James Lee Burke and Lee Child take home Strand Lifetime Achievement Awards Quarterly crime-fiction and mystery magazine The Strand has announced its list of nominees for the annual Strand Magazine Critics Awards. Authors Louise Penny, Michael Connelly, and John Searles headline this year’s nominees for best novel, while Dan Smetanka of Counterpoint Press receives the […]
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MWA Announces 2023 Edgar Award Winners
MWA Announces 2023 Edgar Award Winners: The Strand takes home the Ellery Queen Award April 27, 2023, New York, NY – Mystery Writers of America is proud to announce the winners of the 2023 Edgar Allan Poe Awards, honoring the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction, and television published or produced in 2022. The 77th Annual Edgar® […]
Haunted Houses and How They Inspire a Novel
Haunted Houses and How They Inspire a Novel Sarah Strohmeyer Several years ago, kind of by accident, my husband ended up purchasing at tax sale a 3,200-square-foot log cabin on eleven secluded, wooded acres in Vermont for a mere $13,673.67. It’s currently worth, very conservatively, $400,000. You’d love it. Everyone does. Now that we’ve […]



