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<span class="s1" style="font-size: large;">With Bill Landay, Robin Cook, Reed Farrell Coleman, William Martin and Joe Finder </span><span style="font-size: large;">at New England Mobile Book Fair's tribute to Robert B. Parker</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-size: large;">At the Raising a Reader event, headlining with B.A.Shapiro, Anita Diamant and </span><span class="s1" style="font-size: large;">Gregory Maguire. </span><span style="font-size: large;">("I'd like you to meet Gregory Maguire" I said, introducing him to someone. </span><span class="s1" style="font-size: large;">"He wrote <i>Wicked</i>." </span><span style="font-size: large;">And then I burst out laughing. How amazing is that?)</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-size: large;">With Nancy Martin at the TRUTH BE TOLD party at Mystery Lovers Bookstore</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-size: large;">Four national presidents of Sisters in Crime-- 2013 president Hank with first president </span><span style="font-size: large;">Sara Paretsky, 2014 president Laura DiSilverio, and 2015 president Catriona McPherson</span></div>
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<br />Hankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13208345842094656311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7083554708945357560.post-41317527539645911702015-09-22T15:23:00.003-07:002015-10-19T10:12:15.276-07:00Hank on the Town<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span class="s1" style="font-size: large;">Hurray! I'm the Toastmaster for the Malice Domestic conference in May! </span><span style="font-size: large;">What an astonishing honor. Seriously--a dream come true.</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-size: large;">KILLER NASHVILLE magazine issue number1! </span><br />
<span class="s1" style="font-size: large;">So honored to be on the first cover. Wow. Thank you. </span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-size: large;">A wonderful time with the incredibly talented CJ Box at the Broward Country Lit Festival! </span><span class="s1" style="font-size: large;">We shared a panel, and were interviewed by the brilliant Oline Cogdill.</span><span class="s1" style="font-size: small;"> </span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-size: large;">Signing with Laurie R. King at BEA in New York. She is such a rock star. </span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-size: large;">Hurray! Winning my 33rd Emmy. For Best Investigative Reporting.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Giving the Keynote speech at the Connecticut Romance Writers Convention--</span><span style="font-size: large;">what a fabulous event! </span><span style="font-size: large;">Thank you to Kristan Higgin and CTRWA for inviting me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="s1">Such a humid evening--even the camera lens fogged! Here's Daniel Palmer, William Landay, WIlliam Martin, </span>Joe Finder...we waited forty minute in line to get our books signed byLee Child. Completely worth it. (And yes, I know, I'm holding my book wrong.) </span></div>
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Hankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13208345842094656311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7083554708945357560.post-16083344971809639012015-09-21T15:33:00.000-07:002015-10-19T10:14:36.628-07:00Taking Home the Tea Pot--Agatha Awards<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Hankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13208345842094656311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7083554708945357560.post-27403289930408632262015-09-20T15:12:00.000-07:002015-10-19T10:18:09.089-07:00Cover Girl<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">"Ryan's Gift for storytelling excels." Hank on the September 2013 cover of </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>The Other Woman</i> is the lead title for the Forge Books fall 2012 catalogue—</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">what an honor! Here's the cover of the catalog. You can see why I'm so thrilled.
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hank on the <a href="http://mysteryscenemag.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2771:fall-2012-issue-126-contents&catid=63:table-of-contents&Itemid=191">Fall 2012 cover of <i>Mystery Scene</i></a> with an in-depth cover story by Oline Cogdill
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://hankphillippiryan.com/hank-rt-review.pdf"><i>RT BookReviews</i> COVER STORY</a>: HANK gets 'Air Time' for her new release!</span></div>
Hankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13208345842094656311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7083554708945357560.post-75496317166546332852015-06-16T15:12:00.003-07:002015-06-16T15:18:31.921-07:00PHOTOS
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Trending tweets at the Midwest Writers Workshop.
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Keynote speaker at the General Federation of Women's Clubs' annual meeting in Florida.
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Signing <a href="other-woman.php"><i>The Other Woman</i></a> at the American Library Association Conference.
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Interviewing Sue Grafton at the Central California Writers Conference.
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On the go with Dennis Lehane!
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At the St. Louis Library with Michael Koryta, Megan Abbott, Reed Farrel Coleman and Ace Atkins.
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The Malice Domestic auction with Katherine Hall Page and guest auctioneer, Harlan Coben.
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With Reed Farrel Coleman and Dan Hale at the 2013 Edgars® banquet.
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Winning the Mary Higgins Clark Award during Edgars® Week with Mary Higgins Clark herself.
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<h2>2012</h2>
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What a treat to interview the brilliant Caroline Todd at the American Librarians Association convention in Dallas! She writes the wonderful Inspector Rutledge series with her son as "Charles Todd." SO here we were—Hank and Charles. Probably pretty confusing to those who weren't familiar with us!
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This is Diana Henriques, author of the absolutely brilliant non-fiction book on Bernard Madoff, THE WIZARD OF LIES. I interviewed her for a convention in Boston, and then had the honor to sign with her!
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At the Restaurant FLORA in Arlington MA. A SRO crowd for my book chat.
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I'm on the faculty of MWA University..and this is a gathering for the group in New Orleans. With Reed Farrel Coleman, Nevada Barr and her husband, Less Lourey and David Morrell.
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Dinner in Dallas after our presentation at ALA! And what a fun group: <a href="http://www.denisehamilton.com/" target="_blank">Denise Hamilton</a>, <a href="http://www.deborahcrombie.com/" target="_blank">Deborah Crombie</a>, <a href="http://www.harryhunsicker.com/" target="_blank">Harry Hunsicker</a>, Alison Hunsicker, Daniel J. Hale, <a href="http://www.rosemaryharris.com/" target="_blank">Rosemary Harris</a>, <a href="http://www.robertaisleib.com/" target="_blank">Roberta Isleib</a>, Hank Phillippi Ryan, and <a href="http://charlestodd.com/" target="_blank">Charles Todd</a>.
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CrimeBake! And isn't this wonderful? Nikki Bonanni as Lisbeth Salander, me as Harriet Vane, and Margery Flax as a very slinky Emma Peel!
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<h2>2008</h2>
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Look—Charlie on the MTA! The Boston subway's fare cards are also called "Charlie Cards" after the hero of Kingston Trio song. And their ads all say "Charlie's Back!" I look at the signs and say yeah, Charlie's back—from MIRA books!
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Talk about cool. Yup, it's <a href="http://www.leechild.com" target="_blank">Lee Child</a>. He was the guest of honor at this year's Crime Bake, and what a stellar choice. (I'm making this one into a poster.)
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At Kate's Mystery Books—Kate Mattes' famous/infamous Christmas party! Here's the hilarious and debonair Robert Parker, who graciously signed his new Spenser mystery <i>Now and Then</i>.
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Yes, it's Nora Roberts. And she was so gracious, and so hilarious. And so generous with her time and her advice. (Romance Writers of America Convention)
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Right before the RITA awards! Here's my agent Kristin Nelson and her clients. RITA nominees <a href="http://www.simoneelkeles.net/" target="_blank">Simone Elkeles</a>, me, Kristin, <a href="http://www.linneasinclair.com/" target="_blank">Linnea Sinclair</a>, <a href="http://www.kellyparra.com/" target="_blank">Kelly Parra</a> and Golden Heart nominee <a href="http://www.courtneymilan.com/" target="_blank">Courtney Milan</a>. (Romance Writers of America Convention)
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The blog room! Judy Scott, RWA webmaster extraordinaire, and coordinator Leslie Scantlebury ran a tight ship in the press room—including hosting a stream of authors, including me, for the RWA blog. (Romance Writers of America Convention)
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And one of the luckiest things about having a name at the end of the R's—is getting to sit at the Literacy Signing next to the beginning of the S's—Sharon Sala. (Romance Writers of America Convention)
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Another Nelson Agency RITA night lineup—Ally Carter, Maggie Marr, Kristin Nelson, Caroline Jewel and me. (Romance Writers of America Convention)
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One of the many high points of RWA—chatting with the talented and hilarious Sarah Strohmeyer. (Romance Writers of America Convention)
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The Daphne awards! A beautiful party sponsored by the Kiss of Death Chapter of RWA. I'm thrilled that <a href="prime-time.php"><i>Prime Time</i></a> was nominated—but here's me with the very deserving winner, Nina Bruhns. (Romance Writers of America Convention)
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Yes, its true...<a href="primetime.php"><i>Prime Time</i></a> was nominated for two RITAs. Here are the slides from the awards show. (Romance Writers of America Convention)
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This woman is wearing exactly the same dress from the original cover of <a href="prime-time.php"><i>Prime Time</i></a>. Turns out, she's <b>Michelle Buonfiglio</b>, the author of the incredibly popular Romance B(u)y the Book blog on the <a href="http://www.LifetimeTV.com" target="_blank">www.LifetimeTV.com</a> website. And she was delighted to know she's also now a cover girl.
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Steve Martini, David Highfill, Hank and Lee Child (Thrillerfest)
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Yes, this is Sandra Brown. She did a thought-provoking and revealing seminar, interviewed by the talented Diane Vogt (Thrillerfest)
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Here's David Hosp, one of the authors I consider my discovery. I so enjoyed his first novel, <i>Dark Harbor</i>, and I'm sure he sold dozens on my recommendation. He's a lawyer, in Boston. But I didn't meet him til Thrillerfest.
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My panel on "The Rollercoaster of Emotion." Roy Johanson, Iris Johanson, me, Jill Gregory, Karen Rose, Sybille Barrasso, and moderator Joan Johnston. What a line-up! (Thrillerfest)
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Katherine Hall Page, Agatha for Best Non-Fiction Winner Dan Stashower, Hank, Dana Cameron (Malice Domestic)
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Hank with Margaret Maron (Malice Domestic)
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Roberta Isleib, Hank, Nancy Martin, Lori Avocato, Lillian Stewart Carl—in the grand ballroom before Hank's <a href="prime-time.php"><i>Prime Time</i></a> won the Romantic Times Reviewers Choice Award! (Romantic Times)
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At the New England Chapter of Romance Writers of America Convention–<a href="http://www.virginiakantra.net" target="_blank">Virginia Kantra</a>, <a href="http://www.lisagardner.com" target="_blank">Lisa Gardner</a>, Hank, <a href="http://www.susanwiggs.com" target="_blank">Susan Wiggs</a>. What a stellar trio to meet! Notice Susan Wiggs' chic yellow bag...and then Lisa Gardner's. (Romantic Times)
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The "R" section of the NEC RWA signing table: Hank, <a href="http://www.stephanierowe.com" target="_blank">Stephanie Rowe</a> and <a href="http://www.eileenrendahl.com" target="_blank">Eileen Rendahl</a>. We had a terrific day...Stephanie and Eileen were charming and so talented. The fabulous "R"s will be reunited in San Francisco at the RWA National Convention. (Romantic Times)
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An amazing day. Signing the guestbook at The Mystery Bookstore in Los Angeles. In the same ledger book with Barbara Serenella, Janet Evanovich, Sue Grafton. And Mickey Spillane. Wow. It was quite a rite of passage.
