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How About: Cruel Summer + Say Her Name by James Dawson

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James Dawson has had a very strong year.
In early summer Hot Key Books released his horror novel, Say Her Name, and the paperback edition of the 2013 murder mystery Cruel Summer was released by Indigo in August.

That was not all….

In September Hot Key Books released his well-received non-fiction title This Book Is Gay.

Not only that, but earlier in the year he was crowned Queen of Teen.

He acknowledges the support of his readers and fans, as well as picking his five favourite books of the year, in this YouTube video (in which he is accompanied by his ‘little friend Prince’):

Next year seems set to be just as strong, with (according to the video) two new books in the pipeline – a new novel from Hot Key scheduled for March and presumably one also from Orion/Indigo.

***UPDATE*** Just been advised by Hot Key Books that BOTH new titles are with them

His author website only gives details of books already published. It’s not yet responsive, but IS WordPress designed, so Dawson will find it easy to change to a new WP theme that will reshape the design for different screen sizes.

Quickfire interview: Robin Stevens

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from The Guardian’s quickfire interview series:

What was your favourite book when you were younger?
Anything by Diana Wynne Jones. One Easter holiday I read The Dalemark Quartet five times in a row and became convinced that Mitt was a real person.

Did you read a lot as a child and do you still read children’s books now?
I read everything within grabbing distance, almost at random. While other children were outside learning how to socialise I was taking up residence in my school library. These days I still read a huge amount of children’s fiction. I’m enormously lucky to actually have a job in children’s publishing, which means I get to work with children’s books all day.

via Quickfire interview: Robin Stevens | Children’s books | theguardian.com.

Lemony Snicket’s Next Book Will Be Collection Of 13 Noir Mini-Mysteries

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Publishers Weekly reports that the next Lemony Snicket title will be File Under 13: Suspicious Incidents, a collection of 13 noir mini-mysteries.
Snicket/Handler is currently on tour in the US promoting When Did You See Her Last?, just published by Egmont.

It’s hard to keep a stealthy sleuth down – witness Lemony Snicket’s forthcoming return to Stain’d-By-The-Sea, the shadowy setting of his All the Wrong Questions series of “autobiographical” mysteries. Next April Fools’ Day, Little, Brown will release File Under 13: Suspicious Incidents, a collection of 13 noir mini-mysteries illustrated by Seth, who also provides the art for All the Wrong Questions. But the author will keep himself busy in the meantime – maybe. He kicked off an 11-city promotional tour for All the Wrong Questions 2: “When Did You See Her Last?” on the book’s October 15 pub date, but in true Snicket fashion he may well shirk his responsibilities and leave some of the touring to his trusty representative, Daniel Handler. Only time will tell.

via Lemony Snicket Sneaks Back with ‘File Under 13’.

Detective series to RHCP

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Random House Children’s Publishers (RHCP) has signed a deal for three books about a children’s detective agency from debut author Robin Stevens, who works for Orion Children’s Books.
Natalie Doherty, editor at RHCP, acquired UK and Commonwealth rights from Gemma Cooper at The Bent Agency.
The books are aimed at 10-13 year-olds, with the first title, Murder Most Unladylike, set in 1934 and following the young duo of Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong who set up their own secret detective agency.

The first book is set for publication in March 2014.

via Detective series to RHCP | The Bookseller.

Edgar Award Winners & Nominess

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BEST NOVEL
Live by Night by Dennis Lehane (HarperCollins Publishers – William Morrow)
BEST FIRST NOVEL BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR
The Expats by Chris Pavone (Crown Publishers)
BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL
The Last Policeman: A Novel by Ben H. Winters (Quirk Books)
BEST FACT CRIME
Midnight in Peking: How the Murder of a Young Englishwoman Haunted
the Last Days of Old China by Paul French (Penguin Group USA – Penguin Books)
BEST CRITICAL/BIOGRAPHICAL
The Scientific Sherlock Holmes: Cracking the Case with Science and Forensics
by James O’Brien (Oxford University Press)
BEST SHORT STORY
“The Unremarkable Heart” – Mystery Writers of America Presents: Vengeance
by Karin Slaughter (Hachette Book Group – Little, Brown and Company – Mulholland Books)
1BEST JUVENILE
The Quick Fix by Jack D. Ferraiolo (Abrams – Amulet Books)
BEST YOUNG ADULT
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein (Disney Publishing Worldwide – Hyperion)
BEST TELEVISION EPISODE TELEPLAY
“A Scandal in Belgravia” – Sherlock, Teleplay by Steven Moffat (BBC/Masterpiece)
ROBERT L. FISH MEMORIAL AWARD
“When They Are Done With Us” – Staten Island Noir
by Patricia Smith (Akashic Books)
GRAND MASTER
Ken Follett
Margaret Maron
RAVEN AWARDS
Oline Cogdill
Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore, San Diego & Redondo Beach, CA
ELLERY QUEEN AWARD
Akashic Books
THE SIMON & SCHUSTER – MARY HIGGINS CLARK AWARD
(Presented at MWA’s Agents & Editors Party on Wednesday, May 1, 2013)
The Other Woman by Hank Phillippi Ryan (Forge Books)

Full lists of the nominees are on ther weblink:

http://www.theedgars.com/nominees.html