Join Me at LitFest in the Dena
A free literary festival (formerly LitFest Pasadena) with exciting panels and your favorite authors. I will be moderating this panel with Julia Bricklin, Naomi Hirahara, Tori Eldridge and Jeri Weterson. Go to LitFestintheDena.org for all the details.
Join Me on YouTube
I recently had the pleasure of being interviewed on Chatting With Authors, a series by writers Janet Lynn and Will Zeilinger. Janet and Will are a married couple who write books together and enjoy getting to know other authors. Join [...]
Coming Soon-A New Hannah Kline Mystery featuring Detective Brenda Jordan
Detective Brenda Jordan is called to the scene when a body is found murdered in a homeless encampment. Her examination reveals an unexpected finding that suggests the murder was a LBGTQ hate crime. With her partner on vacation, Brenda is [...]
A New Short Story
The Queen of Mean I've recently published a new short story, The Queen of Mean, in the 2021 Sisters in Crime LA Anthology, Avenging Angelenos. In this story, an emergency room physician encounters her old high school nemesis during the [...]
Coming Soon: Murder in the Family Audiobook
I'm delighted to announce that Murder in the Family will soon be released as an audiobook. The narrator is Cassandra Campbell, and the Director/ Producer is Jessica Kaye. I'll be sending an announcement and putting the distribution links on this [...]
Save the Date
I'm one of the co-Chairs for the California Crime Writer's Conference. This year it will be VIRTUAL and FREE on Saturday June 12th 2021. We have some terrific, best-selling, diverse authors for panels and workshops. I'll be moderating a panel: [...]
Happy Holidays
2020 has been a difficult year for all of us. The only good thing I can say about being under virtual house arrest since March, is that is has given me plenty of time to write. Murder is a Nightmare [...]
How a Real Life Murder Began My Career as a Mystery Writer
I was recently asked to write a blog for Kings River Life, an online magazine for mystery writers with reviews, news and articles about our genre. I decided to write about the event that propelled me into writing. Here's a [...]