by vjbooks | Jul 4, 2009 | We're Talking Books!
Persistence pays. Cornwell’s first crime novel, Postmortem, was rejected by seven major publishign houses before it was published by Scribner in 1990. It became the first novel to win the Edgar, Creasey, Anthony and Macavity awards as well as the French Prix...
by vjbooks | Dec 22, 2008 | We're Talking Books!
(New York Times, Dec. 22, 2008, William Grimes) Julius Fast, who won the first Edgar Award given by the Mystery Writers of America and went on to publish popular books on body language and human relationships, died Tuesday in Kingston, N.Y. He was 89. His death was...
by vjbooks | Nov 18, 2008 | We're Talking Books!
(Clinton Herald, Nov. 18) CLINTON — “The Minnesota Crime Wave,” a trio of mystery writers, will make a stop at Ashford University Thursday. William Kent “Iceman” Krueger, Ellen “Murder Most Fowl” Hart and Carl “Sailor” Brookins will present a writers’ workshop from 1...
by vjbooks | Oct 30, 2008 | We're Talking Books!
(guardian.co.uk, Oct 31, Michael Carlson) Award-winning US mystery writer drawn to the world of the Navajo people. Tony Hillerman’s 18 mystery novels, set in the Navajo lands of south-west America, earned him first a cult following and later best-seller status....
