Category: Blog
November 14, 2009
Waiting for???
Earlier this year I was at a dinner for the Freedom to Read Foundation, and was privileged to be seated at the same table with a gifted Y/A writer, who […]
READ MORENovember 9, 2009
Life and Death in Shanghai
Nien Cheng died on November 2. She’s been one of my heroes, ever since my son Tim introduced me to her work some 15 years ago. Cheng spent almost seven […]
READ MORENovember 6, 2009
How Much Is Enough?
I have a friend whose husband won the Nobel Prize. We were all thrilled, but he didn’t interpret it as success: he thought he needed two before the restless face […]
READ MORENovember 4, 2009
Mad as Hell?
Or, Testosterone Fights Back. Publishers Weekly has published its list of the ten best books of 2009, and they are all by men. Some, like Richard Holmes’s Age of Wonder, […]
READ MOREOctober 25, 2009
A Nail and a Piece of Glass
Last night, I was at a benefit for the Marjorie Kovler Center, which helps treat survivors of torture, and works to try to end torture. One of the women who […]
READ MOREOctober 20, 2009
Edgar Allen Poe & Joyce Kilmer
While I was at the Bouchercon, I took part in a panel on Poe with John Lutz and Peter Lovesey, who share my interest in him and had both done […]
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Home is the Sailor
Or the writer, I guess. I got back late yesterday from the Indianapolis Bouchercon. It was a great chance to reconnect with old friends–especially Liza Cody, from London & Bath, […]
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The Book Pirates
The October 4, New York Times business section offers a disturbing look at book piracy. With e-readers becoming widespread, the electronic piracy business isn’t far behind. For those of […]
READ MOREOctober 8, 2009
Wrapping Up the Tour
Thanks to everyone who came out to support me on the road. I go to Watermark Books in Wichita on October 9, and Barnes & Noble, Milwaukee on October 12, […]
READ MOREOctober 4, 2009
Help Me Celebrate
I’m in San Francisco, nearing the end of the first 2 weeks of Hardball’s publication. I’m having a launch party at 57th Street Books in Chicago on Wednesday, October 7 […]
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