Tara Laskowski Agatha Award Nomination

Tara Laskowski, whose debut novel One Night Gone will publish October 1, is nominated for an Agatha Award for Best Short Story! “The Case of the Vanishing Professor” was published in the May/June 2018 issue of Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine. You...

Alpaca vs Llama Signs Shopping Agreement for Skylark’s Song

The Skylark’s Song and The Skylark’s Sacrifice, a YA mechpunk action-romance duology by J.M. Frey, has been signed to a shopping agreement with Alpaca vs Llama in Canada. A shopping agreement, or shoparound agreement as it is called in Canada, is the first...

Congrats Heather Redmond on the 2-book deal for Journaled to Death

Heather Redmond, author of the Dickens of a Crime historical mystery series from Kensington Books, today announced a two-book deal for a contemporary cozy mystery series with Severn House in the UK. The first book, titled JOURNALED TO DEATH, features a social media...

Amber Cowie Inks 2-Book Deal with Lake Union

Amber Cowie’s debut suspense novel, RAPID FALLS, hit #1 overall on Kindle and was the #81 best-selling Kindle book of 2018 after being published on December 1st. And she’s just getting started, having signed a new 2-book deal with Lake Union Publishing....

Allison Alsup Shortlisted for the Manchester Fiction Prize

Big congrats to Allison Alsup! Her short story, The Proper Protocol for Abandoned Babies, has been shortlisted for the Manchester Fiction Prize. This would add to her list that includes awards from the A Room of Her Own Foundation, New Millennium Writings,...

Happy Book Birthday to Rapid Falls by Amber Cowie

RAPID FALLS, Amber Cowie’s debut suspense novel, hit #1 overall in the Kindle store with early orders through the Prime Reads program, and how it’s finally out in hardcover, paperback, and audio. It’s a gripping, deceptive novel that has folks...