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Reynolds Price, A Juggling Rabbi & More

The closer we get to the actual holidays, the slimmer the pickings in readings and signings. In North Carolina, the […]

An article in this morning’s Washington Post (Dec. 16) explored the question of whether the Newbery Medal, the world’s oldest

Kate Betterton’s novel Where the Lake Becomes the River won the 2008 Novello Literary Award, an annual contest for writers

I just received the new issue of Mystery Scene, and was pleased to see Donna Andrews on the cover. Andrews

Kate Betterton‘s first novel, Where the Lake Becomes the River — set largely in Mississippi during the Civil Rights Era — won

Among the award recipients at this past weekend’s Kennedy Center Honors was dancer and choreographer Twyla Tharp, maybe most widely

A native of Washington D.C. and now the director of the Creative Writing Program at Purdue University, Porter Shreve is

Ostriches bury their heads in the sand. In the midst of all the current publishing upheaval (explored elsewhere better than

…but I’ve been reading and rereading a few mystery stories about dogs recently — specifically the kind that don’t bark.

As part of my various jobs, I serve two large communities. In my home state of North Carolina, for example,

Margaret Maron is no stranger to awards. Her 1992 novel, Bootlegger’s Daughter, famously swept the Edgar, Anthony, Agatha, and Macavity

…and best wishes for a great time over the long weekend. Please check back Monday when I’ll be posting an