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Film 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 MoreMy Virtual Book Tour
So, I’m not on the road this year — not on the “real” road. I still consider myself to be on tour, though. Virtually. I am quite high tech these days. At first it felt very strange to be staying home as BLACK OUT approached publication; I’ve been heading out, visiting stores and meeting readers and…
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 MoreNew York Times and USA Today Bestseller Lists!!
Thanks to all of the tremendous support from readers, booksellers and my wonderful publisher Vintage Crime/ Black Lizard, the mass-market edition of Beautiful Lies will debut on the New York Times bestseller list on May 25. It is also in its second week on the USA Today bestseller list!
Read MoreBeautiful Lies – New Paperback Release
Tomorrow is the mass market publication of BEAUTIFUL LIES. My first book writing as Lisa Unger, BEAUTIFUL LIES was an instant New York Times bestseller, published in 25 countries. It was a Booksense pick, and was chosen as Amazon.com editors as one of the best books of 2006. The trade paperback edition has just gone…
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 MoreSliver of Truth Released in Trade Paperback.
Love hurts … sometimes it even kills. When I finished my New York Times bestselling thriller Beautiful Lies, I didn’t think I’d hear from Ridley Jones again. I knew the ending wasn’t an easy one, but I figured: That’s life. Ridley lives to fight another day. Sometimes that’s the best we get. But I soon…
Read MoreThe Talented Ms. Highsmith
Patricia Highsmith In some ways, I suppose I have always felt a bit alienated by noir fiction, although I adore that smoky, mysterious atmosphere — the hourglass-shaped dame half in the shadows, the cigarette dangling from pouting lips, the impossibly virile man with a gun and a low ball of whiskey. My early exposure to…
Read MoreA HELL OF A WOMAN: An Anthology of Female Noir
When Dave Thompson, owner of one of my favorite independent booksellers in the country, Murder by the Book in Houston, asked me to contribute to a forthcoming anthology called A HELL OF A WOMAN, I jumped at the chance. A HELL OF A WOMAN: An Anthology of Female Noir will be published by Busted Flush Press…
Read MoreRidley Jones Crosses the Pond
Ridley Jones is a globetrotter, we know this. One might find her in France, Germany, The Netherlands, to name just a few of the places publishing her adventures. Thanks to the stellar foreign rights people at Crown, BEAUTIFUL LIES and SLIVER OF TRUTH have been sold in 26 territories and counting. So I am thrilled…
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