America‘s annual series of “themed” anthologies. (Ice Cold will be published out next month.)

Then why am I so excited?

Well, first of all, look at whose names take up all that cover space: Laura Lippman, Joseph Finder, T. Jefferson Parker, Sara Paretsky et al. It will be another lifetime before I can be jealous about being edged out by such talented and successful authors, people I admire so much.

Secondly, my story “Deep Submergence” is in the book alongside their works!

Thirdly, as part of their Edgar Week Festivities, the MWA will be hosting a launch party for Ice Cold at the Mysterious Bookshop in Manhattan on Tuesday, April 29. I’ll be there, which means that I’ll get to meet some of these writing heroes of mine.

And lastly, writing “Deep Submergence”–which is set mostly onboard a deep-sea research submarine–inspired me to write my newest novel, currently titled Something Terrible Has Happened. I’ve written the first draft, and will be returning to it as soon as I’m done with The Slavemakers, my sequel to Invasive Species.

In the face of so much fulfillment, what’s a little front-cover anonymity? Answer: Nothing.

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