Category: Blog
November 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
READ MORESeptember 15, 2010
David Thompson
I am sorry to have to report the sad news of David Thompson’s death. He was co-owner of Murder by the Book, the premier mystery bookstore in Houston. He died […]
READ MORESeptember 8, 2010
Happy New Year
Today is the beginning of the New Year according to the Jewish calendar, and I hope that everyone who reads this page has a year of peace and health, in […]
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