This past weekend, I was lucky enough to make my first-ever trip to Scotland for Bloody Scotland 2017, a fantastic annual crime festival held in Stirling! Bloody Scotland brings together authors from Scotland, across the UK, and around the world for a weekend of crime fiction panels, events, torchlight processions (seriously!), and much, much more. In this post, you’ll find a day-by-day recap of my time in Scotland, including my top book recommendations from the weekend, recaps of author interviews and panels, and lots of photos!
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ThrillerFest 2017 Journal
Last weekend, I attended ThrillerFest 2017, an annual crime fiction conference held in New York! I had such a fantastic weekend meeting crime writers, listening to panels, and picking up all kinds of book recommendations. I’m thrilled to share a recap of ThrillerFest with you! But first and foremost, I’d like to thank Meryl Moss Media and the International Thriller Writers for welcoming me to ThrillerFest—I couldn’t have asked for a better weekend.
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Facebook Live Interview + Book Signing with Jo Nesbo
Tomorrow, May 9th, marks the US release of my favorite author Jo Nesbo’s newest Harry Hole novel, THE THIRST! In honor of this new series installment, I’m so excited to share this blog post recapping my incredible day spent meeting Jo and interviewing him on Facebook Live. I also attended his book discussion and signing at Barnes & Noble Union Square - an event which you’ll find recapped below as well! It was an absolute dream come true to meet Jo and have the chance to interview him, and I’m so thankful to his US publisher for making this possible.
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The 2017 Edgar Awards: Event Recap
On Thursday, April 27th, I had the chance to attend the 2017 Edgar Awards! For those of you unfamiliar with the Edgar’s: they are awards given out by the Mystery Writers of America at an annual banquet held in New York. (Think the Oscar’s of the crime book world!) In this post, I’ll be recapping some of my personal highlights from the night, plus providing a list of the major award categories and their winners.
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Crime Festival Journal: Krimimessen Horsens 2017
I was beyond excited to make my first trip to Denmark for Krimimessen 2017! This crime book festival is held in the Horsens State Prison, and brings together authors from around the world with a huge crowd of crime fiction readers. Here you'll find a day-by-day recap of my time in Denmark, including both my time at the gorgeous Kurhotel Skodsborg for an event with Sara Blaedel, and my time at the crime festival in Horsens!
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