A personal favor?

If you were planning on coming to one of my tour events, please go to the store anyway and buy a copy of Epitaph from them. I am so distressed by having to cancel on these great stores. Please support them! Loganberry Books, 13015 Larchemere Blvd., Shaker Heights OH...

New book, new look, new content!

March 3 is the official publication date for Epitaph and that was an excuse to reorganize and redesign this website. I wanted something simplified, clean-looking, and easy to navigate. My web designer, Etsuko Dunham, delivered the organization; her artist, Jessica...

Wow. Just…wow.

My redesigned website will be launching in a week or two, but I couldn’t wait to share this review of Epitaph with you — and with everyone else in the world I can think of, frankly. I have been FLYING since I read it this morning. Publishing a novel is a...

First two reviews of Epitaph!

Have to admit, I flinched at the first sentence, thinking I’d get slammed for too much tedious detail, but then…   Library Journal Starred Review January 1, 2015 In this follow-up to Doc, Russell is on a mission: she will leave no stone unturned, no...

Small Business Saturday: November 29th

Instead of fighting the crowds on Black Friday, consider ordering signed books from your local independent bookseller. IndieBound.org has a list of authors signing books at stores around the country on Small Business Saturday. I won’t be in a store on Saturday,...

Writer Tech: Not an Easy Game to Play

Have you ever had that dream where you signed up for a college course and forgot about it until you had to take the final exam? Last night, I had the more mature version. I’d forgotten that I was supposed to give a lecture about new research in cognition. I was...