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This is the jet-setting <a href="http://www.rosemaryharris.com" target="_blank">Rosemary Harris</a> with <i>Prime Time</i> in Tanzania, in Mvumi Village, which is 20 miles outside of Dodoma in central TZ. She is my blog sister on <a href="http://www.jungleredwriters.com" target="_blank">Jungle Red Writers</a>.
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Here's every author's dream. This is the Staff Picks shelf at <b>Willow Books</b> in Acton, Massachusetts.
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Sara Paretsky signed some of her books for me, and when I told her I had just been sent the cover for <a href="prime-time.php"><i>Prime Time</i></a>, she insisted on seeing it!
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Sara Paretsky is the award-winning creator of the V.I. Warshawski detective novels. When Sara introduced V.I. in <i>Indemnity Only</i> in 1982, she revolutionized the mystery novel. By creating a female investigator who uses her wits as well as her fists, Sara challenged a genre in which women were traditionally either vamps or victims.
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He came to town. Selling butter. Well, no, that's wrong. He came to town selling "not butter."
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Hank and <a href="http://www.garybraver.com/" target="_blank">Gary Braver</a>, celebrating his latest thriller "Skin Deep" at the hip (and delicious) Redbones in Somerville. (Murder Under Bones event)
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Here's a truly lovely book club that meets at <a href="http://www.bakerbooks.net/index.asp" target="blank">Baker Books</a> in Dartmouth, Massachusetts. They're all accomplished knitters, and their Knit Lit Club shares tips about favorite books and also wool-work.
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Class photo! Hank, <a href="http://www.hallieephron.com" target="_blank">Hallie Ephron</a> and <a href="http://www.cleasimon.com" target="_blank">Clea Simon</a>
after our panel discussion with the American Association of University Women, meeting in Canton Massachusetts.
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Macy's Means Romance: A wonderful event at Macy's in downtown Boston, where our books were given as gifts with a purchase! <a href="http://www.jenniferoconnell.com" target="_blank">Jennifer O'Connell</a>, <a href="http://www.annetteblair.com" target="_blank">Annette Blair</a> and Hank!
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<a href="http://www.katherine-hall-page.org" target="_blank">Katherine Hall Page</a> held us all spellbound at Newtonville Books in Newton, Massachusetts. A real honor to be master of ceremonies. (Night of a Thousand Stars)
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<h2>2007</h2>
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<a href="http://www.mariannemancusi.com/" target="_blank">Marianne Mancusi</a> and <a href="http://www.lizmaverick.com/" target="_blank">Liz Maverick</a> don't always dress like this—they're the smart and savvy lead authors of the urban fantasy manga-style Shomi books...avant garde and edgy. Don't I look like I've got the role as their oh-so-conservative Mom?
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Here's the astonishing and beyond capturing on photo Literacy Signing at RWA in Dallas. Tables of authors lined the room—then thousands of readers arrived to scoop up the books, all proceeds of which were donated to promoting literacy. Suzanne Brockmann, JR Ward, and so many more.
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A whole line of the NEXT authors—we corralled someone to take our photo. Shirley Jump, Leigh Riker, Susan Crosby, Hank Phillippi Ryan, Lisa Childs, Stevi Mittman and Peggy Webb.
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A wonderful event in Lexington Massachusetts, to benefit the Cary Memorial Library.
Bill Martin, Valerie Wolzien, Bill Tappley, Vicki Steifel, Linda Barnes, Hank Phillippi Ryan, Jane Langton, Katherine Hall Page, Andrew McAleer.
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The Waltham, MA Chamber of Commerce "Women in Business" breakfast. What a fascinating group, and so enthusiastic.
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Here's part of the Sisters in Crime crew at New England Independent Booksellers Association convention in Providence, Rhode Island. Me, Steve Kelner, Gail Clark, Hans Copek, Judy Copek and Sarah Smith.
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Sharing "war' stories at the New England Independent Booksellers Association convention—this is <a href="http://www.jamesrbenn.com/" target="_blank">Jim Benn</a>.
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Shauna Staveley of the <a href="http://www.townonline.com/arlington" target="_blank">Arlington Advocate newspaper</a>, interviewing me about <a href="face-time.php"><i>Face Time</i></a> and taping with a tiny camera at the same time. (Arlington Town Day)
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Best-selling author <a href="http://www.mamevemedwed.com/" target="_blank">Mameve Medwed</a> and I chatted with booklovers at the <a href="http://www.haleybooksellers.com/" target="_blank">Haley Booksellers</a> booth on Arlington Town Day.
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Another from Arlington Town Day—here's Shauna from the paper, Dick from Haley's Books and Geri from the fantastic <a href="http://www.dallin.org/" target="_blank">Cyrus Dallin Museum</a>.
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This is me with David Le Breton, the gracious owner of Edgartown Books on Martha's Vineyard.
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The wonderful people at the Wakefield Library. That's Frankie Bailey on my right, and Sylvie Kurtz is hidden by her fans. We had a hilarious and revealing evening discussing "Genre Blending—Combining Mystery and Romance."
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There's more to this photo than what you see at first glance: oh, yeah, its the Marlborough MA Borders Books and oh, yeah, we sold almost ALL those <a href="prime-time.php"><i>Prime Times</i></a>. (I decided to leave them 5.) But really, I have the cutest shoes...wish you could zoom in and check them out.
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This is the amazing Mary Cotton, the owner of <a href="http://www.newtonvillebooks.com/" target="_blank">Newtonville Books</a>. It's my neighborhood bookstore.
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These are the truly exceptional women who run the <a href="http://www.buttonwoodbooks.com/" target="_blank">Buttonwood Bookstore</a> in Cohasset, MA. Owner Betsey Detwiler and Events Maven Totsie McGognagle. That's the lovely Claire Cook on the right, then David Gessner beside me.
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This is a very hip spot in Cambridge called The Enormous Room where Tracy Slater's very, very hip <a href="http://www.fourstories.org/event-featured.html" target="_blank">Four Stories readings</a> are held. I had told Tracy that I'd just received the art for the cover of <a href="prime-time.php"><i>Prime Time</i></a>, and she asked me to hold it up.
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This is me with the inimitable <a href="http://www.jeremiahhealy.com/" target="_blank">Jeremiah Healy</a>, selling calendars and having a generally fabulous time at Crime Bake.
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This is the cast of the "trial of the century," sort of, at the New England Crime Bake. The audience-jury voted on the fate of the Lee Child's iconic hero Jack Reacher—as Reacher went on trial for "murder" in the thriller Persuasion. Lee Lofland played the detective, Judge Ken Freeman was the judge, I was the reporter, Michele Martinez the prosecutor, Lee Child testified as Reacher, and Julia Spencer-Fleming was his defense attorney.
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About 100 mystery lovers turned out at the Swampscott Library to talk about mystery writing and get the inside scoop about <a href="face-time.php"><i>Face Time</i></a>! This is me (with my faithful file folder), my darling husband, and Alyce Deveau, the librarian who organized the whole event.
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The incredible genereous elegant iconic Mary Higgins Clark..just after announcing THE OTHER WOMAN as the winner of the MHC award for this year! This was at a special Mystery Writers of America party the night before the Edgars. I am still floating from the honor.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This is the gorgeous crystal book that's the award...what a treasure. I took it through the airport screening, and the TSA guy was not happy. "There's a big heavy thing in your suitcase" he said. "Yes!" I replied "That's the Mary Higgins Clark Award!" "I'll still have to see that, ma'am," he said.</span> </td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">THE OTHER WOMAN HITS THE BOSTON GLOBE best-seller list at Number 2! And stays for three weeks...thank you so much!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">More to come..be sure to come find me on Facebook at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Hank-Phillippi-Ryan-Author-Page/250706175034817?ref=hl">https://www.facebook.com/pages/Hank-Phillippi-Ryan-Author-Page/250706175034817?ref=hl</a></span></div>
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Hankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13208345842094656311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7083554708945357560.post-86420429823717219172013-06-08T11:16:00.005-07:002013-06-08T11:16:55.043-07:00A Wonderful Cause..Sharing the Stage with Dennis Lehane!How wonderful to be invited to introduce the incredible Dennis Lehane...and share the stage with him at this benefit for the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings. Hope to see you there!<br />
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<br />Hankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13208345842094656311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7083554708945357560.post-54559767003518138942012-12-28T11:55:00.002-08:002012-12-28T11:55:26.355-08:00THE OTHER WOMAN Photo Album part 1!<span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">Snapshots from 2012!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">What a terrific year! Here's a wonderful photo at Newtonville Books taken by Essdras Suarez.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">Thrilled and honored to be on the cover of Mystery Scene.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">This is the Abington Public LIbrary..what a wonderful line for THE OTHER WOMAN!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">The Boston Book Festival! I taught this course in how to write suspense...although in this photo, it looks a bit like I'm singing. I wasn't..</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">The first public appearance of THE OTHER WOMAN at BEA in New York at the Javits Center! I signed books for a solid hour--it was unforgettably wonderful.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">At Brookline Booksmith for THE OTHER WOMAN's first bookstre visit! Here's William Landay, Vinny O'Neil, Hallie Ephron, Norb Vonnegut, Jeff Johnson and Daniel Palmer.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">Burlington Public Library..what a wonderful audience!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">The Emily Rooney show...GREATER BOSTON. Here I am with Emily and her other guest for the show, famed documentary maker Ken Burns.</span></div>
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Hankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13208345842094656311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7083554708945357560.post-78676617481602088732012-12-07T07:53:00.002-08:002012-12-07T07:55:19.666-08:00<div class="blog-content">
<span style="font-size: large;">The fabulous <a href="http://bookreporter.com/">Bookreporter.com</a> asked me for a special holiday memory...check their website for many more from <span style="font-size: large;">your favorite authors! And here's mine..</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: red;">THE YEAR SANTA CAME TO HANK'S HOUSE</span> </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> <a href="http://www.bookreporter.com/authors/hank-phillippi-ryan">Hank Phillippi
Ryan</a>, most recently the author of <a href="http://www.bookreporter.com/reviews/the-other-woman-2">THE OTHER
WOMAN</a>, was attending a bookstore signing during the holiday season when she
was reminded of a certain Christmas. She had just turned 16 and found out from
her mom that there would be no Christmas tree in their house that year. Hank
refused to accept this sudden break from tradition and decided to do something
about it.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Spoiler alert! And you’ll read why in a moment.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It’s about Santa.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I was signing in a bookstore a few weeks before Christmas, and also having
fun watching people select books and overhearing snippets of conversation.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A mom and a preteen daughter were heading out the door. The girl --- cute,
hip, mismatched gloves --- was looking at her mother with a strange expression.
