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Friday, October 26. 2007

Yes indeedy, it did. And I've got the gold stickers and a wonderful plaque to prove it wasn't a dream.

Awards in ten categories were announced and presented last Wednesday evening, October 17. You can find all the winners listed here.

It was an amazing evening, and I'm just glad that I had the presence of mind to thank my family, the folks of Leadville, and my publisher Poisoned Pen Press.

October 10, 2007

I've just returned from a great Bouchercon in Anchorage, Alaska, and a trip to Nome courtesy of the Alaska Sisters in Crime's "Authors in the Schools" program. Nome is an amazing, awesome place—a landscape that goes on and on and people who are kind and generous. You can check out the Nome webcam here and learn a bit about the city and the area here.

And more news! Iron Ties is a finalist for the Colorado Book Award, popular fiction category, along with The Nymphos of Rocky Flats by Mario Acevedo and Forbidden Cargo by Rebecca K. Rowe. The winners of the various categories will be announced on October 17.

August 16

Well, here I sit, bright red cast on the right ankle, recovering from a mis-step off a curb in Leadville about three weeks ago while jaunting about Colorado. I take my hat off to all the friendly folks of Leadville (and in the emergency room of St. Vincent's hospital) for all their help and expertise in getting me splinted up and back off the mountain and eventually home. It's not a bad fracture, as such things go, but will take a while to heal, and means I will be sticking close to home base for a while.
Now, a bit of good news for those in the UK: Poisoned Pen Press (my publisher) has a UK "arm" run by the amazing Jen Muller, and the UK website is now up. It's still under construction, but the basics are here with more to come:
http://www.poisonedpenpressuk.com.
Silver Lies is available now in the UK, and a UK edition of Iron Ties will be out in the fall.

July 12, 2006

I just found out that Iron Ties is one of four Poisoned Pen Press books that are semifinalists for the Quills Literary Awards. The Quills Awards were created to bring glamour to the book publishing world, and, more importantly, to involve readers in the awards process.

The four Poisoned Pen Press semifinalists are:
• Iron Ties by Ann Parker
• Impulse by Frederick Ramsay
• Sorrow Without End by Priscilla Royal
• Drive by James Sallis

Semifinalists were chosen from a list of 2,500 titles that were either Publishers Weekly best sellers or received starred reviews or were bestseller and "pick" lists from Borders, Barnes & Noble and ABA's Book Sense.

Over the next six weeks, the Nominating Board of booksellers and librarians will vote on titles within the defined set of book categories. Five books per category will be selected for final voting by the consumer at www.quillsvote.com.

May 2006

More good news! IRON TIES received a *starred* review from Publishers Weekly (April 24).

I recently received boxes of books to sign from my publisher, and got to hold the real McCoy in my hands. Pretty darn exciting; Work is continuing apace on updating the website for June. I'm booking events for the summer months, so keep an eye on the "Appearances" page for my travels around California, Colorado, and beyond.

March 2006

Good news! Poisoned Pen Press (my publisher), is opening up an outpost in the United Kingdom. Beginning in March (that's this month), PPP books will be generally available in bookstores and libraries in the U.K. In addition to SILVER LIES, the first books released by PPP-UK are Vicki Delaney's SCARE THE LIGHT AWAY, Jane Finnis' GET OUT OR DIE
(trade paperback) and A BITTER CHILL (hardback), Margaret Dumas' SPEAK NOW, Kathleen Hills' PAST IMPERFECT, and Claire M Johnson's BEAT UNTIL STIFF. Most of us were at Left Coast Crime in Bristol in March for the official launch of Poisoned Pen Press U.K.

 

April 23, 2005

Look for an author essay by Ann in the current Art in Mysteries issue of Mystery Readers Journal http://www.mysteryreaders.org/Issues/Art1.html . Titled "Saturday Night Art and Other Ruminations at the Bar," the essay delves into the mysterious origins of the Paradise Lost mural on the back wall of the Silver Queen Saloon and hints at other art treasures to be found in the under-construction-but-nearly-completed sequel to Silver Lies.

August 18, 2004

Women Writing the West has announced the winners and finalists for the Willa Literary Awards, which are awarded annually for outstanding literature featuring women's stories set in the West. Silver Lies is the winner in the Historical Fiction category. Another Poisoned Pen Press book, Desert Wives by Betty Webb, is a finalist in the Contemporary Fiction category.

July 14, 2004

Silver Lies has just been reviewed by the Murder and Mayhem book club and is featured for a short time.

Silver Lies is also listed as a "Mystery Bestseller" in the July 11 Boulder Daily Camera.

If you are planning to be in Leadville for Boom Days, be sure to take a break from viewing the burro races and the mining events, drop by the Book Mine on August 7, 2 p.m., and say "hi!" Ann will be signing copies of Silver Lies, and she promises to bring bookmarks and chocolate to hand out ...

June 27 , 2004

To access an mp3 file of Ann reading and discussing Silver Lies from her June 27 appearance on "From the Bookshelf" with Billie Harris (on NPR's KUSP radio station), click here.