With Dr. Katherine Hutchinson-Hayes
With writer and podcaster Dr. Katherine Hutchinson-Hayes
Casco Viejo, Panama. My Furla bag is better travelled than I am.
Above it all, in a promotional photo.
An early outline for RUSSIAN MOJITO
Inducted into the Class of 2019, Rome NY Arts Hall of Fame. Plaque is on display in the Capital Theater.
By the Memorial Wall at CIA Headquarters, Nov 2016. Each star represents an officer who died in the line of duty.
With Bruce Robert Coffin
With Bruce Robert Coffin, author of the Detective Byron series
When writing THE HIDDEN LIGHT OF MEXICO CITY, I taped pesos coins to the cover of my notebooks for luck.
I still write some scenes longhand. Preferably in a coffee shop.
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 Luis Rosas
With Luis Rosas, author of military thriller A SAVAGE JOY
With Bradley Harper
Bradley Harper comes closest to being a Renaissance Man of anyone I know
Dutch. I think his breed is “attention hound.”
The lostest I’ve ever been, on a dirt and gravel track surrounded by sugar cane.
All my books on display at Harper’s Books, Lebanon, TN.
With author Jim Nesbitt at the 2018 Killer Nashville conference.
I hate getting my Italian leather wet. The sign says “:No diving.”
Hazel, who is bigger than she looks. I give thanks for Dyson vacuum cleaners every day.
With my Career Intelligence Medal on the Great Seal, shortly before Christmas 2016
With authors Vee James (left) and Jodi Roosenraad (right), toasting the launch of RUSSIAN MOJITO with–what else–a mojito!
Killer Nashville 2019: R.G. Belsky, Carmen Amato, and conference founder Clay Stafford
With author Mike Faricy at the 2018 Killer Nashville conference.
The mystery book club sponsored by Harper’s Books chose 43 Missing as book of the month, Aug 2019!
Final outline for RUSSIAN MOJITO
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)
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.
I kept this news story for years, knowing it was a story I would someday tell.
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 Mike Faricy
The annual snapshot with Mike Faricy, author of the Dev Haskell series
With host of NPR’s ALT.Latino program, July 2016, after recording a segment for the show.
Fun times with my favorite Italian leather handbag.