She stopped and held on to her mother’s arm. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Wait, she said. You mean --- YOU’RE
Santa?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I almost burst into tears. What a once-in-a-lifetime moment. And it reminded
me…</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">’Twas the night before Christmas --- no, it really was. And at my home in
rural Indiana, back in --- 1960-something? I had just turned 16.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">’Twas the night before Christmas --- and my younger sister and I were very
unhappy. My mother had laid down the law. This year, there would be no Christmas
tree.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We were too old, Mom said. It was difficult. And even though we’d always had
a Christmas tree, and all that goes with Christmas morning, and unwrapping
presents and candy canes and chocolate apples and Handel on the record player
and oranges in the toes of our stockings --- this year, it was not going to
happen. The Santa thing was long over (being careful here), and there was no
reason for a tree. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">My sister Nina, age 13, and I were devastated. We had three younger siblings,
and even though they were no longer waiting for Santa, we knew they would be
devastated, too.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We pleaded.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Nope, Mom said. We would have presents, and brunch, and all the trimmings.
But a tree was a pain (she probably didn’t use those words) and just not
necessary. </span><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.bookreporter.com/reviews/the-other-woman-2"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/The Other Woman.jpg20121205152657.jpg" style="float: right; margin-left: 6px; margin-right: 6px;" /></a> </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Christmas
Eve day came, and our living room was looking right out of Dickens. I mean,
BLEAK HOUSE, not A CHRISTMAS CAROL. Sure, there were stockings hanging right
where they should be. But where there should have been a tree, there was…living
room.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">It was about 4:00. And I had an idea. Mom? I said, all innocence. Nina and I
need to go to the store. To get one last present. I remember trying to look
guiltily sly, as if I were hiding that I was going to buy HER present. Could I,
I continued, take the car?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">With my brand new drivers’ license in my wallet, Nina and I headed out in the
family station wagon. But not to the store. We went to the Christmas tree place
by the shopping center. All that was left, as you can imagine, were
Charlie-Brown-scraggly leftovers. No matter.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We put one of them in the wayback of the station wagon. Then we realized we
had more to do. How were we going to decorate the tree? We couldn’t get the
boxes of ornaments out of the basement; we’d get caught. So we went to the
movies. But not to see a film. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We hit the lobby and bought several boxes of
popcorn. We got home and hid the tree behind the garage. By that time it was
dark, and we totally got away with it. Then we ran upstairs. Mom thought we were
hiding her gifts, probably, and actively ignored us.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We got out our sewing boxes (no comment) and madly started stringing popcorn
with a needle and heavy thread. We worked and worked. I think we had to stop for
dinner, then we went back upstairs. “Wrapping!” we said.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">At one point, one of us had a brilliant idea. We headed down to the basement
and got a bag of whole cranberries out of the freezer. “Being frozen will make
it easier to string,” one of us said. And so we made frozen cranberry garlands
too.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">That night, we could barely sleep. What else is new on Christmas Eve? But we
got up early early early, dragged the little tree from behind the garage, and
set it up in its rightful place in the living room. (I don’t really remember how
we did that, but somehow it worked.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We festooned it with our popcorn garlands, and then our cranberry garlands
(not terribly successful, however, as the cranberries began to defrost, drip and
get mushy). We made a star-like thing out of aluminum foil.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then we high-tailed it back upstairs. We had been instructed to come
downstairs no earlier than 7 AM. We came down earlier anyway. So we were there
when my mom and stepdad saw the tree. And, in their pajamas and robes and
slippers, they stopped in their tracks.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Mom’s face was a mixture of shock, surprise and joy. And love.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: large;">“Santa!” she said. Her voice was a whisper. “He came!”</span></div>
Hankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13208345842094656311noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7083554708945357560.post-61709717799234032192012-07-15T01:30:00.000-07:002012-07-16T14:38:37.322-07:00<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">So pleased to reveal--</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">the cover of Forge Books' Fall catalogue!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And more wonderful photos....here's dinner in Dallas after the American Librarians Association convention...that's Denise Hamilton, Deborah Crombie,then Harry Husicker and his wife, and Dan Hale, Rosemary Harris at the head of the table, Lucy Burdette, me and Caroline Todd.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And yes, our pictures are tiny--but this is an interview I
did (on stage of a huge auditorium, as you can tell) with the amazing Diana Henriques, author of THE WIZARD OF LIES, a brilliant non-fiction look at the Madoff scandal. It reads exactly like a
thriller--highly recommended!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Here's my latest Emmy! That's number 28--for reporting on mortgage fraud.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And look--my first ARC signing--at the fabulous BEA! People lined up to get THE OTHER WOMAN...all those ARCS were snapped right up. It was incredibly exciting.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">More photos to come! </span>Hankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13208345842094656311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7083554708945357560.post-91085047152836733672012-04-10T16:00:00.000-07:002012-04-10T14:57:45.380-07:00New Photos!So excited about<span style="font-weight: bold;"> THE OTHER WOMAN</span>...and there' ll be lots more info here very soon..<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj54eoCjV3Z8QLhld7Q9mOKw6JjGzIQUloq_c0vN8Ys8LCay8s4YDKbqyXkGBvxa6BZi64TTaLp80N7DOoEzYPUGjpMnvhfqfO0u0D-P0n0mea_s84_jIoqyTX8Ik_aEGda3F5fxt07KZI/s1600/thrillerfect+scottolone.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556518217174007298" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj54eoCjV3Z8QLhld7Q9mOKw6JjGzIQUloq_c0vN8Ys8LCay8s4YDKbqyXkGBvxa6BZi64TTaLp80N7DOoEzYPUGjpMnvhfqfO0u0D-P0n0mea_s84_jIoqyTX8Ik_aEGda3F5fxt07KZI/s400/thrillerfect+scottolone.JPG" border="0" /></a>The amazing and generous <span style="font-weight: bold;">Lisa Scottoline.</span>..she was the very first to offer a blurb for THE OTHER WOMAN. And of course, it's on the cover! She says: Riveting! Non-stop suspense. Can't do better than that. <br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0mBoL06HVTUytUkKFRZsporp7XpNB1LJEY-xUtKtjhDdHRCitBewkid4Sz_EK08jWpV9cqhCwKfVqxjOCd8VdIOzG0dO9FBB-vaB8uM_xIvWrQUn9LXXwk4XSJSpMCPvxY0Z12Wbj4BY/s1600/Oakmont+hank+and+Jason+pinter+via+parshall.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556518027350827954" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0mBoL06HVTUytUkKFRZsporp7XpNB1LJEY-xUtKtjhDdHRCitBewkid4Sz_EK08jWpV9cqhCwKfVqxjOCd8VdIOzG0dO9FBB-vaB8uM_xIvWrQUn9LXXwk4XSJSpMCPvxY0Z12Wbj4BY/s400/Oakmont+hank+and+Jason+pinter+via+parshall.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />With <span style="font-weight: bold;">Jason Pinter</span> at the Festival of Mystery--the gala annual event from Mystery Lovers Bookshop in Oakmont, PA. That's <span style="font-weight: bold;">Deb Sharp</span> to my left, and <span style="font-weight: bold;">Joanna Slan</span> next to her!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCLJuZat6X6ioLasVJBoU4Mv6M8LXAS6jK4_kBRZ0wIB7-wpqPchQb5D4R_aR03V105e68tdfrpzAzHILFU68gH6YRKnKMIBpzqc7hXuMwr5J3m7B8DWQ_WqoHSBnArmkURtn0MI1adG8/s1600/thrillerf+gericke,+grady.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556517887239965122" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCLJuZat6X6ioLasVJBoU4Mv6M8LXAS6jK4_kBRZ0wIB7-wpqPchQb5D4R_aR03V105e68tdfrpzAzHILFU68gH6YRKnKMIBpzqc7hXuMwr5J3m7B8DWQ_WqoHSBnArmkURtn0MI1adG8/s400/thrillerf+gericke%252C+grady.JPG" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Shane Gericke</span> and <span style="font-weight: bold;">James Grady</span>...two fantastic thriller writers. James wrote the iconic Six Days of the Condor--one of the books that made me think about becoming a writer! Isn't it funny that the movies changed it to "Three days"?<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_nuNwG709nawTiHFuXjchTJU9OyHX0IPcyAy6f16jRNBo6vLMjG1M0GrPIoxNvaV_A2XCvHUDEKax57tKrof3D-bKup6a_R1tLSS5CfIuRvpKEwSTj7_LQ3lDGjHySEvBtvDlEpEOXX8/s1600/mhc,+hank,+laura+l.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 225px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556517725556868866" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_nuNwG709nawTiHFuXjchTJU9OyHX0IPcyAy6f16jRNBo6vLMjG1M0GrPIoxNvaV_A2XCvHUDEKax57tKrof3D-bKup6a_R1tLSS5CfIuRvpKEwSTj7_LQ3lDGjHySEvBtvDlEpEOXX8/s400/mhc%252C+hank%252C+laura+l.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />With <span style="font-weight: bold;">Laura Lippman</span> and <span style="font-weight: bold;">Mary Higgins Clark</span>--see how Mary gets the good lighting? I'll be attending the Boston Public Library's Literary Lights black tie event coming soon--Mary is one of the honorees.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCPiaQ1vwyXikvusEx1umZpWiwt4Cx200BGb7-KQxkzqlIe_rq9DUH59udmd9wOjwH7BK1bBjSDaiimkZesSY10joIX7i8_dxsUgwNy-phwPoFZW2pM1Nv_50uiz1_OpebGidp67ZGQNY/s1600/Hank+++and+dennis+lehane.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556517566542898018" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCPiaQ1vwyXikvusEx1umZpWiwt4Cx200BGb7-KQxkzqlIe_rq9DUH59udmd9wOjwH7BK1bBjSDaiimkZesSY10joIX7i8_dxsUgwNy-phwPoFZW2pM1Nv_50uiz1_OpebGidp67ZGQNY/s400/Hank+++and+dennis+lehane.JPG" border="0" /></a> Trying to convince <span style="font-weight: bold;">Dennis Lehane</span> of something at Crimebake. Dennis and I appeared together at the Perkins School for the Blind annual event--he blew that audience away with his stories.