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Take heed, warriors! That multi-limbed monster tromping over the hill is Pete “The Hydra” Hautman! Fall back! Fall back! He’s got too many methods of attack! Hiy-aa!!: he’s a National Book Award winner (Godless)! Karateeee chop!!!: he’s a sensitive sketcher of tender teen emotions (The Big Crunch)! Throwing-star zzzzzzing!!!!: he’s an epic sci-fi innovator (The [...]

More Michael Connelly news: according to this article at Hollywood Reporter’s website, Michael Connelly and writer-producer Eric Overmyer (St. Elsewhere, Law & Order, The Wire, Treme, and others) are teaming up on a television series based on Connelly’s Harry Bosch novels. This is excellent news. Bosch is one of the mystery genre’s most interesting and [...]

In the trailer for Laurie Frankel’s Goodbye for Now Sherlock Holmes says “Awesome!,” The Scream screams the first book endorsement in history made by a painting, and… someone get Virginia Woolf away from that glass of water! Finally, we all “totally get” his theory of relativity, but can you believe Einstein’s claim that reading Frankel’s [...]

The 2012 RITA awards were announced this weekend at the RWA annual conference in Anaheim. Here are the winners with links to Booklist reviews where available. Paranormal Romance Dragon Bound, by Thea Harrison Romance Novella I Love the Earl, by Caroline Linden Novel with Strong Romantic Elements How to Bake a Perfect Life, by Barbara O’Neal Best First Book First Grave [...]