Now you can listen to Whimsey !

The audible audio edition of Whimsey: A Novel is now available through amazon.com. 

You can listen to a sample of it right here - 
http://tinyurl.com/klqrfp6

Whimsey now available through Audible.com

squeee!
Whimsey: A Novel is now on sale at audible.com. And will be available on iTunes and Amazon.com within the next few days.

Whimsey was narrated by Susanna Burney, who has the following books to her credit:

Fiction: THE GIRL WITH NO SHADOW, by Joanne Harris; THE MEMORY OF WATER, by Karen White

Historic Fiction: ABUNDANCE: a novel of Marie Antoinette, by Sena Jeter Naslund; FOR THE LOVE OF IRELAND, by Judy Leslie

Romance: BORN TO BE WILD, by Catherine Coulter; THE MOON LOOKED DOWN, by Dorothy Garlock

Suspense: THE EDGE OF EVIL, by J.A. Jance; THE NIGHT VILLA, by Carol Goodman; THE STEPMOTHER, by Diana Diamond

Erotica: SLAVE, TRUTH, and NEED, by Sherri Hayes

Memoir: THE RECEPTIONIST, by Janet Groth; HORSES NEVER LIE ABOUT LOVE, by Jana Harris

Murder in the Magic City - this weekend

The panels for this weekend's Murder in the Magic City have been set, and here they are:

Schedule for Murder In The Magic City

Saturday - - - 9:00 Registration opens

9:40 -10:25 Murder:  The Long and Short of it

Paula Benson (M)

Kaye George

Toni L.P. Kelner

Denise Swanson

Bert Goolsby

James M. Jackson

10:30-11:00 GOH Julia Spencer-Fleming

11:00 Break/Signing:  Session one and Julia Spencer-Fleming

11:30 Lunch is served

12:00-12:30 GOH Robert Dugoni

12:30-1:15  Murder:  In Time

Jane Tesh

Brynn Bonner

Dee Phelps

Karen Cunningham

Flo Fitzpatrick (M)

1:15-1:45  Break/Signing: Session two and Robert Dugoni

2:00-2:45  Murder:  In Space

Jennifer Brooks

Polly Iyer

Linda Lovely

Neil Plakcy

Jaden Terrell (M)

Ellis Vidler

3:00 BASKET AUCTION ENDS

3:00-3:45  Murder:  In Four Courses, with Cocktails

Kaye Wilkinson Barley (M)

Mike Orenduff

Don Bruns

Kathleen Delaney

3:45  Announcement of Basket Auction Winners

4:00-4:30  Signing Sessions Three and Four

4:30  AUTHORS MEET ON THE STAGE FOR PHOTOS

6:30  MEET IN MEETING ROOM AT THE HOTEL FOR DRINKS AND DINNER

For more info, go here - - - http://www.murderinthemagiccity2014.com

Sunday, we'll be in Wetumpka for  Murder on the Menu, and here's the schedule for it:

Panel 1      12:40-1:10	Panel 2       1:25-1:55	Panel 3      2:25 – 2:55	Panel 4      3:10 – 3:40
I don't know these people!  Building great characters from scratch…or not.	Location, Location, Location - How settings enhance the story.	Which came first, the body or the killer?  Building a mystery	How'd I get here?  The long and winding road to publication.
Neil Plakcy	Mike Orenduff	James M. Jackson	Toni L. P. Kelner/Leigh Perry
Don Bruns	Robert Dugoni	Julia Spencer-Fleming	Karen Cunningham
Denise Swanson	Brenda Witchger/Brynn Bonner	Dee Phelps	Bert Goolsby (no FB)
Kaye Wilkinson Barley	Jaden Terrell	Jane Tesh	Ellis Vidler
Linda Lovely	Paula Benson	Jennifer Brooks	Kathleen Delaney
	Kaye George		Polly Iyer

For more info on the Wetumpka event, go here:   http://www.wetumpkalibrary.com/Default.asp?ID=648&pg=Murder+on+the+Menu+2014

If you're in the Birmingham, AL area, I hope you'll join us!

Today I'm with The Reds

Today's my day to play "Oh, Kaye!" at Jungle Red Writers. I hope you'll drop by for a visit. I'm talking about cooking, baking (a little football), and all that jazz.