<br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQGZQXSxrmVb4yo_2OhTjpVaGKucw3JZQ1WAfSSLat6NnjC_PYwoQr5sS5lLOzKwgrF4LnfTkIWzuGcf-bWWIRw5Od70Pu0d_JeAMtffiuBxXjPKpzTZkzNMyUrFRWMxfiwC1aojl4r7A/s1600/66694_459216522179_291467947179_5322628_3458648_nbcon+2010+hank+and+reed.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556516990873527138" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQGZQXSxrmVb4yo_2OhTjpVaGKucw3JZQ1WAfSSLat6NnjC_PYwoQr5sS5lLOzKwgrF4LnfTkIWzuGcf-bWWIRw5Od70Pu0d_JeAMtffiuBxXjPKpzTZkzNMyUrFRWMxfiwC1aojl4r7A/s400/66694_459216522179_291467947179_5322628_3458648_nbcon+2010+hank+and+reed.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Reed Farrel Coleman</span> and I win Macavity Awards at Bouchercon! Thank you so much, Mystery Readers International and Janet Rudolph! Reed and I teach together at Mystery Writers of America University..coming soon to your home town! This June in Waukesha/Milwaukee, then in August in Denver, and October in Charlotte. Get all the details and sign up at http://www.mwa.org.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ0ZXRYrg6i83yELp70cGEkGckpXHyzJYS6JH9Z_agOs9HHilPP8szHKJ_FHEWZNGA-Ar7YEmMtpZL347-bp69zzm9Y8x1nCcUU7nylLe1-qSbRGLmqYSkzeRCOA7TKhAUO_0W_cEN3zQ/s1600/11MICHAELPALMERHANKRYANBILLMARTINTUESFEB162010787+112.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 237px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556516926190864466" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ0ZXRYrg6i83yELp70cGEkGckpXHyzJYS6JH9Z_agOs9HHilPP8szHKJ_FHEWZNGA-Ar7YEmMtpZL347-bp69zzm9Y8x1nCcUU7nylLe1-qSbRGLmqYSkzeRCOA7TKhAUO_0W_cEN3zQ/s400/11MICHAELPALMERHANKRYANBILLMARTINTUESFEB162010787+112.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />With NYT bestselling<span style="font-weight: bold;"> Michael Palmer</span> (at the mic) and NYT bestselling Bill Martin at Michael's winterfest fundraiser...It does look like Michael is singing..and maybe he was! He alleges he'll be singing with his son<span style="font-weight: bold;"> Daniel Palmer</span> at this summers Thrillerfest...that's going to be hilarious.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifQW5jVfLF5AgwB3Q7VNccgcAAkTw1B9NRvlFkWLD0HuSeADNHM7GtWfZE4OzbjsPgf0H3RLydXg_qMwwn9o3f5uaIT9DFNO2fRYg07JnGMutctZK9hiXz6dWrUgR526YmdkDve4dJ4M8/s1600/3-H+photo.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556516843824347234" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifQW5jVfLF5AgwB3Q7VNccgcAAkTw1B9NRvlFkWLD0HuSeADNHM7GtWfZE4OzbjsPgf0H3RLydXg_qMwwn9o3f5uaIT9DFNO2fRYg07JnGMutctZK9hiXz6dWrUgR526YmdkDve4dJ4M8/s400/3-H+photo.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />The 3-H girls from Lipstick Chronicles: Heather Graham (left) and Harley Jane Kozak!<br /></div><span style="font-weight: bold;">More photos to come...xoxo</span><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Hankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13208345842094656311noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7083554708945357560.post-66255277903360474592011-06-11T14:07:00.000-07:002011-06-11T14:20:04.284-07:00When Words Can Change the World!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi91_HsHbqPHEUkkg138ocwVWY8OB4bEMTwAIb0Xe80v5L6wwIACRT5mNzOUqwDxzBymQOqsLyzwN1XNmr5GMS8Kkl0dCb9qENWGL4fx0SZeGH2PHhE2cftOS0cyKEtUz4EwlErwT_HbuQ/s1600/SHAKEN_FINAL_No_credit.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617074968128858946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi91_HsHbqPHEUkkg138ocwVWY8OB4bEMTwAIb0Xe80v5L6wwIACRT5mNzOUqwDxzBymQOqsLyzwN1XNmr5GMS8Kkl0dCb9qENWGL4fx0SZeGH2PHhE2cftOS0cyKEtUz4EwlErwT_HbuQ/s320/SHAKEN_FINAL_No_credit.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="font-size:130%;">I'm so proud to be a part of this marvelous project. Because words can change the world!</span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;">The Gods of Nature<br />by Tim Hallinan<br /><br /></span>The most ancient Japanese religion is Shinto.<br />The name is taken from two Chinese words, shin, meaning "spirit," and to, which is a derivative of tao (as in Taoism), a path or a course of study. So I suppose you could say it's a spiritual path of study. It's sometimes translated as "the way of the gods."<br /><br />Shinto holds that the natural world is the home of kami, or spirits. </div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617073354462447394" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTfZhX0YLvMnhuUow7P0Jzv5RvuJinxDqa136rMyQNEp-CWGOvoflbKPOrNC_DZU3uPxS0nQDfTev7d5RSqeyz8eP1vEf0bwBtqy-NjfOTLu5mpeJTAwme7u6TzAwLTcmVygEKmDlxSgY/s320/image.png" /><br />Many of them are spirits of place: stones, trees, hills, bodies of water.<br />The Japanese reverence for nature has its roots in Shinto.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />This is a torii, a gate for the kami to pass through. They stand outside virtually every Shinto Shrine and also provide passageways for spirits of place in spots where their influence is strongest. Many of them stand in bodies of water.<br /><br />On March 11 of this year, something unprecedented in modern memory rose up out of nature and struck Japan.<br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 285px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617073962893128642" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggYgTE85vtyZuDmrwPfFSZKAr8qR3dQ8Bd_KUinTCPoCXt8EVkjkWisCKgKM_Jmg7wloI4cJTQWpTpU-BUQPXJ2b7nGtILeN0X4MynVSZIkZcPL1qfZZCHrFQHsnrKTQFHxObecIfcsm8/s320/japanese_wave_crop.jpg" /><br /><br />Following a massive earthquake, the waves invaded an enormous area in the northeast of Japan. In a matter of moments, both the natural and the man-made landscapes were altered, perhaps forever.<br /><br />Watching the devastation, all I could think was that writers should be able to pool their talents to raise money as musicians and actors do. And it occurred to me immediately that we can. With the immediacy of e-books, writers can join together to try to bring some small solace in the face of tragedy. People who have lost children, parents, loved ones, friends, communities, livelihoods -- they deserve our best efforts, however humble.<br /><br />Less than three months after the disaster, nineteen wonderful writers have donated their talent to make this possible.<br /><br /><br />This is a collection of original Japan-themed short stories, almost all written since March 11, inspired by the desire to help.<br /><br />The writers who responded with such wonderful stories are:<br /><br /><br />Brett Battles<br />Cara Black<br />Vicki Doudera<br /><br /><br />Dianne Emley<br />Dale Furutani<br />Stefan Hammond<br /><br />Rosemary Harris<br />Naomi Hirahara<br />Wendy Hornsby<br /><br />Ken Kuhlken<br />Debbi Mack<br />Adrian McKinty<br /><br />I.J. Parker<br />Gary Phillips<br />Hank Phillippi Ryan<br /><br />Jeffrey Siger<br />Kelli Stanley<br />C.J. West and<br />Jeri Westerson.<br /><br />Another fine writer, Gar Anthony Haywood, designed the cover.<br /><br />Taken as a whole, these people have won every major mystery prize and sold hundreds of thousands of books.<br /><br />Two remarkable translators of haiku, Jane Reichhold, whose 2008 volume translating all the haiku of the 17th-century master Basho has been hailed as a new standard, and David Lanoue, who has done beautiful translations of Issa, allowed us to use their renderings without charge.<br /><br />Kimberly Hitchens and her first-class crew turned the manuscript into a beautiful a-book.<br /><br />One hundred percent of the writers' royalties from the purchase go directly to the 2011 Japan Relief Fund administrated by Japan America Society of Southern California, which has already sent $750,000 to organizations working on the scene.<br /><br />You can buy SHAKEN: STORIES FOR JAPAN as a Kindle e-book on Amazon right here <a href="http://www.amazon.com/SHAKEN-Stories-for-Japan-ebook/dp/B00556WX9A/">http://www.amazon.com/SHAKEN-Stories-for-Japan-ebook/dp/B00556WX9A/</a> </div><br /><br /><br /><div>for only $3.99.<br /><br /><br />If you don't have a Kindle, you can download Kindle for PC here<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=kcp_pc_mkt_lnd?docId=1000426311">http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=kcp_pc_mkt_lnd?docId=1000426311</a> </div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div>**********************************</div><br /><br /><br /><div>It was all Tim's idea. And each of us is honored to be part of it. </div><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div>Hankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13208345842094656311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7083554708945357560.post-82480966595201757002010-08-25T13:25:00.000-07:002010-08-25T13:30:06.103-07:00When the student is ready, the teacher appearsIn the midst of writing. And found this. Maybe it's time for you to read it, too.<br /><br /><br /><a title="http://www.goodreads.com/story/show/12996.Learning_the_Characters?utm_medium=" href="http://www.goodreads.com/story/show/12996.Learning_the_Characters?utm_medium=email&utm_source=June_newsletter" utm_source="June_newsletter">Learning the Characters (Yue Liang — The Moon)</a> by <a title="http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/321764?utm_medium=" href="http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/321764?utm_medium=email&utm_source=June_newsletter" utm_source="June_newsletter">Koeeoaddi</a><br /><br />My hand,<br />stiff as horsehair<br />falters and balks.<br /><br />"The moon," he tells me<br />and draws the lines.<br />Listen to me.<br /><br />I grind the ink,<br />look into the wet black slab<br />but see no sky.<br />I worry my hand<br />across the page<br />the sun fastened tight<br />to obstinate dusk.<br /><br />"Watch" he insists.<br />His lesson forms<br />in rock and light.<br />I retrace his strokes,<br />and he smiles —<br />my crude moon<br />climbs a crumpled sky.<br /><br />But later<br />alone at my desk,<br />I sketch the spiny shadow<br /> of the asparagus fern,<br />a cat on the sill<br /> looking into the night<br /><br />And the moon blooms<br />like an orchid<br />underneath<br />my astonished brush.Hankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13208345842094656311noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7083554708945357560.post-75180189496994669872010-08-07T20:34:00.000-07:002010-08-07T20:38:53.274-07:00Take the Challenge!An amazing event is happening on <a href="http://www.jungleredwriters.com/">Jungle Red</a>, my group blog. It's the brainchild of Jan Brogan, who has thrown down the gauntlet to all of you writers out there. It's a fantastic idea, and I have signed right up! Come join us!<br /><br />Tweet about it using the hasthtag #JRWriteFirst --see you there!