Thank you to everyone who came out to Shelf Life Books to celebrate the touring wrap-up for Crime Ink: Iconic! 🎉

Such a great crowd and such a supportive community. Especially thanks to my fab co-presenter Cheryl Head for coming down from DC.

Hey, Richmond! 🌈 This Thurs, Nov 13, 7 PM—join me & @cheaddc.bsky.social at Shelf Life Books for the final stop of the Crime Ink: Iconic tour! Free event celebrating queer crime fiction I co-edited w/ Salem West. Come for the convo, stay for the community.

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Part 1 of my new essay series—based on my James River Writers talk, Inside the Character—is out now! It explores fiction’s superpower: interiority. In other news, I’ll be wrapping the Crime Ink: Iconic tour on Thurs, Nov 13, 7 PM at Shelf Life Books w/ Cheryl Head.

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Thrilled to chat about Crime Ink: Iconic with House of Mystery Radio Show on NBC with fabulous contributors Greg Herren, Robyn Gigl, and Marco Carocari ...

During these insane times, it's been wonderful to find solace in discussing these wonderful stories.

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