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Left Coast Crime, Malice Domestic, and more
The crime fiction community is back, and I've been taking part! In the past month, I've been in Albuquerque for Left Coast Crime and Bethesda, MD, for Malice Domestic. I've posted more photos on social media and will be trying to tag everyone. In the meantime, I've...
Authors for Ukraine
Signed galley? Naming rights in a new cozy? Complete sets of an author's work? All these treasures and more can be found at the Authors for Ukraine online auction going on now. I'm proud to be one of the more than 170 authors who have contributed one-of-a-kind items...
Albuquerque bound!
Has it been two years since Left Coast Crime, one of the most marvelous crime fiction conferences, was halted on its first day as COVID-19 began its sweep across the country? Amazingly, yes, but this weekend, well, we're trying again – this time as Southwest Sleuths,...
A Cat on the Case in paperback
Maybe you missed the ebook sale. Maybe you (like me) prefer reading on paper. Either way, you're in luck! A CAT ON THE CASE, the third Witch Cat of Cambridge cozy mystery comes out in trade paperback today. "Entertaining... Fans of talking cat cozies will have fun."...
“Hold Me Down” on WGBH
Maybe you heard "Henry in the Hub" on air at 8:35 am today? If not, you can check out an excerpt of our talk on the WGBH website, complete with transcript. Always a pleasure to chat with Henry, who used to DJ at some of those clubs back in the day......
Countdown to HOLD ME DOWN launch
Dear friends, You’ve been hearing me talk about this book for years now, and finally Hold Me Down* will be released next Tuesday, Oct. 19. Thanks to the pandemic, it doesn’t look like I’m going to have any in-person events. However, I’ve paired with three very cool...
The Somerville Times takes on “Hold Me Down”
Somerville Times arts editor (and poet) Doug Holder took time to chat with me about writing, our shared city, and my upcoming Hold Me Down. I've pasted the Q&A below. (To read the full article in the Somerville Times click here.) Your new book is a step away from...
“Good Spirits,” indeed!
"You don't have to be a cat lover to appreciate this cozy mystery..." When I heard that Publishers Weekly had included my A CAT ON THE CASE in a roundup of cozy mysteries, I was thrilled. Then I SAW the piece – four cozies, all due early next year, all with some...
“Fans of feline cozies will be charmed,” says PW
"Simon's pleasing third Witch Cats of Cambridge mystery," begins the review in Publishers Weekly, which winds up by concluding "Fans of feline cozies will be charmed." Well, I'm charmed – and grateful – that my upcoming A CAT ON THE CASE is already winning such...
Sometimes sleuths work from home…
That's the premise of my short story, "The Inside Job," which will be featured in MASTHEAD: The Best New England Crime Stories 2020, coming Nov. 25 from Level Best Books. The story takes place post-pandemic, but my heroine – a homebody anyway – finds it hard to...