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Diana Orgain signed with Berkley Prime Crime to co-author the next two books in the in the NY Times Bestselling Scrapbooking Mystery Series with Laura Childs. The first of these books, GILT TRIP, will be published in October 2013. Michelle Gagnon’s Young Adult technothriller DON’T TURN AROUND was nominated for a Thriller Award in the … Read more

Susan C Shea has sold the next two books in her Dani O’Rourke mystery series. Top Five Books will publish THE KING’S JAR in trade paper and e-book versions in spring 2013. MIXED UP WITH MURDER will come out in fall 2013 in the same formats. In addition, Avalon Books has sold the e-book rights … Read more

Our chapter had a great showing at the 2012 Left Coast Crime Awards dinner, and that isn’t even counting dessert. Big congratulations to Bruce Alexander Historical Mystery Award winner Ann Parker and our esteemed president Kelli Stanley for winning the Golden Nugget for best mystery set in California!   Congrats to all the nominees and … Read more

A couple quick hits of good news as we head into LCC weekend: Cara Black’s latest Aimee Leduc mystery, Murder at the Lantern Rouge, appeared on the San Francisco Chronicle Fiction Bestsellers list. Rhys Bowen’s new book in the Molly Murphy series, Hush Now Don’t You Cry, made the New York Times extended bestsellers. Congratulations … Read more