Bucking expectations
Carolyn Martin has always been drawn to women's World War II-era stories. She's hosted me twice for book club gatherings [...]
Bouchercon San Diego
Yes! I'll be at Bouchercon San Diego in August. I always love to fan-girl the guest of honor interviews—this year [...]
Tomboy’s One Year Old!
A note from Jane Benjamin herself: "My calendar tells me today is Tomboy's first birthday. Because I am a difficult [...]
Poster Girl: “5 / 5–An excellent read”
Poster Girl doesn't launch until November but it was so great to see this first review come in from the [...]
Rabbit holes, research and Facebook
I’ve been down some research rabbit holes lately. Usually, it starts with a pile of books, ranging from time and [...]
In conversation with Jasmin Iolani Hakes, HULA, at Capital Books
Friday, 5/19 at 6:30, I'll be in conversation with Jasmin Iolani Hakes at Capital Books about her WONDERFUL debut novel, [...]
Anniversary Sale–Tomboy
She Writes Press is running a one-year anniversary sale for books published in spring 2022. You can get an ebook [...]
Signing Sunday 4/2/23 at Ruby’s Books, Folsom
It's hard to measure the importance of indie bookstores to the ecosystem of books and readers and writers. I like [...]
Ruby’s Books, Sunday, 4/1
Sunday, April 1, 2023, 11:30-1 Pacific. Please drop by a terrific indie bookstore, Ruby’s Books, in Folsom, California for my [...]
Would you like a book club author visit?
What a lovey dinner, wine and talk I enjoyed with Carol, Sue, Allison and Missy, at Bella Bru in Carmichael. [...]
TOMBOY: Strand Magazine’s 25 best mysteries of 2022
The Strand was the very first magazine to publish Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes short stories. So I coughed up [...]
Herb Caen: The Sackamenna Kid
I'm thrilled to join Archivist James Scott 12-1:30 December 3 for a discussion about the Sackamenna Kid: Herb Caen. We’ll [...]