2015

Invisible City takes home three awards at Bouchercon 2015

I am humbled and thrilled to report that INVISIBLE CITY won the Barry, the Macavity and the Shamus Awards for Best First Novel. All three awards were presented at Bouchercon, the World Mystery Conference, in Raleigh, NC over the weekend of Oct. 10. I was nominated with some truly stellar books – THE LIFE WE

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I am humbled and thrilled to report that INVISIBLE CITY won the Barry, the Macavity and the Shamus Awards for Best First Novel. All three awards were presented at Bouchercon, the World Mystery Conference, in Raleigh, NC over the weekend of Oct. 10. I was nominated with some truly stellar books – THE LIFE WE

Arrested for allegedly stealing $5 of food, mentally ill Virginia man dies in jail

A Virginia judge order Jamycheal Mitchell to receive treatment at a hospital, instead he died in August after waiting 3 months for a bed to open up

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A Virginia judge order Jamycheal Mitchell to receive treatment at a hospital, instead he died in August after waiting 3 months for a bed to open up

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Interrogation by The Life Sentence

Julia Dahl and Steph Cha are writing two of the most interesting series around, and both have new installments out this summer. Set in LA and New York City, respectively, Steph and Julia use both their settings and their strong willed female protagonists to dive into issues of ethnicity and community, but their books are

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Julia Dahl and Steph Cha are writing two of the most interesting series around, and both have new installments out this summer. Set in LA and New York City, respectively, Steph and Julia use both their settings and their strong willed female protagonists to dive into issues of ethnicity and community, but their books are

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Run You Down featured on NPR’s Fresh Air

I was ecstatic to hear Maureen Corrigan recommend RUN YOU DOWN as one of 4 thrillers to read this summer: “…Dahl is an evocative writer, never more so than when she’s describing the nascent yearnings of those younger members of [the ultra-Orthodox Jewish] religious community — gay, vaguely feminist, simply different — who can’t quite

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I was ecstatic to hear Maureen Corrigan recommend RUN YOU DOWN as one of 4 thrillers to read this summer: “…Dahl is an evocative writer, never more so than when she’s describing the nascent yearnings of those younger members of [the ultra-Orthodox Jewish] religious community — gay, vaguely feminist, simply different — who can’t quite

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Jungle Red Writers

I chat with Hallie Ephron about deadlines, character evolution and the “plot knots” I encountered writing RUN YOU DOWN, the sequel to INVISIBLE CITY

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I chat with Hallie Ephron about deadlines, character evolution and the “plot knots” I encountered writing RUN YOU DOWN, the sequel to INVISIBLE CITY

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Invisible City nominated for the Macavity Award for Best First Novel

The Macavity Awards are nominated on and voted on by members of Mystery Readers International, subscribers to Mystery Readers Journal, and friends and supporters of MRI.

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The Macavity Awards are nominated on and voted on by members of Mystery Readers International, subscribers to Mystery Readers Journal, and friends and supporters of MRI.

Was the South Carolina shooting a hate crime or terrorism?

Alleged Charleston mass shooting suspect Dylann Roof has the “All-American” look experts say we are often reluctant to associate with terrorism

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Alleged Charleston mass shooting suspect Dylann Roof has the “All-American” look experts say we are often reluctant to associate with terrorism

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