Agatha Nominees Announced

Best Historical Novel

Heirs and Graces by Rhys Bowen (Berkley)
Death in the Time of Ice by Kaye George (Untreed Reads Publishing)
A Friendly Game of Murder by JJ Murphy (Signet)
Murder in Chelsea by Victoria Thompson (Berkley Prime Crime)
A Question of Honor by Charles Todd (William Morrow)


Best Children's/YA Nominations

The Testing by Joelle Charbonneau (HMH Books for Young Readers)
Traitor in the Shipyard: A Caroline Mystery by Kathleen Ernst (American Girl Mysteries)
Andi Unexpected by Amanda Flower (Zonderkidz)
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library by Chris Grabenstein (Random House Books)
Code Busters Club: Mystery of the Pirate's Treasure by Penny Warner (Edgmont USA)


Best Contemporary Novel

Through the Evil Days by Julia Spencer-Fleming (Minotaur Books)
Pagan Spring by G.M. Malliet (Minotaur Books)
How the Light Gets In by Louise Penny (Minotaur Books)
Clammed Up by Barbara Ross (Kensington Books)
The Wrong Girl by Hank Phillippi Ryan (Forge Books)


Best Nonfiction

Georgette Heyer by Jennifer Kloester (Source Books Inc.)
Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes by Maria Konnikova (Viking Penguin)
Not Everyone's Cup of Tea: An Interesting & Entertaining History of Malice Domestic's First 25 Years by Verena Rose and Rita Owen (editors) (Wildside Press)
The Hour of Peril: The Secret Plot to Murder Lincoln Before the Civil War by Daniel Stashower (Minotaur Books)


Best First Novel

Death Al Dente by Leslie Budewitz (Berkley Prime Crime)
You Cannoli Die Once by Shelley Costa (Pocket Books)
Board Stiff by Kendel Lynn (Henery Press)
Kneading to Die by Liz Mugavero (Kensington)
Front Page Fatality by LynDee Walker (Henery Press)


Best Short Story

"Evil Little Girl" in Don't Get Mad, Get Even by Barb Goffman (Wildside Press)
"Nightmare" in Don't Get Mad, Get Even by Barb Goffman (Wildside Press)
"The Hindi Houdini" in Fish Nets by Gigi Pandian (Wildside Press)
"Bread Baby" in Best new England Crime Stories 2014: Stone Cold by Barbara Ross (Level Best Books)
"The Care and Feeding of House Plants" by Art Taylor (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)

My congratulations to all the nominees - See you at Malice!

Left Coast Crime Award Nominations Announced

2014 Left Coast Crime Award Nominations Announced
January 27, 2014 — Monterey, CA — Left Coast Crime 2014, “Calamari Crime,” will be giving four awards at the 24th annual LCC convention, to be held in Monterey. The awards will be voted on at the convention and presented at a banquet on Saturday, March 22, at the Portola Hotel & Spa. The award nominees have been selected by convention registrants. The nomination period has just concluded, and LCC is delighted to announce the nominees for books published in 2013:

The Lefty: Best humorous mystery novel
  • Donna Andrews, The Hen of the Baskervilles (Minotaur Books)
  • Timothy Hallinan, The Fame Thief (Soho Crime)
  • Lisa Lutz, The Last Word (Simon & Schuster)
  • Brad Parks, The Good Cop (Minotaur Books)
  • Cindy Sample, Dying for a Daiquiri (Cindy Sample Books)

The Bruce Alexander Memorial Historical Mystery Award: Best historical mystery novel covering events before 1960
  • Rhys Bowen, Heirs and Graces (Berkley Prime Crime)
  • Susan Elia MacNeal, His Majesty’s Hope (Bantam)
  • Catriona McPherson, Dandy Gilver and a Bothersome Number of Corpses (Minotaur Books)
  • David Morrell, Murder as a Fine Art (Mulholland Books)
  • Priscilla Royal, Covenant with Hell (Poisoned Pen Press)
  • Jacqueline Winspear, Leaving Everything Most Loved (HarperCollins)

The Squid: Best mystery set within the United States
  • Sue Grafton, W Is for Wasted (Putnam, Marian Wood Books)
  • Darrell James, Purgatory Key (Midnight Ink)
  • William Kent Krueger, Ordinary Grace (Atria Books)
  • Hank Phillippi Ryan, The Wrong Girl (Forge)
  • Terry Shames, A Killing at Cotton Hill (Seventh Street Books)

