New author fan pages
Please stop by these new author fan pages, and ask them a question or two:
Author appearances
- Kris Neri will be appearing Saturday, July 31st at the Mystery & Imagination Bookshop in Glendale, California
- Sunny Frazier
will be appearing at the Hanford BookFest on Wednesday, August 14th in Hanford, California, and at Killer Nashville, August 20th-22nd
- Libby Fischer Hellmann will be one of the instructors at
Road
Scholar's Mystery Loves Company workshop in Green Lake, Wisconsin, August 22nd-27th
Author news
- Congratulations to Sally Bellerose, whose novel, The Girls Club, recently won The Bywater Award for fiction and will be published by Bywater Books in September of 2011.
- Libby Fischer Hellmann
has two volumes of short stories, titled Nice Girl Does Noir, available at Kindle and Smashwords.
- Congratulations to Cynthia Becker, whose short story Considering received second place in the 2010 Paul Gillette Awards, the 18th annual competition sponsored by Pikes Peak Writers
2010 Books
- Revenge for Old Time's Sake, by Kris Neri was released in March. It is the third book in her Agatha, Anthony, Macavity Award-nominated Tracy Eaton mystery series.
- Life Without Crows, a collection of short stories by Gerri Leen, was released in March from Hadley Rille Books.
- Terminated, by Simon Wood, was released in mass paperback in June
- Harry, by Tim Wohlforth was released in June
- Dark Matters,
Bruce Boston's 30th poetry collection, was released by Bad Moon Books in June
- Night of the Living Trekkies, by Kevin David Anderson, will be released in October
- Red Station, by Adrian Magson, will be out in August in the UK and in November in the U.S.
- Death on the Marais, by Adrian Magson, will be out in October
- Set the Night on Fire, by Libby Fischer Hellmann, will be out in December (with a nice blurb from Lee Child)
- Pink Tarantula, a collection of nine Crip & Henrietta stories by Tim Wohlforth
For more information on Sniplits authors be sure to visit the Fan Club pages.
What we're reading now
- The book currently on my nightstand is, Once Upon a Town, by Bob Greene. It has single-handedly restored my faith
in the human race.
- Recent reads and raves: Girl Trouble, by Holly Goddard Jones, a book of novels masquerading as short stories; Sam Weller's
Listen to the Echoes: The Ray Bradbury Interviews, inspiration to live and create on every page; Lee Martin's
The Bright Forever, one of those authors who will definitely win a National Book award one day.
Mort Castle
- I just finished M.K. Hobson's cool debut book, an alternative history novel called The Native Star. Camille Alexa
- I just finished the wonderful Mistress of the Art of Death historical mystery series by Ariana Franklin. Highly recommended.
Sarah Wisseman
- Currently reading The Zap Gun, by Philip K. Dick.
Bruce Boston
- I just read James Kaelan's We're Getting On, and highly recommend it to one and all,
J.A. Tyler
- What am I reading now? I've swamped myself reading young adult romance novels in preparation for a summer writing class, which I'm teaching, at Richard Hugo House in Seattle.
Some of my favorites have included: I Know It's Over, by C.K. Kelly Martin, Scribbler of Dreams, by
Mary E. Pearson, and To Catch a Pirate, by Jade Parker.
Mindy Hardwick
- I'm a member of a book club and our book this month is Stones into Schools, by Greg Mortenson, a follow up to Three Cups of Tea,
which we read a few months ago. The sequel to the inspiring and touching story of a man dedicated to providing facilities for Afghani and Pakistani girls to become educated. Already into the book and am hooked again.
J.D. Webb
- What I am reading now: Dead Set: A Zombie Anthology, by Joe McKinney and Michelle McCrary;
First Voyages, (first published stories of famous SF writers); and Holding Wonder, short stories by Zenna Henderson.
Marge Simon
- I just finished reading The Mystery of Grace, by Charles De Lint. It is a beautiful story about love and faith with some magic realism mixed in.
Diane Gillette
- I'm currently reading Small Crimes, by Dave Zeltserman
Barry Ergang
- I’m reading Honey In His Mouth, by Lester Dent (Hard Case Crime) and Kiss Your Elbow, by Alan
Handley (Harlequin).
Laird Long
- Sacred Games, by Vikram Chandra.
Tracie McBride
- I just started reading William Kent Krueger's Blood Hollow.
Beth Groundwater
- I just finished Blockade Billy, by Stephen King, and I'm now reading The Lion, by Nelson DeMille.
John Floyd
- I just finished a fun mystery by Laura Levine: Shoes To Die For.
Gail Farrelly
- I read several books concurrently, usually a mixture of fiction and non-fiction. I'm reading Stieg Larsson's The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Ursula K. Le Guin's
Always Coming Home, a wonderful "historical science fiction, and Robert Wright's Non-Zero: History, Evolution & Human Cooperation.
McKenna Donovan
- Having finally made my way through Robin Hobb's trilogy of trilogies (Farseer, Liveship and Tawny Man), I rested my novel reading muscle for a while by devouring Jetse de Vries's excellent
Shine anthology, before embarking on the epic and often hilarious tale of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
(Susanna Clarke). After I finish that one, I'll reward myself with that rare and delicious treat, a new Banks novel (The Steep Approach to Garbadale)
which is even now lying on my bedside table just oozing plot and character and brilliance.
Floris Kleijne
- Just reading Flipping Out, the third in the Lomax & Biggs cop series by Marshall Karp. Described by James Patterson as a cross between
Robert Crais and Janet Evanovitch, it's thrilling and funny--a great combination. If you enjoy "buddy" stories with bite and haven't read Karp, you should try him. He's good.
Adrian Magson
- I am reading Larry McMurtry's, Rhino Ranch.
O'Neil De Noux
When do you listen to audio shorts?