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Book Launch set for “A Bobwhite Killing”

admin — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:46:38 +0000

It’s September, which means I’ve got a new book coming out!

“A Bobwhite Killing” will be unveiled at our Book Launch party on September 18. Gary and Pat, the proprietors of Once Upon A Crime mystery bookstore in Minneapolis, have once again graciously agreed to host my party from 1 to 3 pm. Last year when we launched the second book in the Birder Murder series, we had a mix of readers and many of my close personal friends in attendance, and it was a blast! Birders were chatting with mystery buffs, and book club members were hobnobbing with my neighbors. I hope you’ll take some time on Saturday, September 18 to stop in at OUAC and join us in launching this third book in the series. Wow – three books already! It seems like I just fledged “The Boreal Owl Murder” yesterday…

Summertime and I’ve got things to do…

admin — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 01:03:22 +0000

Yikes! I just looked at my blog and realized I’ve been incommunicado since late March. I’ve got good excuses – #1: April was the last month of the spring semester and I poured the work on my online students at New Mexico State University, which meant I had tons of papers to read; #2: In May, I graded final papers and then I proofed the final version of the third Birder Murder mystery, which is due out this September, and I also signed books at the Urban Birding Festival in Ramsey County; #3: my middle daughter got married in early June, which meant I was doing mother-of-the-bride busyness on top of excuses #1 and #2; and #4: I forgot to blog.

So now I’m ready to get back to the business of being a writer! Next weekend, I’ll be at Summer in the Garden at the Linnaeus Arboretum in St. Peter, with my books. It’s a new event open to the public to showcase the lovely grounds and resource that the Arboretum provides the region. I’m also beginning to schedule fall book events for the third Birder Murder, titled “A Bobwhite Killing,” while my fourth Birder Murder has already begun to take shape on my trusty laptop. Happy summer!

Nomination for 2nd Birder Murder

admin — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:20:05 +0000

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, and I’m really excited about seeing it and watching those gorgeous Bald Eagles from the center’s perfect vantage point. Check my events calendar for times and dates!