If you’re a fan of the excellent online ‘zine Plots With Guns, or Best American Mystery Stories 2008, or even Surreal South 2007, chances are you already know of Kyle Minor. Just yesterday was the pub day for his first collection of stories, In the Devil’s Territory. Kyle has a poet’s heart and his work …Read More
Happy Halloween! I find myself a little stunned to realize that it’s Halloween already and we’ve come to the end of Octoberguest!. I’ve had so much fun this month and am very grateful to all of the wonderful writers who so generously contributed their work to the Handbasket. And I’d also like to thank everyone …Read More
Rebecca Cantrell’s debut novel, A Trace of Smoke, won’t be published until May 2009, but she’s already a very busy woman. Her screenplay, The Humanitarian, was a finalist at Shriekfest 2008: The Los Angeles Horror/Sci-fi Film Festival , and she’ll have a story in MISSING, an anthology which will be released in February 2009. I’m …Read More
Mystery writer Karen Olson will be doing a full blog tour beginning next week when her fourth and latest Annie Seymour novel, Shot Girl, is released. But because Karen is one of the nicest authors on the planet (seriously, you can tell that from her picture–she’s just as nice as she looks), she graciously agreed …Read More
You know how much I love having debut authors here at the Handbasket, and Jennie Bentley is one of two who will be here this week. Her novel, Fatal Fixer-Upper, will be available just days from now; it’s the first in her Do-It-Yourself Home Renovation mystery series from Berkley Prime Crime (Penguin). When Jennie’s not …Read More
As I looked over the list of Octoberguests, I realized that today’s guest Dorothy Francis may have written more books than all of this month’s guests combined: seventy-four books for both children and adults. I am in awe! Eden Palms Murder, Dorothy’s latest novel, features songwriter Bailey Green and is just now available from Five …Read More
After Alexandra Sokoloff’s great mention in the New York Times Book Review this coming Sunday, everyone will want to know more about her. But, technically, the Handbasket has her here first! Alexandra is a delightful, grown-up wild child of a writer with the kind of dark imagination and skill that makes other writers envious. She’s …Read More