I have been elected to serve as the president of the Mystery Writers of America, New York Chapter. I’ve been a member of the MWA for several years now and, while there are many benefits to joining, I enjoy the camaraderie with other crime writers most of all. When I first walked into a meeting, I felt very much outclassed. But then I saw Reed Farrel Coleman there, and then
I am proud and frankly pretty goddamn giddy to announce that Roachkiller and Other Stories won the 2013 Spinetingler Award in the category of Best Anthology/Short Story Collection. The book was up against some very tough competition, including Beat to a Pulp 2: Round 2, edited by David Cranmer and Matthew P. Mayo; Crime Factory: Hard Labour, edited by Andrew Nette, Cameron Ashley, and Liam Jose; Lonely No More by Seymour Shubin; Red Heads Die Quickly by Gil