Once upon a time, people used to read
I’ve been thinking about pre-adult reading lately because next week at Bouchercon I get to moderate an author panel on [...]
PEACE RIOT–Secret History
Peace Riot--79 years ago today, San Franciscans poured onto Market Street to celebrate Victory Japan Day (VJ Day). World War [...]
New Distributor–Simon & Schuster
Great news—starting today, my Jane Benjamin books are published by She Writes Press and distributed by Simon & Schuster. It’s [...]
Nashville-Bound
The August conference season is going to be sweet, with both KILLER NASHVILLE and BOUCHERCON taking place within days of [...]
Am I writing or am I procrastinating?
Working on my fourth novel, a historical mystery set in 1945 San Francisco, I’m finding myself spending what may be [...]
Bring in June with history and culture
I'm looking forward to a great, bookish weekend coming up with Poster Girl. Saturday, June 1, I'll spend the day [...]
Welcome aboard the Liberty Ship SS Jeremiah O’Brien
Saturday, June 1, I'll spend the day aboard historic SS Jeremiah O'Brien, National Liberty Ship Memorial with Jane Benjamin novel [...]
Spilling the historical kibble
Grandbaby is mobile and curious. A complete delight. (Maybe less completely delightful for his parents, who are constantly cleaning up [...]
Rosies at the White House–“It used to be a man’s world”
I may or may not have teared up at the videos of the real life Rosie the Riveters who visited [...]
What is this for?
My friends know that I keep a sticky note attached to my computer monitor. It reads, What Is This For? [...]
There’s a test for that–the Bechdel test
There’s a Test for that: The Bechdel and Mako Mori for Women in Crime Fiction Originally written for the Sisters [...]
Bay Area Book Festival
It's book festival season and I'm excited to join other She Writes Press authors in the tent talking to readers [...]