Shanks on Crime in Japan

Look what arrived while we were in Louisiana.  This is my story collection Shanks on Crime welcoming six copies of its Japanese translation, Sunday Afternoon Tea With Mystery Writer.

When Women Didn't Count wins in New Orleans

Last weekend was the American Library Association annual conference.  At the Government Documents Round Table reception, held at the Louisiana Supreme Court building, I received the Margaret T. Lane / Virginia F. Saunders Memorial Research Award for When Women Didn't Count.  It's always a thrill to be recognized by your peers.  Western's Dean of Libraries, Mark Greenberg was there and kindly took this video.

Shanks at the Bar in Japan

My story "Shanks at the Bar" is making its first periodical appearance in the Japanese magazine Mysteries!  The exclamation point is theirs. 

When Women Didn't Count gets video reviewed

Alicia Kubas works at the University of Minnesota Libraries.  Last week she appeared on their video series Read This Book! to review my book.  Thanks, Alicia.  Go Golden Gophers!

The Cop Who Liked Gilbert and Sullivan wins!

Wonderful news: "The Cop Who Liked Gilbert and Sullivan" is the winner of the 2018 Derringer Award for Best Short Mystery Story!

The Red Envelope on Amazon

My "The Red Envelope" won the Black Orchid Novella Award in 2012 and it was published in Alfred HItchcock's Mystery Magazine the following summer.  James Lincoln Warren was kind enough to set it up in a Kindle-friendly format for me, but lazy me, I didn't put it up on Amazon until yesterday.  Now the world can read it for 99 cents.

Shanks on Crime published in Japan

My collection of short stories, Shanks on Crime, has just been published in Japan.  According to the automatic translator, the new title is Sunday Afternoon Tea With Mystery Writer.  If you look closely you can see the English title on the page as well.  Cool!