Thank you, Publishers Weekly!
For this very kind review. Click here for more information and a sneak peek at the Prologue.
A Halloween Treat
More good news! My first Watson & Doyle story, “The Haunting of Linonia and Brothers,” is slated to appear in Masthead on Nov. 25 — alongside some pretty distinguished company. Thank you, Level Best Books. Please click on the image for more information.
Coming in Feb — Now Available for Pre-order!
Did secret societies on both sides try to harness occult powers to win WWI? Did these conspiracies reach even to America – and as far as Woodstock, NY? Could the Fair Folk have been the most powerful secret weapon in the Great War? The answers to the first two questions are matters of undisputed historical
Coming in Feb — Now Available for Pre-order!
What I’ve Been Reading at Byrdcliffe
Very privileged to offer the following review of Winter Witness by Tina DeBellegarde — one of the very talented alumni of the MWA-NY Mentor Program. Beautifully written and evocative, Winter Witness explores the comforts and quirky charms of small-town life that have drawn so many urban dwellers to the slower rhythms of the Hudson Valley.
What I’ve Been Reading at Byrdcliffe
Like Kellyanne, I’m Feeling Refreshed
Had a little work done during Lockdown and am feeling “refreshed.” Thank you Second Life stylist extraordinaire @BeckyLoveHanson. Please come join me for my first venture into cyber-reality on The Mystery Hour with Con P. Sweeney on Monday, July 20 at 9 p.m. https://www.facebook.com/events/577544859793656/ Who knows? Watson and Doyle just might be in attendance.
Like Kellyanne, I’m Feeling Refreshed
April is the Cruelest Month?
Well, file that LAST post under #whatmighthavebeen. But please stop by and help us celebrate #ShakespearesBirthday and #StGeorgesDay with an Author Reading Showcase featuring my fellow Encircle authors and me at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 23. You can now register here.
March Madness
Plenty of excitement this March that has nothing to do with basketball! First, I’m going to be interviewed by Joe Donahue on Friday, March 20 along with Alison Gaylin and Frankie Bailey about the Mavens of Mayhem Murderous March conference in Albany! And it only gets better from there: Here’s the schedule for SinC’s Murderous
What They Read at Byrdcliffe: There and Back Again
Now and then, the coolest things show up in your inbox. Like the email from Lauren Dolman of the Balliol College Library at Oxford, who had kindly replied to my query about a bookplate last year. (Here I go citing myself again, but if you’re interested in finding out about that, look here.) Lauren was
What They Read at Byrdcliffe: There and Back Again
The Strange Recital: The She-Empress Vanishes
So very privileged to record a sneak peek of She-Empress of Mu, the second of my Watson & Doyle novels, in which #KnivesOut meets #SiliconValley. Thank you so much Brent Robison, Tom Newton, and The Strange Recital. Everyone else, please go check out to the podcast at http://thestrangerecital.libsyn.com/the-she-empress-vanishes. It’s free, and trust me, it’s a
The Strange Recital: The She-Empress Vanishes
What They Read at Byrdcliffe: Candace Wheeler and the Annals of Onteora
In addition, to Candace Wheeler’s How to Make Rugs, the Byrdcliffe Library also contained a copy of her privately published Annals of Onteora, which details how she created an Arts Colony in Tannersville frequented by such distinguished guests as Mark Twain, Mary Mapes Dodge, and Maude Adams, the actress for whom J.M. Barrie created the
What They Read at Byrdcliffe: Candace Wheeler and the Annals of Onteora