<br /><br /><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">JAN:</span> If you are a writer, the Internet is both your best friend and your mortal enemy. Need to find an expert or see what a Glock looks like?? The info is only minutes away by Google.<br /><br />But sometimes, all that time you save goes down the drain in lost productivity. In terms of writing (not promotion) that would be Email, Facebook, Twitter, etc.<br /><br />Here's the challenge:For six weeks, starting tomorrow, you must write one, full page every day -- even Saturday and Sunday -- BEFORE checking email or visiting anywhere online. That's the critical part. You can get online as soon as you finish your one page, but no sooner. If you have to check email at work in the morning, the challenge can start as soon as you come home. You are not allowed to go back to the Internet for ANY reason until you write that one page.<br /><br />Why one page?<br />Because if you only wrote one page a day for an entire year, you'd have a novel.<br />Because when I gave myself a five-page-a-day quota, I found myself writing drivel, just to get the pages done.<br />Because with with a one page quota, you have time to go back and revise earlier pages.<br />Sometimes they bulk up, lengthwise, to create an extra page. (and yes, that counts as a new page.)<br />Because one page is eminently doable.<br />Because even on the weekends, you can get yourself to sit down at the computer if it's ONLY one page. And the consistency of a writing every day enhances productivity in terms of story structure.<br />Because one page often leads to another. In other words, one page is the minimum, not the maximum.<br /><br />Why now?<br />Because for many of us, August is the least productive month of the year. (hey, and I'm even going to do this on vacation)<br />Challenging yourself in January when is snowing outside is no challenge.<br /><br />Why six weeks?<br />Because after six weeks, we'll all have 42 pages. If you are starting a novel, that's about where you'd end on a hook, so you'll have enough material to send it to the agent/editor with a query.<br />If you are writing short stories -- that's at least two of them.<br />Because I host the blog every six weeks.<br /><br />Why do you really want to do this?Aside from becoming a more disciplined writer and an all around superior person, we're also giving away prizes.<br /><br />No cheating:<br /><br />One page is defined as the FULL page, double spaced.<br />If, by any chance, you are writing a screenplay, you can still do the challenge, but that's TWO AND HALF pages a day for you.<br /><br />How to enter?<br /><br />Sign into the comments page on Jungle Red (www.jungleredwriters.com) any time through Sunday (okay Monday for you procrastinators).<br />Report in (via the comments page) every Sunday.<br />Tell us anything, your obstacles, your solutions, your progress, the best sentence you wrote, or any tricks you've learned along the way.<br /><br />Prizes:If you post at least three times (on different weeks), we enter your name in raffle and the winner gets a signed copy of Hallie Ephron's Writing and Selling Your Mystery Novel. I will also read and critique your work, if you want. (you can forgo that prize if the idea of critique stunts your productivity. It's your choice.)<br /><br />There's also second and third prizes, as well as a prize for the most inspired, insightful or helpful comment.<br /><br />In no particular order, those prizes will be signed copies of:<br />Teaser (Jan Brogan)<br />Dead Head (Rosemary Harris),<br />Air Time (Hank Phillippi Ryan) (Agatha and Anthony nominee!)<br />Asking for Murder (Roberta Isleib)<br /><br />JAN: The challenge technically ends Saturday September 18th and you have all weekend until 5 p.m. Sunday on the 19th to post your comments. I'll be drawing and deciding winners one minute after 5 p.m.<br />I'll announce winners on Jungle Red September 20th.<br /><br />So get started and good luck!!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.jungleredwriters.com/">The Women of Jungle Red</a> - Jan Brogan, Hank Phillippi Ryan, Hallie Ephron, Roberta Isleib, Rhys Bowen and Rosemary Harris.Hankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13208345842094656311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7083554708945357560.post-29433651335711777162010-07-14T06:57:00.000-07:002010-07-14T07:17:15.980-07:00The Latest<div><br /><div>Wow--can you believe summer is almost half over? I prefer to look at it as--we have another whole half of summer left! Right? Half-full. Not half-empty.<br /></div><br /><div>Talk about full--the <a href="http://www.mysterylovers.com/">Festival of Mystery in Oakmont</a> this year was beyond standing room only. (Yes, it was in May. So, it takes me a bit longer than you might predict to post photos. La dee dah.)The folks at Mystery Lovers Bookshop went all out--and mystery authors and readers flocked to get books signed. (I must say the whole thing was irresistible. And I bought waaay too many books. Wait--is there such a thing?) Anyway: it looked like this:<br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjddkZxt5MfzO3Qg0ke41CFj3y1POWNKUsKx3SQc5P1gwGnH1pCdhxMBuNMaNuQQ3Q9oUaIj1ze6ZRjB4oGgRijf_S8lwLpoHjo7EsBGjo6G9vErOCQ1rNnoKVcbd7vVRLkLittcwrOiyM/s1600/Festival++of+myst+wide.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493763150134426546" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjddkZxt5MfzO3Qg0ke41CFj3y1POWNKUsKx3SQc5P1gwGnH1pCdhxMBuNMaNuQQ3Q9oUaIj1ze6ZRjB4oGgRijf_S8lwLpoHjo7EsBGjo6G9vErOCQ1rNnoKVcbd7vVRLkLittcwrOiyM/s400/Festival++of+myst+wide.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><p></p><br /><br /><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>And here's me. You can see what fun it was. (Thanks to the wonderful Steve Bucci for these photos!) Hope to see you there next year--click here for all the info on <a href="http://www.mysterylovers.com/">MLB</a>.</p><br /><div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493763477420369986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnop5opgIj_ZK_NOsoqJ7WsAhBQGzFMIbrSP2mhKRWFzJVz0P_m8OlEYFanrg7ZGuPg7UenYwP3gyoDiByIAXl2_NXVYnWRus4h74x5DcQ8mxucC5hD8bVQwq8OkIwpigqxjKKC2Zgx0Y/s400/fest+of+mystery.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><div>And soon after--oh wait--was it before? (Some days I'm not quite sure what day it is, doest that happen to you?( Anyway, I was chief judge for the Mary Higgins Clark Awards, part of the prestigious Edgar Awards from Mystery Writers of America. (Got that?) Here's the awards party: with <span style="color:#cc0000;">Laura Lippman</span> , me in the leopard skirt, and in the middle, <span style="color:#cc0000;">Mary Higgins Clark</span> herself. A perfect gorgeous classy and talented lady. A true star. (You can see, somehow she got all the light. I think that's the Mary magic.)<br /></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493763667917074162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 225px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizu6eZxs9lpOLmU6FrTlySiEig46Tgm-sQqkazFaPex7M1ztiiEMiEbeGuY9FRi3TMXPZCbU77K35vg_6ObwQR8v-9_LV_Z5aoPfPkXBPb2SThGR_e-HJkmW3kearlblPN3YXdqkcPvjU/s400/mhc,+hank,+laura+l.jpg" border="0" /> More pictures to come! See you soon...<span style="color:#cc0000;">And I have new luggage tags in honor of AIR TIME! If you'd like me to send you one, click on contact in the blog header--and let me know!</span> Keep cool, you all. It's about a million degrees here in Boston...</div><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div>Hankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13208345842094656311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7083554708945357560.post-42332419901549955652010-06-25T06:15:00.000-07:002010-06-25T06:25:39.882-07:00Award Nominations!<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXKmQUdsOuMesjN0p5ISCBJzcZHCxhkdhy1cdqYC1nKCie0jKs6zdt_73qJ3o_19GpJYcWCYGpYu_qEO-dCwJKoJTnsrqytmJGZyA1Y9N-p8XZ8BWl8uSpxobOaxKiVh4XBmHzC3wnlLs/s1600/hank+and+2+sign+Quarry.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486700712544005442" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 350px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXKmQUdsOuMesjN0p5ISCBJzcZHCxhkdhy1cdqYC1nKCie0jKs6zdt_73qJ3o_19GpJYcWCYGpYu_qEO-dCwJKoJTnsrqytmJGZyA1Y9N-p8XZ8BWl8uSpxobOaxKiVh4XBmHzC3wnlLs/s400/hank+and+2+sign+Quarry.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>Hurray! I'm delighted to announce AIR TIME has been nominated for an Anthony Award! And Also "On the House" for the Anthony for Best Short Story. </div><div> </div><div>And hurray--"On the House" has also been nominated for a Macavity! Thank you to all those who read and voted for the story, and congratulations to all the nominees!<br /></div><div></div><br /><div>(HereI am signing "On the House" in Quarry at Crimebake with fellow Quarry authors Nancy Gardner and Hollis Seamon (Winner of the Al Blacnchard award! Go Hollis!)<br /><br />Recipients will be announced at Bouchercon, San Francisco, at the Macavity/Mystery Readers International event on Thursday, October 14. The Anthony Awards brunch is on Sunday, October 17 in the Grand Ballroom at the Hyatt Regency.<br /><br />Very exciting!<br /><br />And just so you know, here are all the nominees. What a lineup! Congratulations to all.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Anthony nominees</span></div><div></div><br /><div>BEST NOVEL<br />THE LAST CHILD - John Hart [Minotaur Books]<br />THE MYSTIC ARTS OF ERASING ALL SIGNS OF DEATH - Charlie Huston [Ballantine Books]<br />THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE - Stieg Larsson, translated by Reg Keeland [Quercus/Knopf]<br />THE BRUTAL TELLING - Louise Penny [Minotaur Books]<br />THE SHANGHAI MOON - S.J. Rozan [Minotaur Books]<br /><br />BEST FIRST NOVEL<br />THE SWEETNESS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PIE - Alan Bradley [Delacorte Press]<br />STARVATION LAKE - Bryan Gruley [Touchstone]<br />A BAD DAY FOR SORRY - Sophie Littlefield [Minotaur Books]<br />THE TWELVE/THE GHOSTS OF BELFAST - Stuart Neville [Harvill Secker/Soho Press]<br />IN THE SHADOW OF GOTHAM - Stefanie Pintoff [Minotaur Books]<br /><br /><strong>BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL<br /></strong>BURY ME DEEP - Megan Abbott [Simon & Schuster]<br />TOWER - Ken Bruen and Reed Farrel Coleman [Busted Flush Press]<br />QUARRY IN THE MIDDLE - Max Allan Collins [Hard Case Crime]<br />STARVATION LAKE - Bryan Gruley [Touchstone]<br />DEATH AND THE LIT CHICK - G.M. Malliet [Midnight Ink]<br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">AIR TIME - Hank Phillippi Ryan [Mira]</span><br /></strong><br />BEST SHORT STORY<br />"Last Fair Deal Gone Down" - Ace Atkins, CROSSROAD BLUES [Busted Flush Press]<br />"Femme Sole" - Dana Cameron, BOSTON NOIR [Akashic Books]<br />"Animal Rescue" - Dennis Lehane, BOSTON NOIR [Akashic Books]<br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>"On the House" - Hank Phillippi Ryan, QUARRY: Crime Stories by New England Writers [Level Best Books] </strong><br /></span>"Amapola" - Luis Alberto Urrea, PHOENIX NOIR [Akashic Books]<br /><br />BEST CRITICAL NONFICTION WORK<br />TALKING ABOUT DETECTIVE FICTION - P.D. James [Bodleian Library/Knopf]<br />THE LINE UP: The World's Greatest Crime Writers Tell the Inside Story of Their Greatest Detectives - Otto Penzler, ed. [Little, Brown and Co]<br />HAUNTED HEART: The Life and Times of Stephen King - Lisa Rogak [Thomas Dunne Books]<br />DAME AGATHA'S SHORTS: An Agatha Christie Short Story Companion - Elena Santangelo [Bella Rosa Books]<br />THE TALENTED MISS HIGHSMITH: The Secret Life and Serious Art of Patricia Highsmith - Joan Schenkar [St. Martin's Press]<br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Macavity Award Nominations</span></strong></div><br /><br /><div><br />The Macavity Award is named for the "mystery cat" of T.S. Eliot (Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats). Each year the members of Mystery Readers International nominate and vote for their favorite mysteries in four categories.