The Calamari: Best mystery set anywhere else in the world
  • Cara Black, Murder Below Montparnasse (Soho Crime)
  • Lisa Brackmann, Hour of the Rat (Soho Crime)
  • Catriona McPherson, As She Left It (Midnight Ink)
  • Louise Penny, How the Light Gets In (Minotaur Books)
  • Jeffrey Siger, Mykonos After Midnight (Poisoned Pen Press)

The Left Coast Crime Convention is an annual event sponsored by fans of mystery literature for fans of mystery literature, including both readers and authors. Usually held in the western half of North America, LCC’s intent is to provide an event where mystery fans can gather in convivial surroundings to pursue their mutual interests.

The 24th annual Left Coast Crime Convention will take place in Monterey, CA, March 20–23, 2014. This year’s Guests of Honor are authors Cara Black and Louise Penny. Sue Grafton is a Special Guest. Sue Trowbridge is the Fan Guests of Honor. Author Brad Parks will serve as Toastmaster. Marcia Muller and Bill Pronzini will receive Left Coast Crime Lifetime Achievement Awards.

For more information on Left Coast Crime 2014, please visit www.leftcoastcrime.org/2014/

My congratulations to all the nominees!

High Country Festival of the Book February Event

Race to Civility: Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act

Author Presentation, Lunch and Panel Discussion

Featuring Authors Deborah Johnson and Ed Williams 

Moderated by Dr. Michael G. Wade, ASU

Saturday, February 8th, 10:00AM – 3:00PM

Room 421, Belk Library, ASU Campus (free garage parking)

Ticket Price $10, advance purchase only, includes lunch

Purchase tickets at Watauga County Public Library

Lunch catered by F.A.R.M. Café

Call 828-264-8784 for Information.

10:00 AM—Noon Author presentations

Noon – 1:30 PM Lunch

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Panel Discussion

*Books will be available for purchase and signing*

Sponsored by Friends of the Watauga Public Library, Junaluska Heritage Association, and Richard T. Barker Friends of the
University Library.

Writer Deborah Johnson currently lives is Columbus, Mississippi. Her new book, The Secret of Magic is a multilayered novel about race relations and justice in post-WWII Mississippi. She is the re-cipient of the Mississippi Library Association Award for Fiction for her book The Air Between Us.

Ed Williams is a retired Charlotte, NC journalist and Mississippi native. His columns and editorials were part of the Charlotte Observer projects that won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Services in 1981 and 1988. His book, Liberating Dixie: An Editor’s Life from Ole Miss to Obama will be released in March

www.highcountryfestivalofthebook.com

What Would Martin Luther King, Jr. Say?

"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."
- - - Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."

- - - Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."

- - - Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."

- - - Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."
- - - Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."

- - - Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."
- - - Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."
- - - Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."
- - - Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."
- - - Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."
- - - Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."
- - - Martin Luther King, Jr.

The 2014 Edgar Nominees are Announced

Best Novel

Sandrine's Case by Thomas H. Cook (Grove Atlantic – The Mysterious Press)
The Humans by Matt Haig (Simon & Schuster)
Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger (Simon & Schuster – Atria Books)
How the Light Gets In by Louise Penny (Minotaur Books)
Standing in Another Man's Grave by Ian Rankin (Hachette Book Group – Reagan Arthur Books)
Until She Comes Home by Lori Roy (Penguin Group USA – Dutton Books)

Best First Novel

The Resurrectionist by Matthew Guinn (W.W. Norton)
Ghostman by Roger Hobbs (Alfred A. Knopf)
Rage Against the Dying by Becky Masterman (Minotaur Books)
Red Sparrow by Jason Matthews (Simon & Schuster - Scribner)
Reconstructing Amelia by Kimberly McCreight (HarperCollins Publishers)

Best Paperback Original

The Guilty One by Lisa Ballantyne (HarperCollins Publishers – William Morrow Paperbacks)
Almost Criminal by E. R. Brown (Dundurn)
Joe Victim by Paul Cleave (Simon & Schuster – Atria Books)
Joyland by Stephen King (Hard Case Crime)
The Wicked Girls by Alex Marwood (Penguin Group USA - Penguin Books)
Brilliance by Marcus Sakey (Amazon Publishing – Thomas and Mercer)

