Blog - Shelley Blanton-Stroud

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--79 years ago today, San Franciscans poured onto Market Street to celebrate Victory Japan Day (VJ Day). World War [...]

Great news—starting today, my Jane Benjamin books are published by She Writes Press and distributed by Simon & Schuster. It’s [...]

The August conference season is going to be sweet, with both KILLER NASHVILLE and BOUCHERCON taking place within days of [...]

Working on my fourth novel, a historical mystery set in 1945 San Francisco, I’m finding myself spending what may be [...]

I'm looking forward to a great, bookish weekend coming up with Poster Girl. Saturday, June 1, I'll spend the day [...]

Saturday, June 1, I'll spend the day aboard historic SS Jeremiah O'Brien, National Liberty Ship Memorial with Jane Benjamin novel [...]

Grandbaby is mobile and curious. A complete delight. (Maybe less completely delightful for his parents, who are constantly cleaning up [...]

I may or may not have teared up at the videos of the real life Rosie the Riveters who visited [...]

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 and Mako Mori for Women in Crime Fiction Originally written for the Sisters [...]

It's book festival season and I'm excited to join other She Writes Press authors in the tent talking to readers [...]