<br /><br />Best Mystery Novel:<br /><br />* Megan Abbott: Bury Me Deep (Simon & Schuster)<br />* Ken Bruen & Reed Farrel Coleman: Tower (Busted Flush Press)<br />* Deborah Crombie: Necessary as Blood (Wm. Morrow)<br />* Jo Nesbø: Nemesis (translated by Don Bartlett) (HarperCollins)<br />* Louise Penny: The Brutal Telling (Minotaur)<br />* S.J. Rozan: The Shanghai Moon (Minotaur)<br /><br />Best First Mystery Novel:<br /><br />* Alan Bradley: The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Delacorte)<br />* Jamie Freveletti: Running from the Devil (Wm. Morrow)<br />* Sophie Littlefield: A Bad Day for Sorry (Minotaur)<br />* Stuart Neville: The Ghosts of Belfast (Soho Crime)<br />* Malla Nunn: A Beautiful Place to Die (Picador)<br /><br />Best Mystery Nonfiction:<br /><br />* John Buntin: L.A. Noir: The Struggle for the Soul of America's Most Seductive City (Random House: Harmony Books)<br />* P.D. James: Talking about Detective Fiction (Alfred A. Knopf)<br />* Craig McDonald: Rogue Males: Conversations & Confrontations About the Writing Life (Bleak House Books)<br />* Otto Penzler, editor: The Line Up: The World's Greatest Crime Writers Tell the Inside Story of Their Greatest Detectives (Little, Brown & Co)<br />* Laney Salisbury & Aly Sujo: Provenance: How a Con Man and a Forger Rewrote the History of Modern Art (Penguin Press)<br />* Elena Santangelo: Dame Agatha's Shorts: An Agatha Christie Short Story Companion (Bella Rosa Books)<br /><br />Best Mystery Short Story:<br /><br />* Ace Atkins: "Last Fair Deal Gone Down" (Crossroad Blues, Busted Flush Press)<br />* Dana Cameron: "Femme Sole" (Boston Noir, Akashic Books)<br />* Jim Fusilli: "Digby, Attorney at Law" (AHMM, May 2009)<br />* Carolyn Hart: "Your Turn" (Two of the Deadliest, Harper)<br /><strong>*<span style="font-size:130%;"> Hank Phillippi Ryan: "On the House" (Quarry: Crime Stories by New England Writers, Level Best Books)</span></strong><br />* Marcus Sakey: "The Desert Here and the Desert Far Away" (Thriller 2: Stories You Just Can't Put Down, Mira)<br />* Luis Alberto Urrea: "Amapola" (Phoenix Noir, Akashic Books)<br /><br />Sue Feder Historical Mystery:<br /><br />* Rebecca Cantrell: A Trace of Smoke (Forge)<br />* Stefanie Pintoff: In the Shadow of Gotham (Minotaur)<br />* Charles Todd: A Duty to the Dead (Wm. Morrow)<br />* Jeri Westerson: Serpent in the Thorns (Minotaur)<br />* Jacqueline Winspear: Among the Mad (Henry Holt)<br /><br />Congratulations to all the nominees! See you in San Francisco. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCwbrR4BMQG53VacgPonfxphZYevp7k9wwUJAUDtHc4XRwTpTVoxdwvd6AVOv10drfcEotXtABBsFZtnfYspm4-hfzIrZvj86G0AsFcpMUEbfzWnYtTntk5kZq1Ps_2Jqva2Q8pln0z48/s1600/images.jpg"></a></div></div>Hankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13208345842094656311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7083554708945357560.post-36377637223645113972010-03-31T12:38:00.001-07:002010-03-31T12:39:18.826-07:00This blog has moved<br /> This blog is now located at http://hankphillippiryan.blogspot.com/.<br /> You will be automatically redirected in 30 seconds, or you may click <a href='http://hankphillippiryan.blogspot.com/'>here</a>.<br /><br /> For feed subscribers, please update your feed subscriptions to<br /> http://hankphillippiryan.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default.<br /> Hankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13208345842094656311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7083554708945357560.post-2893705502941125052010-03-10T10:56:00.001-08:002010-03-10T11:21:46.217-08:00Two Agatha Nominations!<a href="http://hankphillippiryan.com/uploaded_images/airtime_thumb-761991.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 127px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://hankphillippiryan.com/uploaded_images/airtime_thumb-761984.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div> </div><br /><div>So thrilling!</div><br /><div></div><br /><div><span style="font-size:180%;">AIR TIME is among the <span style="color:#cc0000;">Agatha Award</span> nominees for BEST MYSTERY of 2009!</span> </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>I'm so honored to share the spotlight with</div><br /><div><br />Swan for the Money by Donna Andrews (St. Martin’s Minotaur)</div><div> </div><div>Bookplate Special by Lorna Barrett (Berkley Prime Crime)</div><br /><div>Royal Flush by Rhys Bowen (Berkley Prime Crime)</div><br /><div>A Brutal Telling by Louise Penny (Minotaur Books)</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>What a group!<a href="http://hankphillippiryan.com/uploaded_images/QuarryCover-736579.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 191px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 295px" alt="" src="http://hankphillippiryan.com/uploaded_images/QuarryCover-736569.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><span style="color:#cc0000;">But wait--there's more.</span></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;">My short story "On The House" is also nominated for an Agatha!</span></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>And also nominated are the amazing:</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>“Femme Sole” by Dana Cameron, Boston Noir (Akashic Books)</div><br /><div>“Handbaskets, Drawers and a Killer Cold” by Kaye George, Crooked ezine</div><br /><div>“The Worst Noel” by Barb Goffman, The Gift of Murder (Wolfmont Press)</div><br /><div>Death Will Trim Your Tree” by Elizabeth Zelvin, The Gift of Murder (Wolfmont Press)</div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><strong>Can you figure out what will happen in On The House? (Available now from <a href="http://levelbestbooks.com/Quarry.html">Level Best Books.)<br /></a><br /></strong>When true love goes wrong—a woman's best friend may be her dog. Or—not.<br /><br /><p>Will you be able to predict what happens?</p><br /><p><a">READ IT! here. And then let me know. (You'll see what I mean at the end ...) </p><br />And my very best wishes to all the nominess! Hope to see all of you at Malice Domestic in May!</div>Hankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13208345842094656311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7083554708945357560.post-81448338401202999322009-12-14T09:16:00.000-08:002010-03-10T10:52:24.949-08:00Can You Figure out What Happens?<a href="http://hankphillippiryan.com/uploaded_images/QuarryCover-736579.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 191px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 295px" alt="" src="http://hankphillippiryan.com/uploaded_images/QuarryCover-736569.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Can You Figure out What Happens?<br /><br />NEW SHORT STORY!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />When true love goes wrong—a woman's best friend may be her dog. Or—not.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I'm so happy to announce my short story <a href="http://www.hankphillippiryan.com/short-on-the-house.php">On The House</a> is now available in the new anthology Quarry from Level Best Books.<br /><br /><p>Will you be able to predict what happens?</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.hankphillippiryan.com/short-on-the-house.php">READ IT!</a> here. And then let me know. (You'll see what I mean at the end ...) </p></div>Hankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13208345842094656311noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7083554708945357560.post-40279428468074499432009-11-15T13:30:00.000-08:002009-11-15T13:40:47.577-08:00Girlfriend Visiting! Melissa Senate<a href="http://www.jungleredwriters.com/uploaded_images/COVER[1].SecretofJoy-791095.JPG"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 206px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://www.jungleredwriters.com/uploaded_images/COVER[1].SecretofJoy-791092.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><div>"<span style="color:#cc0000;">The Secret of Joy by Melissa Senate opened my heart, made me laugh, cry, and smile all at the same time. A don't-miss read!"</span></div><br /><div><span style="color:#cc0000;">–New York Times bestselling author Carly Phillips</span><br /><br />Melissa Senate was one of the very very first "real" authors I ever met. (Remember that, Melissa?) I went to hear her speak at a meeting of the New Englnad chapter of RWA--and I was captivated. I probably didn't tell her that (too timid!), but she was fascinating. Honest. Genuine. And hilarious.</div><div></div><div>So it's no wonder Melissa's books have captured readers' hearts. And, hurray, now she has a new one!</div><br /><div></div><br /><a href="http://hankphillippiryan.com/uploaded_images/new[1].photo.Melissa.Senate-779618.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://hankphillippiryan.com/uploaded_images/new[1].photo.Melissa.Senate-779157.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div>(Melissa lives on the coast of Maine with her son and their menagerie of pets. She’s the author of eight novels (seven women’s fiction and one young adult) with two on the way.)<br /></div><br /><div><span style="color:#cc0000;">HANK:</span> You and I get into an elevator on the first floor. We're both going to 22! Oh, I say, you're the famous author. What's your new book about? </div><div>You say:</div><div><span style="color:#cc0000;"></span></div><div><span style="color:#cc0000;">MELISSA:</span> 28-year-old New Yorker Rebecca Strand is shocked when her dying father confesses a devastating secret: he had affair when Rebecca was a toddler—and a baby he turned his back on at birth. Now, his wish is that the daughter he abandoned, Joy Joyhawk, read the unsent letters he wrote to her every year on her birthday. Determined to fulfill her father’s wish, Rebecca drives to a small town in Maine—against the advice of her lawyer boyfriend who’s sure Joy will be a “disappointing, trashy opportunist” and demand half her father’s fortune. But when hopeful Rebecca knocks on her half-sister’s door, Joy—a separated mother who conducts weekend singles tours out of her orange mini-bus—wants nothing to do with Rebecca or the letters her father wrote to her. Determined to forge some kind of relationship with Joy, Rebecca sticks around, finding unexpected support from Joy’s best clients—the Divorced Ladies Club of Wiscasset—and a sexy carpenter named Theo . . . .