Tag Archives: Michael Connelly

Introducing Death Warmed Over – A Thea Kozak mystery

Posted on August 16, 2017 by mainecrimewriters

Kate Flora: I originally wrote this book more than four years ago, and it has wandered through the world of publishing ever since. After several years of waiting for a publisher to get around to it, I decided to publish it … Continue reading →

Posted in Kate's Posts, Uncategorized | Tagged Death Warmed Over, Laura Lippman, Michael Connelly, S.J. Rozan, Thea Kozak | 29 Comments

Interview with Author Brian Thiem

Posted on September 23, 2016 by Bruce Robert Coffin

Bonjour, fellow readers and scribes. Bruce Robert Coffin here with a real treat. This month I’m pleased to introduce friend, author, and former crime fighter Brian Thiem. Brian, author of the acclaimed series debut Red Line, spent 25 years with … Continue reading →

Posted in Bruce's Posts | Tagged Brian Thiem, Bruce Robert Coffin, crime writing, John Sandford, Kate Flora, Michael Connelly, Paul Doiron, Red Line, Thrill Kill | 18 Comments

My First Bouchercon

Posted on August 3, 2016 by Bruce Robert Coffin

Hello again! Bruce Robert Coffin here, sharing my monthly thoughts for August. I’ll admit I was wholly unprepared for this month’s blog. Each month the writers of this site receive a schedule telling us when our posts are expected. Most … Continue reading →

Posted in Bruce's Posts | Tagged Among the Shadows, Art Taylor, Bouchercon 2016, Chris Holm, Chris Knopf, Dana Cameron, Gayle Lynds, Harlan Coben, Jack Getze, John Byron Mysteries, Kristy Belcamino, Kwei Quartey, Lee Child, Mary Anna Evans, Michael Connelly, Susan Shea, Todd Robinson | 10 Comments

Holiday Round-Up: Books We’re Getting and Books We’re Giving

Posted on December 19, 2014 by mainecrimewriters

Happy Friday, All. One of the most common questions we crime writers are asked at library and bookstore events is: What books do you read? So here, from some of our regulars, are our answers to the questions: What books … Continue reading →

Posted in Group Post | Tagged Amy Nichols, Bendy Wendy, Brown Girl Dreaming, Cat Warren, Deadline, Dreamwalker, Euphoria, Hallie Ephron, I am Malala, Jacqueline Woodson, Jo Jo Thoreau, John Sandford, Kate Lun, Lee Child, Lily King, Mac Barnett, Maj Sjowall, Michael Connelly, Now that you're here, Per Wahloo, Personal, Phillip Hoose, President Taft is Stuck in his Bath, Pricesses are not just pretty, Rhys Bowen, Sarah Graves, Sue Hilliard, The Burning Room, The Laughing Policeman, TOO: YOUNG PEOPLE IN US HISTORY, Vaughn Hardacker, Virgil Flowers, WE WERE THERE, What the Dog Knows, Where the Sidewalk Ends, Winter at the Door | 4 Comments

A Writer’s Police Academy? Seriously?

Posted on September 19, 2014 by mainecrimewriters

Kate Flora here. The weekend after Labor Day, I joined more than two hundred other writers in Greensboro, North Carolina, for an annual conference organized by the tireless and charming Lee Lofland, http://www.leelofland.com/wordpress/ designed to teach crime writers how to write … Continue reading →

Posted in Kate's Posts | Tagged Alafair Burke, FATS, Greensboro North Carolina, Guildford Technical Community College, Lee Lofland, Lisa Gardner, Michael Connelly, The Graveyard Shift | 6 Comments

Key West Literary Seminar–Week Two

Posted on January 27, 2014 by Barbara Ross

Hi. Barb here. I’ve been in Key West all month and was lucky enough to attend both weeks of the Key West Literary Seminar. The seminar is held annually in January and celebrates a different aspect of literature and writing … Continue reading →

Posted in Barb's Posts | Tagged Alafair Burke, Elizabeth George, James W. Hall, key west literary seminar, kwls, Lee Child, Lyndsay Faye, Malla Nunn, Michael Connelly, Michael Koryta, Percival Everett, Sara Gran, Tess Gerritsen, Thomas H. Cook, William Kent Krueger | 7 Comments

The Kindness of Others

Posted on January 6, 2012 by mainecrimewriters

Kate here, with a top secret revelation: Despite the fact that we write about the awful things that people do to one another, mystery writers are a particularly nice group of people. They’re generous. They’re friendly. They’re collegial. Some say … Continue reading →