Order of James M. Cain Books
James M. Cain was an American author and journalist who is best known as one of the creators of the roman noir genre of books. He wrote many hard-boiled crime fiction books and saw a number of them made into successful films. (more…)
Order of Hafsah Faizal Books
Hafsah Faizal is an American Muslim author who burst onto the scene with her first novel, We Hunt The Flame, which is the first book in the Sands of Arawiya series. In addition to her writing, she also works as a brand designer. (more…)
Order of Derek B. Miller Books
Derek B. Miller is an American author and international affairs specialist. In his time in international affairs, he has held numerous positions and consulted for numerous companies including The Mission of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations at Geneva, The Small Arms Survey, International Alert, the United Nations Development Programme, and The United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research. He is also the founder of The Policy Lab and also helped launch New Voices, a storytelling initiative to innovate learning about war and peace. (more…)
Order of Chris Hammer Books
Chris Hammer is an Australian author who worked for more than 30 years as a journalist. He has worked a variety of places including SBS TV’s Dateline, as the chief political correspondent for The Bulletin, and as a senior political journalist for The Age. He had published some non-fiction work, but Scrublands was his first novel. (more…)
Order of Brenda Chapman Books
Brenda Chapman is a Canadian mystery writer. She is best known for the Jennifer Bannon series of books that are aimed at ages ten and up. She also writes the Stonechild and Rouleau Mystery series which is aimed at an older audience. (more…)
Order of Ashley Weaver Books
Ashley Weaver is an American author who is known as the author and creator of the Amory Ames Mysteries. She is a lifelong resident of Louisiana and works in the library system when she’s not writing. (more…)
Order of Alex Dahl Books
Alex Dahl is a half-American, half-Norweigan author of suspenseful novels. She is best known for her smash hit book, The Boy at the Door. That book was her first published novel after writing short stories for publication in the US and UK for a number of years. (more…)
July 2019 Newsletter
Happy Canada Day to my Canadian readers, and welcome to July.
This is going to be a rather abbreviated version of the newsletter unfortunately. It’s been a bit of a crazy time for me lately. I had to fly over to Scotland out of nowhere for a couple of weeks due to a family situation. I arrived back on Friday and we had to go to the cottage on Saturday for a week and then I am back off to Scotland again. So yeah crazy time. I’ll probably skip a few of the more time consuming portions of the newsletter here but we’ll be back in business again next month. (more…)
Order of Abir Mukherjee Books
Abir Mukherjee is the author of the bestselling Wyndham & Banerjee series of books. Abir won the CWA Endeavour Dagger for best historical crime novel of 2017 for his debut novel, A Rising Man. He then followed that up with his second novel, A Necessary Evil, that won the Wilbur Smith Award for Adventure Writing. (more…)
Order of Bradley P Beaulieu Books
Bradley P. Beaulieu is an American fantasy author best known for his The Lays of Anuskaya series of books. That series was wrapped up with The Flames of Shadam Khoreh and he began work on his next series, The Song of the Shattered Sands. (more…)