<br /><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">HANK:</span> Do you remember the moment you had the idea for the book? How and when did that happen?: </div><br /><div><span style="color:#cc0000;">MELISSA</span>: Several years ago, I received an email out of the blue that said: I think you might be my half-sister. I was. Am. It took me a long time to decide to take that little (huge) nugget and write a novel to help me figure out the answer to some burning questions, such as: if you haven’t seen or heard from your biological father, or any member of his family, since you were little (or, in Joy’s case, never at all), is his child from another relationship really your sibling? Or just a stranger? Does the word father or sister or brother mean anything without back up? I had a ton of questions and set out to uncover how I felt through a fictional character, but it’s interesting to me that I flipped everything on its head in the writing of the story. Nothing but the basic questions that are proposed in the novel are autobiographical. Just the questions! And I surprised myself quite a few times during the writing of this story with how I felt about certain things. Amazing how writing fiction can teach you so much about yourself.<br /><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">HANK:.</span> Your main character--is she you?</div><br /><div><span style="color:#cc0000;">MELISSA:</span> Not at all! Although I love to steal from my own life as the nuggets for my novels, I never base my characters on myself or anyone I know. On the burning questions and the theme, perhaps, are very, very real.<br /><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">HANK:</span> So--movie time. Tell us who you envision playing your main character? The love interest? A bad guy?</div><br /><div><span style="color:#cc0000;">MELISSA</span>: The main character, Rebccca, I see Anne Hathaway or Emily Blunt or Rachel McAdams with her sweet expression. For her half-sister, Joy: Kristin Bell or Michelle Williams. The love interest: Aarron Eckhart or Matthew Fox.<br /><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">HANK:</span> And you can be in the movie too--what part would you play? And why? <span style="color:#cc0000;">MELISSA:</span> I would want to play the kind, wise pizza maker, Arlene Radicchio, who becomes a source of safety and comfort for Rebecca. I would love to have someone like nearby in real life. Someone always ready with a cup of tea and a slice of warm pie and an open ear.<br /><br /><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">HANK:</span> Do you read other people books while you're in the writing process? How does that affect you? </div><br /><div><span style="color:#cc0000;">MELISSA:</span> Oooh, yes. I read all the time. Reading while writing novel inspires me. If I’m feeling a little stuck, I’ll just read a little Jennifer Weiner or Elizabeth Berg or Lolly Winston and I’m ready to get to work. They are like fairy Godwriters.<br /><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">HANK:</span> What's the very best line of the very best review you've gotten? So far, of course. </div><br /><div><span style="color:#cc0000;">MELISSA:</span> It was a Booklist review that said: “Melissa Senate’s latest has her trademark quick pacing and sympathetic, loveable characters, proving once again she’s one of Red Dress Ink’s brightest lights.” Red Dress Ink is no more, and I’m now writing for Simon & Schuster, but I thought that was the loveliest review I’ve ever gotten.<br /><br /><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">HANK:</span> What was your favorite book as a child? Do you still love it?:</div><br /><div><span style="color:#cc0000;">MELISSA:</span> Anne of Green Gables and yes! That book taught me that imagination can take you places.<br /><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">HANK:</span> What's your secret indulgence? A certain food? A particular movie? What would you buy on a day of shopping?</div><br /><div><span style="color:#cc0000;">MELISSA</span>: My secret indulgence is really and truly books. I love contemporary women’s fiction and there’s so much great stuff with gorgeous covers. My Amazon cart is always bursting.<br /><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">HANK:</span> What's one thing no one knows about you?</div><br /><div><span style="color:#cc0000;">MELISSA:</span> How introverted I truly am!<br /><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">HANK:</span> Do you remember when you typed "The End?" What happened next?</div><br /><div><span style="color:#cc0000;">MELISSA:</span> Pure happiness. Done. Send. And then the nervous anticipation of reaction sets in. Which is when I busy myself immediately with starting a new novel.</div><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div><span style="color:#cc0000;">I know, now you're saying: MORE MELISSA! Can do.</span></div><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>FIrst, visit her website (<a href="http://www.melissasenate.com/">http://www.melissasenate.com/</a>) -- she’d love if you became her friend Facebook (<a href="http://www.facebook.com/MelissaSenate">http://www.facebook.com/MelissaSenate</a>) and followed her on Twitter (<a href="http://twitter.com/melissasenate">http://twitter.com/melissasenate</a>).</div><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div>(Hey, me, too! <a href="http://www.facebook.com/HankPhillipiRyan">http://www.facebook.com/HankPhillipiRyan</a> and <a href="http://twitter.com/hank_phillippi">http://twitter.com/hank_phillippi</a> )</div></div>Hankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13208345842094656311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7083554708945357560.post-55853304240147527732009-11-10T17:12:00.000-08:002009-11-10T17:35:32.577-08:00Girlfriend Visiting! Jessica Brody<div><a href="http://hankphillippiryan.com/uploaded_images/Jessica-Brody---Author-Photo-734716.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 208px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 313px" alt="" src="http://hankphillippiryan.com/uploaded_images/Jessica-Brody---Author-Photo-734714.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://hankphillippiryan.com/uploaded_images/Jessica-Brody---Author-Photo-705325.jpg"></a><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="color:#cc0000;">With a complicated, sympathetic protagonist, worthy stakes and a clever twist on the standard chick lit narrative, Brody will pull readers in from the first page."<br />– Publisher’s Weekly<br /></span></div><br /><br /><br /><div>Okay, I know all of us who write books will tell you that we're delighted when someone else has a good idea. Oh, we think, how wonderful! But I will tell you here in the provacy of our blogdom that when I hear about Jessica Brody's book The Fidelity Files, I was the teeensiest bit..envious. </div><div></div><br /><div>Here it is: Boyfriend behaving badly? Suspect your husband of straying? Jennifer Hunter can supply the ultimate test. She runs a company which specializes in conducting fidelity inspections for those who suspect their loved ones are capable of infidelity.</div><br /><div></div><div>(What a terrific idea! Rats. I shoulda thought of it. But, hey. We love Jessica.)</div><div></div><br /><div>And now, she's got a new book--and it's out today! And there's more delicious stuff where the Fidelity Files came from.</div><a href="http://hankphillippiryan.com/uploaded_images/Love-Under-Cover---FINAL-775844.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="http://hankphillippiryan.com/uploaded_images/Love-Under-Cover---FINAL-775842.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><div>Welcome, Jessica! And congratulations on your wild success...I hear there's a TV series in development from the executive producer of Crash. And that's fantastic. (But I still shoulda thought of it...)</div><br /><div></div><div><span style="color:#cc0000;">HANK:</span> So. You and I get into an elevator on the first floor. We're both going to 22! Oh, I say, you're the famous author. What's your new book about? You say:</div><div></div><br /><div><span style="color:#cc0000;">JESSICA</span>: LOVE UNDER COVER is the compelling story of a woman who runs a “fidelity inspection” agency, hired by suspicious spouses to test the faithfulness of their loved ones. Although at work she may be an expert on men, in her own relationship, she doesn’t have a clue…Ding!<br /></div><br /><div><span style="color:#cc0000;">HANK:</span> Wait , wait, don;t get out of the elevator yet. What's the very best line of the very best review you've gotten? So far, of course.</div><div></div><br /><div><span style="color:#cc0000;">JESSICA</span>: LOVE UNDER COVER has gotten some wonderful reviews and I’m so grateful. But I think my favorite line was from Booklist who called the book an, “honest, witty portrayal of modern love.” That really melted me. If there are two things I try to be in my writing it’s funny and real. So this was a huge compliment. Thanks Booklist!<br /></div><br /><div><span style="color:#cc0000;">HANK:</span> What's your secret indulgence? A certain food? A particular movie? What would you buy on a day of shopping?</div><div></div><br /><div><span style="color:#cc0000;">JESSICA</span>: I’m a total techno junkie. I love technology and gadgets. Ipods, digital cameras, computers, Tivos, Sling Boxes…those are my weaknesses. My toys. I would die without my blackberry and my Kindle. Unlike most women, I hate shopping for clothes and shoes. To me it feels like a huge waste of time. In a perfect world, I would just wear my sweat pants and Ugg knock-offs all day, every day (okay, maybe I already do that), but set me loose in a Fry’s Electronics or a Best Buy and you probably won’t see me for a week. </div><div></div><div><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">HANK:</span> I like stationery stores. All that nice paper. And things to hold the paper together, and things to put the paper in. Very organized. Whew. Anwyay. What was your favorite book as a child? Do you still love it?</div><div></div><br /><div><span style="color:#cc0000;">JESSICA:</span> I first learned how to read with the book GO DOG GO. Although it was probably more “memorizing” than actual “reading” since I forced my parents to read it to me obsessively! Now I buy it as a baby shower gift for all my pregnant friends. The dogs must live on! </div><div></div><br /><div><span style="color:#cc0000;">HANK:</span> Oh, I loved that, too. And Hop on Pop. Now that you're a grown up (pretty much) Do you read other people’s books while you're in the writing process? How does that affect you?