events

James-fucking-Ellroy and me, after our "Live Wire!" radio interview.

Me, at the ACLU Uncensored Celebration at Holocene, Oct 1, 2009, reading from the much-banned young adult novel I AM THE CHEESE by Robert Cormier.  My dad bought it for me when I was 13 because some assholes in the town he lived in decided to pull it from the schools and burn it.  Pick one up for a kid you know.   Photo by Courtenay Hameister.

Splendific event at Powell’s, here in Portland.  I wore a sequined top I bought at Forever 21, or, as my aunt calls it, “Almost Fourteen.”  Yeah, it’s actually a dress, but since I am not actually 21, I chose to wear it with jeans.  Jake Kelly played the murder ballad he wrote about Gretchen Lowell, and Voodoo donuts were enjoyed by all.  This was a really, really great evening.  Thanks, everyone who showed up, especially those of you who waited in that line to get a book signed.

Mingling with awesome fans after Willamette Writers keynote speech!

LiveWire! cast member Sean McGrath pretends he is my husband at a LiveWire! hosted ArtSpark event at Radio Room in Portland.  (The fairy is my daughter.)

UK author Tom Cain – my adopted brother – and I take a break from signing books at a store in Cambridge.  Tom is the author of The Accident Man and No Survivors, which are both heart-pounding super duper thrillers.   And I’m not just saying that being we’re related.

This is me at a HomeWord Bound Fundraiser with organizer Tracy Stepp, and authors Marc Acito and David Oliver Relin.

This is me at the Harrogate Crime Writing Festival in England with Val McDermid and Stuart MacBride.  Val is the author of the Tony Hill/Carol Jordan books (among others) and one of my thriller-writing heroes.  She is a huge influence.  I cannot overstate how much I love her books.  Stuart (a self-described “international crime write-ist”) is the author of Flesh House, among others thrillers.  He beat me out for the best breakthrough novel at the thriller awards in London, but I still love him.