For the past two years, February has been the Month of Romantic Suspense at B*N's Mystery Forum. This year I've dropped a couple of our "Month of"s in favor of adding the American Mystery Classics at your request.
Since that feature is now set for the last week of every month, we will have more "double features" than we have had in the past, with TWO featured authors some weeks.
The guest blog feature, new in 2011, proved to be very popular so we'll continue with those in 2012. And we WILL still have our Month of Cozy(ish) Crime in June, since you were all adamant that it should stay on the schedule.
Don't forget - if there are authors you would like to see here, let me know! I can't promise I'll be able to arrange visits with everyone you request, but I'll do my best!
WEEK OF FEBRUARY 6 - DOUBLE FEATURE!
*DEBORAH CROMBIE
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*HILARY DAVIDSON
WEEK OF FEBRUARY 13 - DOUBLE FEATURE!
*AVERY AAMES
~ and ~
*KATE CARLISLE
One Book in the Grave (Bibliophile Series #5)
WEEK OF FEBRUARY 20
*DEE J. ADAMS
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21 - GUEST BLOG BY:
*PETER ROBINSON
WEEK OF FEBRUARY 27:
AMERICAN MYSTERY CLASSICS
FEATURING: CRAIG RICE
Once Upon A Train (Fantasy And Horror Classics)
Murder, Mystery and Malone (The Lost Classic Series)
Eight Faces at Three The Lucky Stiff
The People Versus Withers and Malone
http://www.thrillingdetective.com/trivia/rice.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_Rice_(author)
http://www.ruemorguepress.com/authors/rice.html
Monday, February 27 - Guest Blog By:
*Jeffrey R. Marks, author of:
Overview
What goes up must come down, and Craig Rice’s meteoric rise to the top of the mystery writing heap by 1946 was rivaled only by her rapid descent into semi-obscurity. Her face once graced the cover of Time magazine, but today her books are found in second hand stores.
The mystery surrounding Rice was almost as puzzling as her books. Where was she born? What was her given name? What novels and short stories did she publish? Who did she marry and how many times? How many children did she have? Where did the penname of Craig Rice emanate from? How did she die? In the forty years since her death, the answers to these questions were buried under piles of confusion, lies, and exaggeration. In the 20th century how could these basic questions of a person’s life be so vague?
Jeffrey Marks began a quest to learn the answers. His research took the better part of a decade. He traced Rice’s oeuvre back to original manuscripts to determine authorship. He tracked down relative, friends, and other writers to learn answers on Craig’s name, her heritage, and her descent from superstardom into drinking, mental illness, and trouble with the law.
becke_davis wrote:
For the past two years, February has been the Month of Romantic Suspense. This year I've dropped a couple of our "Month of"s in favor of adding the American Mystery Classics at your request.
Since that feature is now set for the last week of every month, we will have more "double features" than we have had in the past, with TWO featured authors some weeks.
The guest blog feature, new in 2011, proved to be very popular so we'll continue with those in 2012. And we WILL still have our Month of Cozy(ish) Crime in June, since you were all adamant that it should stay on the schedule.
Don't forget - if there are authors you would like to see here, let me know! I can't promise I'll be able to arrange visits with everyone you request, but I'll do my best!
WEEK OF FEBRUARY 6 - DOUBLE FEATURE!
*DEBORAH CROMBIE
~ and ~
*HILARY DAVIDSON
WEEK OF FEBRUARY 13 - DOUBLE FEATURE!
*AVERY AAMES
~ and ~
*KATE CARLISLE
One Book in the Grave (Bibliophile Series #5)
WEEK OF FEBRUARY 20
*DEE J. ADAMS
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21 - GUEST BLOG BY:
*PETER ROBINSON
WEEK OF FEBRUARY 27:
AMERICAN MYSTERY CLASSICS
FEATURING: CRAIG RICE
Once Upon A Train (Fantasy And Horror Classics)
Murder, Mystery and Malone (The Lost Classic Series)
Eight Faces at Three The Lucky Stiff
The People Versus Withers and Malone
http://www.thrillingdetective.com/trivia/rice.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_Rice_(author)
http://www.ruemorguepress.com/authors/rice.html
Monday, February 27 - Guest Blog By:
*Jeffrey R. Marks, author of:
Overview
What goes up must come down, and Craig Rice’s meteoric rise to the top of the mystery writing heap by 1946 was rivaled only by her rapid descent into semi-obscurity. Her face once graced the cover of Time magazine, but today her books are found in second hand stores.
The mystery surrounding Rice was almost as puzzling as her books. Where was she born? What was her given name? What novels and short stories did she publish? Who did she marry and how many times? How many children did she have? Where did the penname of Craig Rice emanate from? How did she die? In the forty years since her death, the answers to these questions were buried under piles of confusion, lies, and exaggeration. In the 20th century how could these basic questions of a person’s life be so vague?
Jeffrey Marks began a quest to learn the answers. His research took the better part of a decade. He traced Rice’s oeuvre back to original manuscripts to determine authorship. He tracked down relative, friends, and other writers to learn answers on Craig’s name, her heritage, and her descent from superstardom into drinking, mental illness, and trouble with the law.
Whoops! Didn't mean to copy ALL of that post, becke.
Looks like a good lineup-- I've met and gotten signed copies of their books from Avery Aames and Kate Carlisle, and I'm looking forward to their latest books. Not so familiar with some of the other authors, but that's what's great about this forum--I'm always being exposed to new(to me, anyway) authors.
Have to admit, I had never heard of Craig Rice before. That is some bio-- almost sounds like a literary version of Lindsay Lohan-- loads of talent, but an unfortunate lack of personal discipline leading to chaoa. I think Jeffrey Marks' bio of Craig Rice should be very interesting reading, indeed.
Whoops! Didn't mean to copy ALL of that post, becke.
Looks like a good lineup-- I've met and gotten signed copies of their books from Avery Aames and Kate Carlisle, and I'm looking forward to their latest books. Not so familiar with some of the other authors, but that's what's great about this forum--I'm always being exposed to new(to me, anyway) authors.
Have to admit, I had never heard of Craig Rice before. That is some bio-- almost sounds like a literary version of Lindsay Lohan-- loads of talent, but an unfortunate lack of personal discipline leading to chaoa. I think Jeffrey Marks' bio of Craig Rice should be very interesting reading, indeed.
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I met Jeff Marks years ago when we were part of a "local authors" book signing here in Cincinnati. His book about Craig Rice had just come out at that time, and I found it fascinating. After that I found some of her books and really enjoyed them!
Jeff wrote a guest blog for our Agatha Christie 120th birthday celebration in 2010, and he has also edited some GREAT anthologies:
He's written several other books, too, including an award-winning book about Anthony Boucher. Coincidentally, he won that award at the first Bouchercon mystery conference I attended, and I was surprised to see Jeff with the Mystery Scene magazine group there. I hadn't realized he also writes for the magazine! Here are more of his books:
An addition to the schedule: On Thursday, February 16 we'll have a guest blog by MARIE FORCE!
Fatal Affair (Fatal Series #1)
Fatal Consequences (Fatal Series #3)
And one more - we'll have a guest blog by author DEBRA WEBB on Friday, February 17!
Classified (Harlequin Intrigue #1307)