</div><div></div><br /><div><span style="color:#cc0000;">JESSICA</span>: I do read other people’s books while I’m reading. I find that it inspires me. Although it does tend to influence the mood of whatever scene I’m working on at the moment. For example, I read MY SISTER’S KEEPER a few months ago when I was working on one of my YA novels and when I did the revisions I noticed a more somber mood somewhere towards the middle. “Ah, yes,” I thought. “That was around the time I sunk my teeth into Jodi Picoult.”<br /><br />Want more? Here's Jessica's website...</div><br /><div><a href="http://www.jessicabrody.com/books.html">http://www.jessicabrody.com/books.html</a> You can view her trailer and read excerpts and find out lots of cool stuff.</div><div></div><br /><div>And oh, don't forget: Jessica is the maven of FREE BOOK FRIDAY! And if you're not already a huge fan..whoa. You are missing a good thing.<br /><a href="http://www.freebookfriday.com/">http://www.freebookfriday.com/</a></div><div><br />Thanks for visiting, Jessica! Many many good wishes..and we hope you sell piles of books. </div></div></div>Hankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13208345842094656311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7083554708945357560.post-40534447264741296772009-09-28T14:29:00.000-07:002009-09-28T14:32:13.490-07:00READ AIR TIME--right now!<a href="http://hankphillippiryan.com/uploaded_images/airtime_press-768312.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 253px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="http://hankphillippiryan.com/uploaded_images/airtime_press-768039.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Look what the fabulous people at MIRA have done...a free sneak peek at AIR TIME!<br /><p> </p><p>Just click on the link below!</p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.eharlequin.com/storeitem.html?iid=20087">http://www.eharlequin.com/storeitem.html?iid=20087</a>Hankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13208345842094656311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7083554708945357560.post-3550808429711189712009-09-27T13:21:00.000-07:002009-09-27T13:34:31.626-07:00<div><a href="http://hankphillippiryan.com/uploaded_images/accordingtojane[1][2]-792564.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 308px" alt="" src="http://hankphillippiryan.com/uploaded_images/accordingtojane[1][2]-792560.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">Praise for ACCORDING TO JANE:</span><br />"A warm, witty and charmingly original story." </div><br /><br /><div>--Susan Wiggs, #1 New York Times bestselling author<br /><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">Please welcome debut author Marilyn Brant</span>! She's terrific, she's smart, she's a great pal..and her book is a wonderful idea which I wish I'd thought of. </div><div></div><br /><div>Sigh.</div><br /><a href="http://hankphillippiryan.com/uploaded_images/MarilynBrant[1][1]-728014.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 260px" alt="" src="http://hankphillippiryan.com/uploaded_images/MarilynBrant[1][1]-728010.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div><span style="color:#ff6600;">It begins one day in sophomore English class</span>, just as Ellie Barnett's teacher is assigning Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. From nowhere comes a quiet "tsk" of displeasure. The target: Sam Blaine, the cute bad boy who's teasing Ellie mercilessly, just as he has since kindergarten. Entirely unbidden, as Jane might say, Jane Austen's ghost has taken up residence in Ellie's mind, and seems determined to stay there. </div><div></div><br /><div>(Ah, got to love it.)</div><div><br />Jane's wise and witty advice guides Ellie through the hell of adolescence and beyond, serving as the voice she trusts, usually far more than her own. Years and boyfriends come and go--sometimes a little too quickly, sometimes not nearly fast enough. But Jane's counsel is constant, and on the subject of Sam, quite insistent. Stay away, Jane demands. He is your Mr. Wickham. </div><div><br />Still, everyone has something to learn about love--perhaps even Jane herself. And lately, the voice in Ellie's head is being drowned out by another, urging her to look beyond everything she thought she knew and seek out her very own, very unexpected, happy ending. . . </div><div></div><br /><div>Marilyn and I had a quick chat:</div><div></div><br /><div><span style="color:#ff6600;">HANK:.</span> You and I get into an elevator on the first floor. We're both going to 22! Oh, I say, you're the famous author. What's your new book about? </div><div></div><div>You say:</div><div></div><div><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span> </div><div><span style="color:#ff6600;">MARILYN</span>: I’d say, “Oh, Hank, I think you’re WAY more famous than I am! </div><div></div><br /><div><span style="color:#ff6600;">HANK</span>: Oh, puh-leeze...</div><div></div><br /><div><span style="color:#ff6600;">MARILYN:</span> But, since you’re asking, According to Jane is the story of a modern woman named Ellie who gets dating advice from the spirit of Jane Austen. And there are a lot of ‘80s references in it, too.”</div><div><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">HANK:.</span> Do you remember the moment you had the idea for the book? How and when did that happen?</div><div></div><br /><div><span style="color:#ff6600;">MARILYN:</span> Yes, I do. I was sitting in an RWA National Conference workshop (Dallas 2004) presented by Eloisa James. She was discussing the borrowing of classic plots from famous authors, as she’d done with Shakespeare. She asked us to think about which classical lit books we’d read and the authors whose characters and storylines we’d gravitate toward. I immediately thought of Austen!<br /></div><br /><div><span style="color:#ff6600;">HANK:.</span> Your main character--is she you?</div><div></div><br /><div><span style="color:#ff6600;">MARILYN:</span> Ellie is…kind of me. She and I share a certain introspection and we each had a tendency toward perfectionism in school, plus, we were both children of ‘80s pop culture. However, I have only one sibling—an incredibly supportive and wonderful brother—so a lot of Ellie’s family issues were not drawn from real-life at all. As for dating, while I’ll admit to having made a lamentable boyfriend choice or two, I met my husband right out of college and was happily married pretty young. So, Ellie’s painful relationship problems were (thankfully) extrapolated from things I observed or they were exaggerated from some real events and grafted to modernized versions of scenes I found fascinating in Austen’s novels.<br /></div><div><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span> </div><div><span style="color:#ff6600;">HANK:</span> So--movie time. Tell us who you envision playing your main character? The love interest? A bad guy?And you can be in the movie too--what part would you play? And why?</div><div></div><br /><div><span style="color:#ff6600;">MARILYN:</span> I don’t know who, specifically, to cast as either Ellie or Sam! Really. Someone like a young John Cusack for Sam--that tall, dark-haired, smart and snarky type. Ellie would be a bit Emma Watson-ish. Both would need to be played by 20-somethings, though, since they could then be made up to look younger (late teens) and older (early thirties).<br /></div><br /><div><span style="color:#ff6600;">HANK:.</span> Do you read other people books while you're in the writing process? How does that affect you?</div><div></div><br /><div><span style="color:#ff6600;">MARILYN</span>: I love to read and need to, but when I’m deep into the writing of a story it’s hard for me both to have the time to delve into a novel and, also, to relax enough to enjoy it. So, I tend to read more during the revision stage, which, since I usually need to do a fair bit of revising, is rather long. During the drafting period, I’ll read nonfiction, which is usually a bit easier to read in snippets.<br /></div><br /><div><span style="color:#ff6600;">HANK: .</span> What's the very best line of the very best review you've gotten? So far, of course.</div><br /><div><span style="color:#ff6600;">MARILYN</span>: I’ve gotten some very nice “official” reviews, but my favorite line was from an informal review by a reader. She’d won an advanced copy of the book in a contest, read the novel in one day and spontaneously emailed me, saying, “…once in a blue moon, a book grips me and makes me fall in love with fiction again. Thank you. A very grateful reader.” Who wouldn’t love that?</div><br /><div><span style="color:#ff6600;">HANK:.</span> What was your favorite book as a child? Do you still love it?</div><br /><div></div><div><span style="color:#ff6600;">MARILYN:</span> As a very young child, it was Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss. As a middle grade child, it was The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare, and, yes, I still love them both.<br /></div><div><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span> </div><div><span style="color:#ff6600;">HANK:.</span> What's your secret indulgence? A certain food? A particular movie? What would you buy on a day of shopping?</div><div></div><br /><div><span style="color:#ff6600;">MARILYN:</span> Gourmet European chocolate: dark or milk, with all kinds of different fillings. I’ve tried to break myself of the habit but, really, that’s just not possible. The choc0late goes well with old movies, too, like “The Philadelphia Story” and “Roman Holiday,” which I can watch over and over again… Mmm. Cary Grant, Gregory Peck and chocolate!<br /></div><br /><div><span style="color:#ff6600;">HANK:.</span> What's one thing no one knows about you?</div><div><span style="color:#ff6600;">MARILYN:</span> That I am always watching them--LOL J. That I can’t turn off the writer thing and am, at all times, collecting the quirky habits and mannerisms of the people around me. Now they know this, of course, and will be more careful...</div><div><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">HANK</span>: Do you remember when you typed "The End?" What happened next?</div><br /><div><span style="color:#ff6600;">MARILYN:</span> I remember typing my very first “The End.” What I didn’t realize then was how many revisions it would take before a book was actually finished, or how many of those revised manuscripts I’d have to write before I had a publishable one on my hands.</div><br /><div></div><div><span style="color:#ff6600;">HANK</span>: Ah...how true! See you in the bookstores...!</div>Oh! Lots more to read about at Marilyn's website: <a href="http://www.marilynbrant.com/">http://www.marilynbrant.com</a><br /><div></div></div>Hankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13208345842094656311noreply@blogger.com3