Bouchercon 2027 Registration Opens
Registration is now open for Bouchercon 2027 in Washington, DC, where “Mystery Is Most Monumental.” The conference is September 1-5, […]
Writing
Malice Domestic
I’m looking forward to this year’s Malice Domestic Conference—Friday-Sunday, April 24-27 at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center,
On the Road… Again!
Ten years after winning the Agatha Award for Best First Novel, my debut book is on the road again—with great
I Am No Poet, and Yet…
My good friend Andrew McAleer is resurrecting/reinvesting an old favorite. This month brings the first issue of Von Stray’s Crimestalker Casebook,
MWA University Short Story Panel • Wednesday, Oct. 15
On Wednesday, October 15, Mystery Writers of America hosts the MWA University panel “Achieve Success Writing Short Crime Fiction”—and I’m
Books & Beverages
It’s been a nice week for bookmail—including two anthologies featuring stories of mine. As always I took the opportunity to
Macavity Award Finalist
In a completely unexpected twist, my story “Two for One” from Murder, Neat: A SleuthSayers Anthology was named a finalist
Golden Derringer Award
It was a great surprise and great honor to hear that I’ve won this year’s Edward D. Hoch Memorial Golden
Former Student Wins Robert L. Fish Award
I’ve been following the Edgar Awards tonight, and I was so thrilled to see that Anna Stolley Persky, an MFA
Derringer Award for Best Anthology
The inaugural Derringer Award for Best Anthology was awarded this week to Murder, Neat: A SleuthSayers anthology, edited by Michael
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
Malice Domestic!
This week is the annual Malice Domestic conference—one of our favorite events of the year, definitely a don’t miss on