Welcome
Welcome to my on-line home! This is where I open the door, invite you inside, and introduce you to my literary life with my eight nonfiction books, two history blogs, and countless magazine articles, most on history, travel, or business topics. There’s lots going on. I’ve got two books coming out within the next few months, and I’ll be posting information about those and my other projects–several magazine articles–while keeping you up-to-date on the progress of my upcoming mystery, The Impersonator, which is my first novel.
News & Events
And the Winner Is . . . ME!!
First Crime Novel Award 2012
I’m still in a daze, but the undeniable fact is, I won the national First Crime Novel Competition for my manuscript of THE IMPERSONATOR. This is a mystery, the first in a series, set in vaudeville during the Roaring Twenties, and winning first place means a $10,000 contract with a major publisher, St. Martin’s/Minotaur. They flew me to New York on April 26 for the announcement at the annual Edgar Awards banquet, the mystery writing’s version of the Oscars. I met my editor and her assistant for lunch, then attended the cocktail party and banquet that night at the Hyatt Grande. THE IMPERSONATOR will be published next year–exact date yet to be determined. I wish it were next week!
Articles & Podcasts
Hot off the Press!
Conquistador Girolamo Benzoni, one of the first to taste the spicy Aztec beverage called cacahuatl, wrote, “It seemed more a drink for pigs than a drink for humanity. I was in this country for more than a year and never wanted to taste it, and whenever I passed a settlement, some Indian would offer me a drink of it and would be amazed when I would not accept, going away laughing. But then, as there was a shortage of wine. . . .”
Read on in the Colonial Williamsburg Journal.
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