Display during J.Jill’s 2019 celebration of female authors. Of course I was dressed head to toe in J.Jill fashion for the occasion!

With my Career Intelligence Medal on the Great Seal, shortly before Christmas 2016

I hate getting my Italian leather wet. The sign says “:No diving.”

Casco Viejo, Panama. My Furla bag is better travelled than I am.

With Bruce Robert Coffin

With Bruce Robert Coffin, author of the Detective Byron series

Fun times with my favorite Italian leather handbag.

From the F. Scott Fitzgerald Literary Conference: Francisco Goldman (seated), along with Amalia Melis (far left), founder of the Aegean Arts Circle writing workshops in Greece, and myself (in teal) with several alumni of Aegean Arts workshops.

Blast from the Past – Killer Nashville 2019: R.G. Belsky, Carmen Amato, and conference founder Clay Stafford

With authors Vee James (left) and Jodi Roosenraad (right), toasting the launch of RUSSIAN MOJITO with–what else–a mojito!

When writing THE HIDDEN LIGHT OF MEXICO CITY, I taped pesos coins to the cover of my notebooks for luck.

Carmen Amato at CIA HQ

By the Memorial Wall at CIA Headquarters, Nov 2016. Each star represents an officer who died in the line of duty.

With Dr. Katherine Hutchinson-Hayes

With writer and podcaster Dr. Katherine Hutchinson-Hayes

The lostest I’ve ever been, on a dirt and gravel track surrounded by sugar cane.

Carmen Amato books on store shelf

All my books on display at Harper’s Books, Lebanon, TN.

Dutch. I think his breed is “attention hound.”

I still write some scenes longhand. Preferably in a coffee shop.

I kept this news story for years, knowing it was a story I would someday tell.

Inducted into the Class of 2019, Rome NY Arts Hall of Fame. Plaque is on display in the Capital Theater.

Hazel, who is bigger than she looks. I give thanks for Dyson vacuum cleaners every day.

With host of NPR’s ALT.Latino program, July 2016, after recording a segment for the show.

Final outline for RUSSIAN MOJITO

With Bradley Harper

Bradley Harper comes closest to being a Renaissance Man of anyone I know

With author Jim Nesbitt at the 2018 Killer Nashville conference.

Above it all, in a promotional photo.

Authors on the Air

After taping an episode of Authors on the Air with hosts Nola Nash and Laura Kemp, flanked by Mike Faricy (L) and Bruce Robert Coffin (R)

With Mike Faricy

The annual snapshot with Mike Faricy, author of the Dev Haskell series

With author Mike Faricy at the 2018 Killer Nashville conference.

The giant Poison Cup award for Outstanding Series from CrimeMasters of America.

A gorgeous painted bench in Panama. I think this was a bus stop.

With Luis Rosas

With Luis Rosas, author of military thriller A SAVAGE JOY