The Private Eye Writers of America announced the Shamus Award Winners 2022. The Shamus Awards are for private eye fiction (i.e., a person paid to investigate crimes who is not employed by a government agency), both novels and short stories, first published in the United States. The winner of Best P.I. Hardcover was Family Business, by S.J. Rozan; Best Original P.I. Paperback: Every City Is Every Other City, by John McFetridge; Best First P.I. Novel: Lost Little Girl, by Gregory Stout; Best P.I. Short Story: "Sweeps Week," by Richard Helms (EQMM, July/August).
The International Agatha Christie Festival returns to Torqay September 10 to 17, and this year, it will celebrate the centenary of the world travels that inspired some of Agatha Christie’s greatest stories. As part of that celebration, Elly Griffiths, Dreda Say Mitchell, and Kate Mosse will speak about reinventing Miss Jane Marple as part of the new short story compilation Marple: 12 New Stories; renowned historian and biographer Lucy Worsley will also speak about her new authoritative biography, Agatha Christie: A Very Elusive Woman, produced with exclusive access to many of Christie’s papers. Other festival highlights include Christie expert Dr. John Curran speaking on how Agatha Christie came to write her first crime novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, and how it influenced her writing career. Plus, there will be walks on Dartmoor, cocktail-making workshops and even roller-skating on Torquay's Princess Pier, just as Dame Agatha once did.
As part of Shoreham Wordfest Festival (taking place between 3rd and 16th October 2022), a one-day crime writing event is being curated and hosted by William Shaw and Elly Griffiths on Saturday, October 15. There will be panels on various topics and a performance of Simon Brett’s one-man play, Lines of Enquiry. (HT to Shots Magazine)
Mystery Readers International editor, Janet Rudolph, has a call for articles for an upcoming issue on Africa (for mysteries set in/themed around Africa). She's seeking articles, reviews, and Author! Author! essays, which are first person, about yourself, your books, and the "African Mystery" connection. Reviews are roughly 50-250 words and articles, 500-1000 words. The deadline is October 1, 2022. Send to: Janet Rudolph, Editor.
The Daily Beast profiled Luci Zahray, a/k/a "The Poison Lady," who has been giving advice for over three decades to mystery novelists about the best way to poison fictional victims.
The Travel website had a profile of the Mysterious Bookshop In NYC with a reminder that if you're planning a visit to the Big Apple, you should add the iconic bookstore to your list of sights to see.
This week's crime poem at the 5-2 weekly is "The Conspiracy Buff (in the aftermath of roe v. Wade being overturned)" by David Cranmer.
In the Q&A roundup, J.B. Stevens interviewed author Bobby Matthews for Criminal Element about crime writing and his new book, Living the Gimmick, available now from Shotgun Honey; Lisa Holstine chatted with Zac Bissonnette, whose debut cozy mystery, A Killing in Costumes, is the first in his new Hollywood Treasures series; and the Belfast Telegraph spoke with police officer turned crime writer, Clare Mackintosh, about why reading is not a passive hobby and really interactive.
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