This weekend’s Malice Domestic in Bethesda, Maryland marks one of my favorite times of the year, both a chance to…
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At SleuthSayers: Poirot Award Winner Martin Edwards
With Malice Domestic just a couple of weeks ahead (I’m still not prepared!), I reached out for a chat with…
Continue reading →Washington Independent Review of Books Hosts Agatha Finalists
Rounding out our brief tour (unless there’s more to come?), I hosted the other finalists for this year’s Agatha Award…
Continue reading →SleuthSayers Hosts Agatha Finalists for Best Short Story
Thanks to B.K. Stevens, one of the finalists for this year’s Agatha Award for Best Short Story, for hosting all…
Continue reading →Writers Who Kill Hosts Agatha Finalists for Best Short Story
Thanks to Paula Benson at Writers Who Kill for hosting this year’s finalists for the Agatha Award for Best Short…
Continue reading →Quarterly Newsletter: March 2017 Edition
I just released the latest edition of my quarterly newsletter—recapping recent news, including a few reflections and recommendations, and looking…
Continue reading →Bay to Ocean Writers Conference, Saturday, March 11
This Saturday, March 11, both my wife, Tara Laskowski, and I will be presenting sessions on short fiction at the…
Continue reading →SleuthSayers: Agatha Best First Novel Finalists
It’s a great pleasure for me to host this year’s finalists for the Agatha Award for Best First Novel as…
Continue reading →“Parallel Play” Named an Agatha Award Finalist
So thrilled that “Parallel Play” from Chesapeake Crimes: Storm Warning has been named a finalist for this year’s Agatha Award…
Continue reading →Upcoming Events: AWP, Bay to Ocean, and Virginia Festival of the Book
In addition to a busy semester ahead at George Mason University—putting the finishing touches now on syllabi for my Recent…
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