News From Our Authors
| Alan Cook | The American Author's Association has
announced that Alan Cook has received a Silver Quill award for
his mystery, HONEYMOON FOR THREE. Each year the
Association recognizes members' works that demonstrate
excellence in their field.
http://americanauthorsassociation.com Alan's short story, "Moon Over Murder," is available for download from Amazon Shorts. |
| Luisa Buehler | The Readers Choice Awards, nicknamed The Loveys, are presented at the annual Love is Murder Mystery Conference. This year was the conference's 10Th anniversary. The conference presents awards for a variety of categories. Attendees receive a ballot with their registration packet. To be eligible for inclusion on the ballot, authors nominated must have been published in 2007. The nine categories cover from Best First Novel to more specific areas like Best Traditional Amateur Sleuth, Best Paranormal, Best Historical to Best Series and Best Young Adult to best Short Story. Luisa's book The Lighthouse Keeper won for Best Traditional/Amateur Sleuth. |
| Lonnie Cruse | Please take a minute to check it out. Marta Stephens has done a terrific in-depth interview with me on her blog at: http://mstephens-musings.blogspot.com/ I'm doing a virtual tour in January so if you have a blog and need a guest, I'm available! |
| Lorie Ham | Lorie Ham's webpage has a brand new look. She is going for a more cozy welcoming look than she had before. She has also added some new things including a short story featuring the main character in her books, Alexandra Walters. There is also a book review and author interview section called the No Name Cafe Book Review Corner. So check it out and hopefully enjoy all the new stuff www.LorieHam.com |
| M. E. Kemp | M. E. Kemp is the only Upstate New Yorker to have a short story in the new Sisters in Crime/NYC chapter, anthology called: MURDER NEW YORK STYLE. My story is "Murder in the Mill" and it deals with the great silk strike in Paterson, NJ, in 1913 as led by the "Wobblies"--the IWW. Stories had to be set in the greater NY area. MURDER NEW YORK STYLE will be released on Nov. 1st--I'm going to "the City" for the big release party on that date! I feel like a big shot. Marilyn aka; M. E. KEMP, author: DEATH OF A DUTCH UNCLE. |
| Marta Stephens | This week I had the special treat to interview friend, Lonnie Cruse, Author of the Metropolis Mystery Series and the new Kitty Bloodworth, Fifty-Seven Mystery. Cruse, who has been writing for several decades, didn’t attempt to write her first novel until she was fifty-five. I had the privilege to meet her at this year’s Magna cum Murder Conference (Indiana). She is sharp, spunky, and possesses a terrific sense of humor so it was no surprise to learn that she feels she is, “… beyond the age of fear of failure.” Please stop by http://mstephens-musings.blogspot.com to see what Lonnie and her latest novel, FIFTY-SEVEN HEAVEN, are all about! She'll love to read your comments! |
| Yvonne Eve Walus | Mystery
Lovers Corner Author
shortlisted for 2007 Fish Knife Award Yvonne Eve Walus, whose “Murder @ Work” and “Murder @ a Little Bead Shop” are published by Echelon Press (www.echelonpress.com), has just received more kudos in the sphere of crime fiction: her latest work, "Salem Witch Hunts now on the Internet" has recently been short-listed for the 2007 Fish Knife Award by the Crime Writers Association (CWA) of UK. Philip Gooden explains the CWA's enthusiasm for this new award: “Every writer, crime or otherwise, knows there are few outlets for short stories these days. So the link-up between Fish Publishing, an independent publishing company based in County Cork, and the CWA is very good news. Fish publish short story anthologies to a high standard, both in terms of writing and production.” The Fish Knife is part of the prestigious Dagger Awards awarded by the CWA. In addition, Yvonne has just returned from a successful author trip to South Africa, where her book launch (Set the Table for Murder), sold out the entire stock of her South African murder mystery "Murder @ Work" (available from the publisher, amazon.com and most leading bookstores). Yvonne was born in Poland but she grew up in South Africa, where she sets many of her murder mysteries. The prequel to “Murder @ Work” called “Murder @ Play” is in preparation to be published in 2008. Please visit Yvonne’s website, http://yewalus.kiwiwebhost.net.nz/. |