The World Closed, The World Opened

How do you feel about Zoom events? Are you burned out? Or is it a whole new world for you? This fascinating article in The Atlantic from Olga Khazan on how videoconferencing has been easier than in-person events for people who have social anxiety got me thinking. I do miss in-person interactions. But truthfully I’ve…

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Top 10 Crime Fiction

Blown away by this! CONFESSIONS ON THE 7:45 was just named a “Top 10 Crime Fiction” book of the year by Booklist. Thanks so much to editor and publisher Bill Ott for including me in this amazing list that includes Tana French, S.A. Cosby, Alyssa Cole, Jane Harper, Alex North and more. Read the article.

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ITW Thriller Awards Nominee — Confessions on the 7:45

What a thrill! CONFESSIONS ON THE 7:45 has been nominated for the 2021 ITW Thriller Award for Best Hardcover Novel. Honored to share the category with fellow nominees Ivy Pochada, S.A. Cosby, Joe Ide and Richard Osman. Congrats to all! The International Thriller Writers have announced the finalists for this year’s Thriller Awards. The winners will be…

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Best American Mystery and Suspense 2021 – Let Her Be

So honored and grateful! My story LET HER BE, originally published by Amazon Original Stories in the stellar “Hush” collection and edited by Kjersti Egerdahl and Howard Mittelmark, was selected for inclusion in The Best American Mystery and Suspense Stories 2021! Huge thanks to Steph Cha and Alafair Burke. The Best American series is the…

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Audie Awards Finalist

Exciting news to share! CONFESSIONS ON THE 7:45 is a finalist for the 2021 Audie Award for best mystery! I’m thrilled and honored. Congrats to fellow nominees Michael Connelly, Walter Mosley, Lucy Foley and Darynda Jones. See you at the virtual gala. The Audio Publishers Association has announced its finalists, in 25 categories, for the…

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Sarah Michelle Gellar is reading CONFESSIONS!

What has the super-talented Sarah Michelle Gellar been doing during quarantine? Apparently reading CONFESSIONS ON THE 7:45 (along with spending time with family, cooking, and exercising)! I’m having an epic fangirl moment! Lisa Unger’s Confessions on the 7:45. “I love a good thriller,” Sarah says of The New York Times bestselling author’s title. “She’s great…

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Confessions & Conversations

At their very best, interviews are just great conversations with smart people. Over the last month I’ve had some really remarkable chats about CONFESSIONS ON THE 7:45. But, of course, an interesting interview is never JUST about the book — it’s about research, inspiration, writing routines, creativity during COVID-19, how I met my husband, or…

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Goodreads Choice Awards Semi-Finalist!

  Wow! There are so many crazy highs and lows in the writing life! Learning that CONFESSIONS ON THE 7:45 is a Goodreads Choice Awards 2020 semi-finalist is definitely a high moment — especially because I know it was my reader pals who voted for the book, launching it into the semifinals for the “Best…

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Author Pal Appreciation!

So here is a behind-the-scenes publishing thing. When a book is still an uncorrected proof (or galley or ARC as they are sometimes called), its editor or author sends it out to key people to read. I get a lot of these. And I take it very seriously — I always seek to help my…

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