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"It's easy to get caught up in the adventures of grad student Dulcie Schwartz." – Oline Cogdill,
Sun-Sentinel
Big sigh of relief - and big thanks out to Sun-Sentinel critic Oline Cogdill!
Simon makes her elements of the supernatural work in `Shades of Grey'
By OLINE H. COGDILL
Sun-Sentinel
-"Shades of Grey," by Clea Simon; Severn House (216 pages, $28.95)
It's easy to get caught up in the adventures of grad student Dulcie Schw…
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"This series launch ... is for readers who like their feline cozies mixed with a touch of the paranormal." – Library Journal on
Shades of Grey
Full review (including what I hope is a typo: Theo?)
REVIEW
Author: CLEA SIMON
Title: SHADES OF GREY
Publication: LIBRARY JOURNAL
Issue: 1ST AUGUST…
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"Well paced and tightly plotted,
Shades of Grey debuts a promising series from the author of the Theda Krakow mysteries." Thank you, Booklist!
Author: CLEA SIMON
Title: SHADES OF GREY
Publication: BOOKLIST
Issue: 1ST AUGUST 2009
Shades of Grey, Clea Simon. Severn, $28.95 (240p), Sept 2009, ISBN 978-0-7278-6781-0
Twentysomething Dulcie Schwartz is a doctoral student at Harvard, struggling to find a thesis topic, mourning her recently deceased cat Mr. Grey…
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Probable Claws is officially out today!
Without, it seems, my acknowledgments...
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Added by Clea Simon on April 11, 2009 at 6:25am —
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Somehow, these don't seem to have made it into the book. Damn! Anyway, here's what I wrote:
Not sure what happened,but here they are:
Acknowledgments
Writing is solitary work and the support of friends and family make it easier. For all the cups of coffee and tea, the queries and cheers, I’d like to thank the following: Caroline Leavitt, Vicki Constantine Croke, Brett Milano, Ann Porter, Sophie Garelick, Frank Garelick, Lisa Jones, and Iris Simon. My readers – Jon, Vicki, Brett, Lisa Susser, N…
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And I, in turn, take on the Anthony Minghella production in my…
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Added by Clea Simon on March 21, 2009 at 3:51am —
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I'm sitting here in my Cambridge office, hoping the temperature really does hit 50 degrees today, but in my heart I'm in California. In print, too: The San Francisco Chronicle ran
my review of "Revenge of the Spellmans" today. Fun book - and if any of you liked the first of the series, and the second less so, take heart. Lisa Lutz has discovered new sources for madcap mayhem in this third outing.
I've also…
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I mean "pissed off," that is, "annoyed." Imagine my surprise to read that my British copy editor assumed that my character was "tipsy."
Two people, separated by a common language! (Still working through
Shades of Grey copy edits.)
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Added by Clea Simon on February 28, 2009 at 2:23am —
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Jon and I are taking turns wandering from room to room and falling asleep on various pieces of furniture. Musetta seems to approve. Wish I felt like a human, but just found out that
"Shades of Grey" is now available for pre-ordering on Amazon, which makes it seem much more real. Why pre-order, though? Why not just available for ordering? (I'm not questioning the…
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Added by Clea Simon on February 9, 2009 at 8:27am —
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Publishers Weekly, Feb. 2, 2009
Probable Claws Clea Simon. Poisoned Pen, $24.95 (264p) ISBN 978-1-59058-564-1
Music journalist Theda Krakow once again proves a feisty and determined sleuth in Simon's lively fourth cat-themed mystery (after 2007's Cries and Whiskers). Theda alternates between the cat world, dominated by her pet, Musetta, and the Boston area music scene, about which she writes for local magazines and newspapers. When her retired policeman boyfriend, Bill, buys into a successful c…
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Added by Clea Simon on February 4, 2009 at 3:29am —
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Yesterday at around 3 p.m. I finished the revisions on
"Shades of Grey" and sent the manuscript back to my editor at
Severn House in London. Within minutes, I'd gotten a very nice response (which makes me wonder about the hours she keeps). I guess I must have been more keyed up than I thought, because I teared up as I read the last page and then suddenly felt exhausted. The cat was enjoying her mi…
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Added by Clea Simon on January 31, 2009 at 4:13am —
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I love living in Cambridge. I was walking into Inman Square. Had my head down to look f…
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Added by Clea Simon on January 22, 2009 at 8:22am —
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Dulcie Schwartz was born for academia. A grad student at Harvard, she lives for research. Her discipline – the Gothic English novel of the late 18th Century – may seem minor to some. But for Dulcie, it's reason to dive into the library, into the ordered, reasoned world of books. At least, until her roommate is murdered, her mother starts calling with some strange psychic dreams. And the ghost of her late, great cat Mr. Grey appears to help her through it all ... or over the edge.
Dulcie is the…
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Added by Clea Simon on January 15, 2009 at 2:12am —
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No, this is not my big announcement, but I have to write this.
One of the…
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Added by Clea Simon on January 14, 2009 at 2:14am —
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Am waiting for something to arrive in the mail, but as soon as it does, I will have a big announcement!
In the meantime, Chris Verstraete hosted me in her series of writing tips over at her
Candid Canine blog. Drop on by to see what I and her other guests have suggested!
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Long-time friends Jill L…
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