Posts Tagged ‘appearances’

Third Birder Murder Mystery set to debut

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

My 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.

Nomination for 2nd Birder Murder

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009

I 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...

Finally Fall!

Wednesday, October 7th, 2009
Last month was a great kickoff for the release of my second Birder Murder, titled "Murder on Warbler Weekend." The Launch party at Once Upon a Crime was a blast, and the next day I was at the reception for the Hawk Ridge celebration in Duluth, MN, where I met birders from across the upper Midwest. I spent the following morning at Hawk Ridge, watching migrants and people! When one of the naturalists walked by me with a bird tail sticking out of the bottom of an orange juice can, I had to stop him and ask about it. Guess what was in the can? A merlin! The naturalists catch birds for banding at the Ridge, and to keep the birds calm, they slide them into empty cans, which not ...more...