Macavity at Bouchercon! On to the Boston Book Festival!

I'm delighted to let you know that "The Night Things Changed," my Agatha Award-winning short story (in Wolfsbane and Mistletoe, edited by Charlaine Harris and Toni L. P. Kelner) won the Macavity Award at Bouchercon in Indianapolis! The Macavity, nominated and voted on by the members of Mystery Readers International, is named for T. S. Eliot's "mystery cat."

To say that I am honored and surprised is an understatement. I was nominated with Toni Kelner, Laura Lippman, Sean Chercover, and Tom Piccirilli, writers I admire tremendously.

I'll be sure to post a picture of the award itself when it arrives (Janet Rudolph and MRI are going green, and rather than shipping the awards several times, she brought an example with her. I think this is a smashing idea!). In the mean time, you can check out the pictures at my Facebook page, to see some of the fun we had.

Later, I'll be posting to the Femmes Fatales about what we all got up to--man, we were BUSY!

It doesn't stop there. October 24 and 25, I'll be participating in the launch of Boston Noir at the Boston Book Festival. Boston Noir, of course, is an entry in the Akashic noir series, and is edited by Dennis Lehane. My short story, "Femme Sole," is my first crack at noir, and I loved every minute of it. There'll be tons of events to support the book, so be sure to check out my appearances calendar.

What an autumn!