Congress Shall Make no Law
November 24, 2010
Congress Shall Make no Law
Abridging the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. But the town of Columbus, Georgia–that’s another story altogether. For the last twenty years, protestors have gathered in the week before Thanksgiving outside the School of the Americas (SOA) in Ft. Benning, Georgia, which is in […]
READ MORENovember 19, 2010
Edgar Allen Poe Awards
On November 18, I learned that the Mystery Writers of America are bestowing the Grand Master Award for Lifetime Achievement on me this coming April. I feel really excited, and happy, and in a way, bewildered. It seems as though it was only yesterday that I was watching Julian Symons receive the Grand Master award […]
READ MORENovember 16, 2010
Elvis is Dead
And I don’t feel so good myself. That’s one of my all-time favorite book titles, by the humorist and memoirist Lewis Grizzard, but it sort of sums up why I’ve been missing in action for a while. I was badly injured in a car crash several years ago and all the travel I had to […]
READ MOREOctober 21, 2010
Body Work Grand Prize
Yours for not quite the asking, the Grand Prize in the Body Work Sweepstakes. We’re giving away a signed copy of Body Work along with some Chicago memorabilia including not just a pound of V I’s favorite coffee, but some Cubs mementos and a few surprise gifts. This Grand Prize will go to the person […]
READ MOREOctober 9, 2010
Hossein Derakhshan, Prisoner of Conscience
On September 29, the Iranian government sentenced 33-year-old Canadian-Iranian writer Hossein Derakhshan to 19.5 years in prison for his writing. He was accused of many bogus crimes, including being an Israeli spy, but his real “crime” was blogging about Iran. He is currently being held at Evin prison, notorious for the torture and murder of […]
READ MOREOctober 3, 2010
JAPAN, PEN literary forum and more
LITERARY FORUM, TOKYO-WASEDA UNIVERSITY PEN-Japan hosted this year’s annual PEN Congress from September 23-September 28, and I was privileged to be present. The Congress began with a literary forum, presented at the prestigious Waseda University, which featured my work and that of Franco-Syrian writer Salwa al Neimi, whose Proof of Honey was a cause celebre […]
READ MORESeptember 29, 2010
Week #4 Grand Prize Sweepstakes
Thank you to all those who signed up to receive Sara’s newsletter. It has been a fun five weeks for the Sweepstakes Team, randomly choosing winners and having email conversations with them! The Sweepstakes Team is pleased to have randomly chosen a grand prize winner this last week of the sweepstakes in honor of Body […]
READ MORESeptember 24, 2010
Sweepstakes Week #3 Update
The Sweepstakes team would like to thank the following winners from Week #3 for permission to post their names on this blog: Jorge Gutierrez Liz Clark Sharon Smith Congratulations! We hope you enjoy the prizes. Reminder to all blog readers: Sweepstakes Week #4: There is still time to win the grand prize! We will choose […]
READ MORESeptember 22, 2010
Sweepstakes Updates
After a week of hectic schedules (Sara is now in Japan!) and The Computer Gremlin that Ate Sweepstakes Blog Post #2, the Sweepstakes team is back in business. First, let’s do some catch-up: Week #1 winners include Karri Pateris, Dianna Akin-Watt, and Princilee Collins. Week #2 winners are Wendy Haber and Mary Monell. We hope […]
READ MORESeptember 20, 2010
Watch Sara on Hardcover Mysteries
Some of the greatest crime authors around—including Sara—share the truth behind their stories. Catch Hardcover Mysteries—an all new series, premiering Monday, October 11th at 9PM on Investigation Discovery.
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