Next week at Maine Crime Writers there will be posts by John Clark (Monday), Sarah Graves (Tuesday), Kate Flora (Wednesday), and Vicki Doudera (Friday), with a guest blog from Maureen Milliken on Thursday.

In the news department, here’s what’s happening with some of us who blog regularly at Maine Crime Writers:

MCW regulars Barb Ross and Al Lamanda, as well as our alum, Paul Doiron, were this year’s nominees for the Maine Literary Awards. Al took home the blue balloon for Sunrise. Congratulations to all of our stellar writers! As Barb noted, getting nominated for an Agatha and the Maine Literary Award for Crime Fiction for her paperback original, Clammed Up, was very exciting. Al is a previous Edgar nominee.

Al with Tiffany Schofield from Five Star with Al’s blue balloon

Since Al and Kate share a publisher, their publisher, Waterville’s own Five Star/Cengage, made a big poster for their Facebook website:

Five Star celebrates two Maine Literary Award winners

An invitation to readers of this blog: Do you have news relating to Maine, Crime, or Writing? We’d love to hear from you. Just comment below to share.

And a reminder: If your library, school, or organization is looking for a speaker, we are often availble to talk about the writing process, research, where we get our ideas, and other mysteries of the business. Contact Kate Flora: kateflora@gmail.com