Welcome to my web site, with information about my books and short stories, and upcoming projects.
"How Stella Got Her Grave Back," my contribution to Many Bloody Returns, has been nominated for an Anthony Award for Best Mystery Short Story. This is a tremendous honor for a mystery writer. The Anthony Awards (named for Anthony Boucher) are given annually at Bouchercon, the World Mystery Convention (also named for Anthony Boucher). This year's convention will be in Baltimore from Oct. 9 through Oct. 12, and you can bet I'll be there!
They're at Berkley Prime Crime!
My new editor Ginjer Buchanan made the official announcement at the Penguin Group dinner at Malice Domestic in April. Berkley Prime Crime will be publishing Without Mercy in paperback, and continuing the series as paperback originals. Having already worked with Ginjer on Many Bloody Returns and Wolfsbane and Mistletoe, I couldn't be happier. Berkley Prime Crime publishes some of my favorite books, and some of my favorite people, and I'm really tickled to be part of the crew.
Publication dates are still tentative, but the plan is to publish the paperback edition of Without Mercy in May of 2009, with the next books in the series slated for February 2010 and February 2011.
I don't have titles yet, but I can say that the next Tilda Harper book involves TV westerns and murdered pin-up queens.
Without Mercy: The first in my "Where are they now?" mystery series was released by Five Star Books in January. Since Five Star focuses on the library market, you won't be seeing it in your local store, but it's available online from the usual suspects.
Many Bloody Returns: My first stab at an anthology, co-edited with New York Times bestselling Author Charlaine Harris, was released in September. Wheeler Publishing followed it up with a large print hardback in March.
"Skull and Cross-Examinations": It's your basic courtroom drama, except for being set about a pirate ship. Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine published it in February.
"Kangaroo Court": Just when you think high school can't get any worse, you find yourself dressed as a kangaroo. Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine published it in April.
Wolfsbane and Mistletoe: The next anthology edited by Charlaine Harris and myself will be out in early October, and includes my story "Keeping Watch Over His Flock." (There may be more urban fantasy anthologies coming, but they're still in the planning stages.)
