Third Birder Murder Mystery set to debut
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010My publisher, North Star Press of St. Cloud, tells me that the third Bob White Birder Murder Mystery is scheduled for release on September 1, 2010.
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Nomination for 2nd Birder Murder
Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009I just received confirmation that my second Bob White Birder Murder, "Murder on Warbler Weekend," has been nominated for the 2009 Minnesota Book Award. That makes it two for two, since the first book in the series "The Boreal Owl Murder" received a nomination last year. Finalists will be announced in February.
This coming March is shaping up to be an interesting marketing month for me. The first weekend of the month I'll be at the International Owl Festival in Houston, MN. Last year's event was delightful, so I'm looking forward to meeting birders and signing books there again. For the last weekend in the month, I've been invited to come speak and sign books at the National Eagle Center in Wabasha, MN. I haven't visited the new center there yet ...more...Third Bob White novel is finished!
Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
The third Bob White Birder Murder is now in the hands of my publisher, with a tentative release date of next September. Several years ago, I went on a Minnesota Birding Weekend led by birding expert Kim Eckert to Fillmore County, and immediately recognized how it would make a great setting for a murder mystery. The result is this third adventure, titled "A Bobwhite Killing." I had a blast writing it, even though it required me to do some heavy-duty research about the impact of ATVs on the environment and the geology of southeastern Minnesota. It's kind of funny in a way - when I was in high school I loved to read and write research papers, but I figured there wasn't much of a market for that skill. You ...more...
