Category Archives: Updates from Toni

Guten Tag!

Translations, Updates from Toni

 

This is the cover for the German translation of Many Bloody Returns, which DTV is publishing in October, and I’m ridiculously proud of it. It’s the first time I’ve had a book translated into another language.

One of the best part about being a writer is the amazing number of first times: first book, first story, first hardback, first trade paperback, first large print, and so on. Every first is fun for me, and this one is no exception.

The title, by the way, translates to something like “Heartfelt Bites for Your Birthday,” or as one translator suggested, “Happy Bites-Day!” 

Bites for my birthday? That’s a first I can do without.

Anthony Award Nomination!

Awards, Updates from Toni

I was thinking that I needed to blog today, and wasn’t sure what to start with, but when I got up this morning, I found out that the Anthony nominations had been announced, and I’m on the list for Best Short Story with “How Stella Got Her Grave Back” in Many Bloody Returns!

As you can imagine, excitement is high in the Kelner household. I’ve made a number of calls, sent a slew of e-mails, and now this blog. And the company I’m keeping is amazing:  Rhys Bowen, Laura Lippman, Steve Hockensmith, and Daniel Woodrell. Oh my stars and garters!

So you can be sure that come October, I’ll be at Bouchercon in Baltimore with a big grin on my face!

The whole glorious nomination list is on the Bouchercon site: http://bouchercon2008.blogspot.com/2008/06/2008-anthony-award-nominations.html