Posts Tagged ‘black out’
Prix Polar International 2009
Just discovered that Black Out (French version “Memoire Trouble”) has been shortlisted for the French award, Le Prix Polar International.  Previous winners include Elmore Leonard, Ian Rankin and Peter James.
Read MoreFlorida Book Award
Black Out wins a Silver Medal in the 2008 Florida Book Awards. The Florida Book Awards, coordinated by the Florida State University Program in American & Florida Studies — and co-sponsored by the Florida Center for the Book, the State Library and Archives of Florida, the Florida Historical Society, the Florida Humanities Council, the Florida…
Read MoreFilm Option for BLACK OUT
I am thrilled to announce that BLACK OUT has been optioned by longtime Martin Scorsese producer Barbara De Fina, the outrageously talented writer and director Austin Chick, and Andrew Kletjian. Austin has written, directed and produced two brilliant, quality films, XX/XY and August, both of which I loved. He also provided uncredited contributions to the…
Read MoreMusic Behind Black Out
This week I wrote an essay for largeheartedboy.com about the music I was listening to when I wrote BLACK OUT. Â Music plays a large part in my process and that was especially true for this novel. From LargeheartedBoy.com: In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that is in some way…
Read MoreToday Show – Top 10 Summer Reads!
This morning, BLACK OUT was featured on the Today Show as one of the Top 10 summer reads! The Today Show host saw the cover and said “Oooh, this looks creepy.” (Who could ask for a better reaction). And the wonderful John Searles from Cosmopolitan said … I was a big fan of the author’s…
Read MoreStarred Review in PW!
Starred review from Publishers Weekly!  They had some lovely things to say about BLACK OUT in a starred review earlier this month. And, as if that wasn’t enough, there’s an author Q & A in this week’s issue.  Hope you have a second to check it out!
Read MoreBlack Out Q&A
My brilliant (and beautiful and oh so young) publicist Sarah Breivogel interviewed me about BLACK OUT for the press kit. It was a great idea and I really enjoyed her intelligent and thought-provoking questions. I hope you enjoy my answers! Q) BLACK OUT is a stand-alone thriller and a departure from your character Ridley Jones.…
Read MoreThe Lost Girl
The theme of “the lost girl” is something I find surfacing in my work again and again. She turns up missing, murdered, abused, neglected. She’s helpless, powerless, unable to circumvent the horrible things that befall her. In earlier novels, my protagonist true crime author Lydia Strong* has an obsession with lost girls, never realizing until…
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