On the Road…to Bouchercon!

This morning, I’m flying to Los Angeles to pick up my mother, and tomorrow she and I fly to Toronto, Canada for Bouchercon (the World Mystery Convention). On Friday at 2pm, I’m speaking on a panel about mysteries set in foreign times and places. After that, I’m looking forward to spending a lovely long weekend with my brothers and sisters in crime-fiction – writers and readers! This will be my mother’s first Bouchercon – and I’m excited to share it with her. She loves a good party, and the world mystery convention is tremendous fun. My regular Japan posts are on hiatus

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Newsflash: January 13, 2013

Although I don’t generally blog on weekends, with so many big things happening this year I thought I’d start a weekly news post with updates and information. Shinobi News 1. Last week I finished copy edits on Claws of the Cat – the final step before St. Martin’s / Minotaur produces galleys (aka ARCs or Advance Reading Copies) of the book. I’m thrilled with the final product and can’t wait for it to become available for review! 2. Claws of the Cat is currently featured on the Macmillan Library website as part of the Spring 2013 Debut Chapter E-Sampler from

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