The Crime Lady: A Late Summer Update

August 5, 2019

Dear TCL Readers, The mood is grim, the news is awful, and it’s necessary to take breaks. So perhaps it is strange to write this newsletter in a state of...

The Trial That Shadowed Mordecai Richler

July 24, 2019

One of my projects over the past year has been reading through as much of the work by Canadian writer Mordecai Richler as I’m able to find. So far, that...

The Crime Lady: THE REAL LOLITA Around the World; Edna Buchanan's Miami; and More

July 16, 2019

Dear TCL Readers, I’ve spent the last few weeks working very hard on my new book in a variety of locales, whether sweltering in my Brooklyn apartment or in...

The Crime Lady: The Central Park Narrative

June 4, 2019

Dear TCL Readers:Last November, around the time when the Mystery Writers of America awarded, and then rescinded, its Grand Master designation to Linda...

The Crime Lady: Arthur Ellis Awards, Concerts, and More

May 28, 2019

Dear TCL Readers, May proved to be…quite something, much of it good. So much so that I’m splitting the news into two dispatches: this one with awards and...

Me & Shel: An Unfinished Obsession

May 10, 2019

May 10 was the 20th anniversary of Shel Silverstein’s death, which happened a few short months after my own obsession with his work and life began. At...

The Crime Lady V2, #11: Crime Reading

May 3, 2019

Dear TCL Readers: May in New York is my favorite time of year. The foliage is full, the city feels more awake and alive, and my natural inclination to walk...

The Crime Lady V2, #10: Lethal Decisions

April 5, 2019

Dear TCL Readers:March was positively lion-like over here, at least in terms of my workload. Somehow I traveled at a similar pace to last fall, doing events...

The Crime Lady: The Forensic Scientist Who Solves Genealogy Mysteries, Too

March 14, 2019

(editor’s note: an early draft of this newsletter was sent in error. The corrected version appears below, and also, a day later than intended.) Dear TCL...

The Crime Lady V2, #9: Cold Cases at the Root

March 11, 2019

Dear TCL Readers,When I started writing full-time at the beginning of the year, one of my goals was — in addition to having more time to devote to the new...

The Crime Lady: Highsmith and Nabokov at the Theater

$ · February 24, 2019

Dear TCL subscribers,I don’t often go to the theater, so attending two off-Broadway productions in 48 hours, as I did this past week, is unusual behavior....

The Crime Lady V2, #8: The Webs We Tangle

February 5, 2019

Dear TCL Readers, So as I mentioned in my last dispatch, The Crime Lady is becoming a paid newsletter. In fact, I sent out my first one to those who have...

The Crime Lady: Rediscovery, Revival, and Redress

$ · January 27, 2019

Dear TCL subscribers: If you are receiving this dispatch, it means you are a paid subscriber. So first, my deepest thanks for kicking in a few bucks a month...

The Crime Lady V2, #7: You Can't Like Everything (But Mostly, You Can)

January 14, 2019

Dear TCL Readers, Two weeks into 2019 and things are already weird and strange. I’m adjusting to full-time writer life, which, truth be told, isn’t that much...

The Crime Lady V2, #6: The Year That Was, The Year That Will Be

December 30, 2018

Dear TCL Readers,As 2018 draws to a close, I can make one promise for 2019: I’ll be sending more newsletters, and at a reasonably regular (if still...

The Crime Lady V.2, #5: While On the Road

October 18, 2018

Dear TCL Readers,The Real Lolita has been out for about five weeks and….a whole lot has happened. I have done events in Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan,...

The Crime Lady, V.2, #4: Publication Day For THE REAL LOLITA

September 11, 2018

Dear TCL Readers, Today is the day. The Real Lolita: The Kidnapping of Sally Horner and the Novel That Scandalized The World is published in the US (by...

The Crime Lady V.2, #3: Book Tour Updates, and More

August 29, 2018

Dear TCL Readers, The Real Lolita publishes in less than two weeks. I’ve done well for months to stay chill and enjoy the pre-publication runup, but the...

The Crime Lady, v2, #2: Dreaming in Yiddish, Fake Nun Scams, and More

July 26, 2018

Dear TCL Readers, We’re seven (!) weeks out from the publication date of The Real Lolita and…a lot continues to happen. Which means there will also be a lot...

The Crime Lady, Rebooted

July 10, 2018

THE REAL LOLITA, What I'm Up To Lately, and More