I was going to be all subtle and shit about it, but Jackpot will be debuting at #13 on the New York Times bestseller list

Very excited that my short story “Howard’s Heart” has been selected to appear in the next Mystery Writers of America anthology A Stranger Comes to

  My beat is crime fiction, as most of you know, but I also dabble in other corners of the literary fun house and certain

The first writing session of the year resulted in a net of 220 words. The last couple weeks of December and the first week or

Personally and professionally, my twenties were almost an entirely wasted decade. Wasted time, wasted opportunities, and wasted mental space. My thirties dragged me into adulthood

If you’re voting for crime fiction awards in 2020, I’d love for you to consider my short story “Mercenary” from the anthology Murder A-Go-Gos edited

We all know what I think of Laura Lippman in general, but one thing she’s done in recent years that makes me (almost) forgive her

I say this every year, but it always bears repeating. I am in no way qualified or interested in making any kind of list of

I have a longer, more complicated essay about my life as an accidental editor that I’m working on, but for our purposes here you just

I’m pleased today to be over at Art Taylor‘s site with a First Two Pages essay about my story from the Go-Go’s anthology edited by Holly West