“A coterie of lively, colorful women”
Thank you BookLife. I appreciate a review that really gets the book.
Two last chances to join in the launch
Come join me in one of the two final launch events for An Unlikely Prospect. Saturday, Sept. 13, 2–3:30 pm [...]
An Unlikely Prospect is a prospect after all
I did quite a happy dance around the desk when I got the news that An Unlikely Prospect was a [...]
Fact, meet fiction
A few weeks ago I spoke with my audiobook narrator, April Doty, who asked to hear audio clips of An [...]
The imperfect human voice
It was an odd-hour Zoom call—me at 1 p.m. in California, and my narrator April Doty at 10 p.m. in [...]
An Unlikely Prospect–Coming August 19
A book takes a long time to make, so many steps in the process. The writing and editing and proofreading, [...]
What happened?
My toddler grandson has a favorite question. He asks it about nearly everything: “What happened?” While I was visiting recently [...]
Art Behind the Art–Ryan Coogler Style
From Austin Kleon's book, Show Your Work. There's a moment in creative work when the process can seem as compelling [...]
It’s a two-festival weekend!
We are warming up to book festival season. Next week will be a two-festival weekend for me. Saturday, May 31, [...]
Constant vibration of violence and precariousness
"The best crime stories, the most relatable—and this applies for noir, too—involve people driven to do things because of understandable [...]
Sacramento Noir at CapLit
So excited to have my story, "Take as Needed," in Sacramento Noir, the latest offering from Akashic Books’ popular Noir [...]
