K. J. A. Wishnia, Soft Money

Nothing makes me happier than finding a series I like and plowing through all of the books. In order. Happily, this series seems to fit the bill. Because of my financial situation - poor - I try and read books from the library as much as possible. My library often tortures me, however, by not having all the books in a series. Luckily, I had some birthday money and bought several books missing from the library; 23 Shades of Black was one…

Next week I'm off to France, to the "Quais du Polar" festival at Lyon. This is to give my new French book LES ALLONGÉS (Série Noire) a push. Some of you knew this and have already had a word about it, but let me just ask the rest of you now: is there anyone else who wants me to say hi to Daniel Woodrell for them? Jeez, anyone would think it's Woodrell Fest 2007.

Just kidding. He's right at the top of our genre and it'll be great to be in his presence. Maybe I can find out what…

I could never pick just one book as "the best," so here's an opportunity for a list. Even

this list might change from one day to another. If these…

INT. DARKENED ROOM…

Ok, so it's not a mystery, and not even a crime (that I know of), but it's taking too darn long to get my blog posted on our website because of a project, so until then, here it is! And for other cool stories, go to http://blog.traveloregon.com . It's my job, I have to get you there, or at least to www.traveloregon.com .…

A good question.

My first foray into the world wide web,and I had the amazing good luck to land at 4MA (4 mystery addicts, at Yahoo!)

A minor mishap with my( and others) names, resulted in the list owner, Maddy V.H.(who is great) bestowing my nickname upon me. Given my preference for red wine, it seemed like a good match.(and it sounds a lot more dashing than 'Grants')

Merlot has all of my good points and none of my flaws.She can say things that I might not, and get away…

I love this show. Like obsessively. I have the DVDs and I try to watch it whenever it's on television which is no easy feat because it's almost always on television. Next to my husband, I think Vincent D'Onofrio is one of the hottest dudes out there.

When I read last week that the show may be canceled, I freaked! I hope it doesn't come to pass but I won't be shocked if it does. It seems like so few people actually get the intelligence that is this show. I dig the quirkiness of Goren…

Well, today is my last trip to Indiana University for the biography. I'm nearly done with the writing, and I'm editing like a mad man. Only 2 weeks left until it's due.

I'm feeling a bit sad to be saying good-bye to Anthony Boucher. He's been an interesting part of my life for the past 4 years, and I'm feeling a bit lonely now that I won't be spending time with him.

Normally when I finish writing a book, there's a time afterwards when I feel a bit blue and slightly lost. I call…

Title: DREAMQUAKE

Publisher: Harper…

No, really. I'm seriously asking. Who would know that?

Hiya, Crime-Kids. Despite fear of social networking fatigue I can't resist joining this community. My primary blog is http://kokyu.livejournal.com. All my really sincere stalkers will find me there.

Last year, one of my many highlights was meeting Stephen King when he was in the UK.

I wrote about it at THE RAP SHEET :-

The King and I [Meeting Stephen King]…

Mystery Ink announced the nominees for the 2007 Gumshoe Awards today and it's a great group of books.

The Gumshoe Awards are given by Mystery Ink each year to recognize the best achievements in the world of crime fiction. The nominated

books were chosen from those published for the first time in the United

States in 2006. The winners will be announced on May 1,…

Thanks to all of you who have requested me to add you as friends.

If I don't know who you are, does it matter? Or maybe I know you from 4MA?

I am SUCH a Luddite.

Bare with me please.

Merlot- loving this site, but very confused

P.s.

If you don't know me, or in the rare event that I have forgotten who you are (CRS!), please say hello!