As you can see, we've done some sprucing up around the neighborhood! What do you think of the new design? The content basically remains the same, and everything is very hands-on and easily accessed. Enjoy!

Congratulations, Liz Rauls!  You won the final copy of FIRST THRILLS in my Scavenger Hunt! Private message me your address, and I'll have a copy sent to you.

 

The answer to the question about where I'm kicking off my HELL TO PAY book tour on 9/30 is: The Book Nook in Dunkirk, NY! My publisher is sending me on tour from there, and I"ll also be visiting Buffalo, Chicago,…

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This is your lucky day, Bonnie Baron!! You've won a copy of FIRST THRILLS for correctly guessing that the community member who won the hometown visit last year was Shelley Swind! It just so happens that today is Shelly's birthday, so please join me in wishing her a great day! You can read more…

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Congratulations--and welcome--to new member Wendy Agostini! You've won a copy of FIRST THRILLS! I'll have it sent right out to you if you'll just private message me your mailing address.

Wendy was randomly selected from the members who correctly guessed that my niece Hannah and nephew Leo Koellner raised $10,000 for breast cancer. You can read more about it here:…

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Wow, thanks, everyone, for participating in yesterday's Scavenger Hunt! The correct answer was: Cassata Di Ricotta E Cioccolata, and you can read more about it on my blog post here: Eighth Day of Christmas

Our member K.G. wins the first free copy of FIRST THRILLS. Kim, please private message…

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Welcome to my community site Scavenger Hunt!

Somewhere on this site, you will find the answer to the following question:

What is the fun-to-say name of my family's Christmas Cake?

Is the information located in one of my photo albums? In a past blog? On another member's page?

 

The contest is open to all members of my community site, and members have until midnight tonight to send the answer. Send it privately, please--don't give it away by…

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Did I get your attention? Great!

I contributed a short story to the well-received First Thrills anthology, edited by Lee Child and published last year. To celebrate the paperback release this…

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Did I get your attention? Great!

I contributed a short story to the well-received First Thrills anthology, edited by Lee Child and published last year. To celebrate the paperback release this…

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After working through Memorial Day weekend, I delivered the second thriller in my 2012 suspense trilogy to my editor on the due date on Tuesday. It's the sequel to NIGHTCRAWLER, which I finished writing around Christmas, and the lead-in to SHADOWKILLER, which I have to write by fall.

 

I have a couple of young adult proposals in the works, in the meantime--you heard it here first!--not easy to squeeze those in while I'm trying to stick to a tight contract schedule, but I do miss…

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