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Drinks With Reads: “Better Days” and a Sun Stealer

The Drinks With Reads series at Mystery Playground is one of my favorite blog series—pairing cocktails with stories and novels […]

The American Library Association’s Book Club Central has just announced its May Picks from Sisters in Crime—celebrating May as Short

This year’s Malice Domestic brought a milestone: My wife Tara Laskowski‘s first (hopefully of many!) Agatha Award—sharing the top spot

The first three days of this week, I’ve found myself in four different places on the Internet—all related in one

Art Taylor / April 28, 2019

This week brings one of my favorite events of the year: the annual Malice Domestic conference, May 3-5 at the

Art Taylor / April 26, 2019

I’ll admit to a bit of superstitiousness at times. For the couple of weeks leading up to the Edgar Awards

Art Taylor / April 24, 2019

In advance of the Edgar Awards, CrimeReads asked this year’s finalists and special award winners to answer a few questions

Art Taylor / April 23, 2019

Last week brought a nice surprise—nice boost to the ego. On Friday, Kristopher Zgorski of BOLO Books gave a shout-out

Art Taylor / April 18, 2019

One of Edgar Allan Poe’s most famous opening lines has been running through my head lately—increasingly even, as we get

Art Taylor / April 12, 2019

The May/June issue of Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine includes my story “Better Days,” a follow-up to an earlier story in

Art Taylor / March 6, 2019

What a nice surprise this week to find my story “English 398: Fiction Workshop” mentioned in an essay on meta-fiction

Art Taylor / March 4, 2019

Many people have asked how my wife, Tara Laskowski, and I are handling it—being up for the same award in