BAMS 2025: “Dark Thread, Loose Strands”
So thrilled that my story “Dark Thread, Loose Strands” from Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine has been selected by Don Winslow […]
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“Better Days” at The Mystery Hour
Thanks to Rabia Chaudry for choosing my story “Better Days” for this week’s episode of The Mystery Hour with Alfred
Crime Writers for Trans Rights
The Crimes Writers for Trans Rights 2025 Auction is underway already—continuing through April 1—and I’m pleased to have offered a
Malice Domestic Schedule
The Malice Domestic conference schedule has been published here—and I’m pleased to be part of three events, including stepping up
Manuscript to Marketplace • March 21-22
As I write this, we’re less than two weeks from the Manuscript to Marketplace Conference at Shepherd University in Shepherdstown,
Derringer Award Finalist!
So thrilled that Murder, Neat: A SleuthSayers Anthology has been named a finalist for the inaugural Derringer Award for Best
Keynote: Manuscript to Marketplace
I’m pleased to be one of the keynote speakers for the upcoming conference “Manuscript to Marketplace,” Friday and Saturday, March
2024 Publications
Inspired by some other short story writers on social media, I snapped a picture of my 2024 publications—and have to
Sisters in Crime Author Extravaganza
The Chesapeake Chapter of Sisters in Crime is hosting its annual Mystery Author Extravaganza at the Reston Regional Library on Saturday,
“Two For One” in Murder, Neat
Murder, Neat: A SleuthSayers Anthology features short fiction by members of the group blog SleuthSayers, whose contributors include some of the
Teaching Forum in Clues
My essay “It’s No Mystery: What Genre Fiction Can Teach All Writers” has been included in a teaching forum section
New Story, New Anthology from Crippen & Landru
Crippen & Landru has just formally announced a new multi-author anthology: The School of Hard Knox, with fourteen British and