Best Fact Crime

Duel with the Devil: The True Story of How Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr Teamed Up to Take on America's First Sensational Murder Mysteryby Paul Collins (Crown Trade Group)
Mortal Sins: Sex, Crime, and the Era of Catholic Scandal 
by Michael D'Antonio (Thomas Dunne Books)
The Good Nurse: A True Story of Medicine, Madness and Murder
by Charles Graeber (Grand Central Publishing – Twelve)
The Secret Rescue: An Untold Story of American Nurses and the Medics Behind Nazi Lines
by Cate Lineberry (Hachette Book Group – Little, Brown and Company)
The Hour of Peril: The Secret Plot to Murder Lincoln Before the Civil War 
by Daniel Stashower (Minotaur Books)

Best Critical/Biographical

Maigret, Simenon and France: Social Dimensions of the Novels and Stories 
by Bill Alder (McFarland & Company)
America is Elsewhere: The Noir Tradition in the Age of Consumer Culture 
by Erik Dussere (Oxford University Press)
Pimping Fictions: African American Crime Literature and the Untold 
Story of Black Pulp Publishing by Justin Gifford (Temple University Press)
Ian Fleming by Andrew Lycett (St. Martin's Press)
Middlebrow Feminism in Classic British Detective Fiction 
by Melissa Schaub (Palgrave Macmillan)

Best Short Story

"The Terminal" – Kwik Krimes by Reed Farrel Coleman (Amazon Publishing – Thomas & Mercer)
"So Long, Chief" – Strand Magazine
by Max Allan Collins & Mickey Spillane (The Strand)
"The Caxton Private Lending Library and Book Depository" – Bibliomysteries
by John Connolly (Mysterious)
"There are Roads in the Water" – Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
by Tina Corey (Dell Magazines)
"Where That Morning Sun Does Down" – Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
by Tim L. Williams (Dell Magazines)

Best Juvenile

Strike Three, You're Dead by Josh Berk (Random House Children's Books – Alfred A. Knopf BFYR)
Moxie and the Art of Rule Breaking by Erin Dionne (Penguin Young Readers Group – Dial)
P.K. Pinkerton and the Petrified Man by Caroline Lawrence
 (Penguin Young Readers Group – Putnam Juvenile)
Lockwood & Co.: The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud 
(Disney Publishing Worldwide – Disney-Hyperion)
One Came Home by Amy Timberlake (Random House Children's Books – Alfred A. Knopf BFYR)

Young Adult

 All the Truth That's In Me by Julie Berry
(Penguin Young Readers Group – Viking Juvenile)
Far Far Away by Tom McNeal (Random House Children's Books – Alfred A. Knopf BFYR)
Criminal by Terra Elan McVoy (Simon & Schuster – Simon Pulse)
How to Lead a Life of Crime by Kirsten Miller 
(Penguin Young Readers Group – Razorbill)
Ketchup Clouds by Annabel Pitcher (Hachette Book Group – Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)

TV Episode Teleplay

"Episode 3" – Luther, Teleplay by Neil Cross (BBC Worldwide)
"Episode 1" – The Fall, Teleplay by Allan Cubitt (Netflix)
"Legitimate Rape" – Law & Order: SVU, Teleplay by Kevin Fox & Peter Blauner (NBC Universal)
 "Variations Under Domestication" – Orphan Black, Teleplay by Will Pascoe (BBC Worldwide)
"Pilot" – The Following Teleplay by Kevin Williamson (Fox/Warner Bros. Television)

Robert L. Fish Memorial

"The Wentworth Letter" – Criminal Element's Malfeasance Occasional
by Jeff Soloway (St. Martin's Press)

Mary Higgins Clark

There Was an Old Woman by Hallie Ephron (HarperCollins Publishers – William Morrow)
Fear of Beauty by Susan Froetschel (Prometheus – Seventh Street Books)
The Money Kill by Katia Lief (HarperCollins Publishers – Harper)
Cover of Snow by Jenny Milchman (Random House Publishing Group – Ballantine Books)
The Sixth Station by Linda Stasi (Forge Books)

Grand Master

Robert Crais
Carolyn Hart

Raven

Aunt Agatha's Bookstore, Ann Arbor, Michigan