end of summer

[Jon Jordan]

I used to hate the fall. Going back to school meant waking up early and haveing responsibilty. Study, pay attention, be on time.
As an adult I need to be on time, pay attention and other various things that goig along with being a grown up. Howeve I now love the fall. The weather is perfect, cool and hopefully rainy. Less kids running around the streets because they are in school.



Fall also means gearing up for Bouchercon. While I will be sitting this one out, my wife and Sister and Mom will all be making that long lfight north and west to Anchorage. I'm helping Ruth get ready. We put together the Crimespree plaques to be givenout at the Crimespree parry on Thursday night. Our third annual awards. Sean Doolittle is getting favorite book of the year, Charaline Harris is getting the Jack Reacher Award. Lee Child getting a third award from us, this time for best continuing series, our New York Editor Anthony Rainone will be getting contributer of the year and Ken Bruen will be getting one for the Ken Bruen Book of the Year (American Skin)



Anchorage should be a lot of fun.





Coming up here in the Milwaukee area we have our third annual Murder And Mayehm in Muskego.
Robert Crais, Laura Lippman, Greg Rucka, Gregg Hurwitz, Blake Crouch, Sean Chercover, Chris Mooney, Sean Doolittle, Brian Azzarello, Maggie Griffin, Libby Hellman, Jack Fredrickson, Tom Schreck, William Kent Krueger, Ja Konrath, Marcus Sakey, Carl Brookins, Ellen Hart, Mary Logue, DC Brod and the one and only Barb D'Amto.



Nov 10th, a saturday
Registration can be found at:
http://www.murderandmayheminmuskego.com/

[Sandra Ruttan]

Congratulations to the winners of the Crimespree Awards! Your third annual awards - wow. You guys rock.