Hilliard & Harris News

Shawn Reilly

Recent releases and media mentions & reviews:
Rosemary Miner

“After retiring from Niskayuna High School in 1986, Rosemary Miner turned to crime. Writing crime, that isHer first historical murder mystery, "Once Upon a Time to Die For" follows the tribulations of Gracie Wickham, the 6-foot-tall red-haired daughter of a doctor in the Adirondacks of 1873…” http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=596157&category=ARTS&BCCode=

Penny Warner
“Connor Westphal is back in a new adventure that finds her tracking the killer of a local dope dealer. Connor, the deaf publisher of a small Gold Country newspaper, is nothing if not persistent. Finding Zander Nicholas' body hanging from a store in town sets her off, questioning Zander's reclusive partner, India, as well as the head of a local Native American-run casino, the leaders of a local religious sect, a tree-sitter and a right-wing militant, among others. What's nice about this book is the way Connor's deafness is such an integral part of the story…”   http://www.mercurynews.com/books/ci_6327365

Anne White
“Anne White’s delightful mystery, set around historic Lake George, is a lively puzzler worthy of Agatha Christie. Tightly plotted, with more red herrings than a can of sardines, SECRETS DARK AND DEEP is White’s best yet.” —Julia Spencer-Fleming, Edgar finalist and author of ALL MORTAL FLESH   www.annewhitemysteries.com/AWReviews.htm

Jack Getze
"Darkly comic, with an engaging protagonist. BIG NUMBERS is a definite winner."
–T.J. MacGregor, winner of Edgar Allan Poe Award, author of Cold as Death www.jackgetze.com

Bill Mesce
American Theater Co-op winner. “A New Jersey native, Bill Mesce, Jr. works in the Corporate Affairs area of Home Box Office where he has been employed for almost 25 years. Throughout his daytime career, he has also worked as a screenwriter, playwright, and author. His most recent book is OVERKILL: THE RISE AND FALL OF THRILLER CINEMA (McFarland), and later this year will see the publication of his novel FOUR DAY SHOOT (Hilliard & Harris).” http://www.americantheatrecoop.com/advocate.html

Frank Foster:
"Look out. There's a new name in mystery fiction, Frank Foster, who knows the waters of Florida and dark caves of the human mind. May there be other books in the wake of this one. I'll surely read them."  
Stuart M. Kaminsky
2006 Mystery Writers of America
Grand Master Winner; Over 50 Novels Published - Numerous Screenplays
http://www.frankfoster.net/

Submissions
We have recently revised and updated our submission process. In order to expedite the submission process and be more environmentally friendly, we are now accepting electronic submissions via email and also submissions submitted on CD (no floppy disks, please).  Submissions can be sent to submissions@hilliardandharris.com. To read about the new processes, please visit our submission page.

WorldWide Mystery acquisitions
WorldWide Mystery has recently acquired several H&H titles for mass market reprint in the direct to consumer program. To date the titles that have been or will be featured are:

BENEATH THE SURFACE , Anne White 2006
BEST LAID PLANS, Anne White 2007
JURY OF ONE, Laura Bradford 2006
FORECAST OF EVIL, Laura Bradford 2007
HEYOKA BLOOD, Hewitt Schlereth 2006
MURDER IN EDEN, Helen Goodman 2007
THE CAMEO CLUE, Dorothy Bodoin 2006
THE PHOENIX, S Alden Reilly 2007
THERE...IN THE SWAMP!, Dorothy Kliewer 2005
TUSCAN TERMINATION, Margaret Moore 2007
DEATH OF AN ORDINARY GUY, Jo Hiestand 2006
SAINTED MURDER, Jo Hiestand 2007

Cool link:
http://mysteryreaders.org/groups.html
The above is a cool link to a list of mystery reading groups around the country. Reading discussion groups can be a great opportunity for you to promote your work or to get involved in a new way in the mystery community. The entries are listed by city and state and most offer a link to the organizer of the group.

Audio and print archives:
We’ve been featured guests on two radio talk shows. We talked with Antoinette Kuritz on World Talk Radio’s Writers’ Roundtable, sponsored by the Small Press Center in New York. To listen go to the following links:
http://www.worldtalkradio.com/playlist.asp?SegmentID=28125
http://www.worldtalkradio.com/playlist.asp?SegmentID=28126

We also did an interview with Fran Silverman which concentrated on book marketing. We’re at the 30 minute mark on this one:
http://www.achieveradio.com/cgi-bin/ArchXML.cgi?showname=Book%20Marketing%20with%20Fran&ShowURL=http://audio.achieveradio.com/fran/Aug-29-2006-at-11-00AM---Book_Marketing_with_Fran.mp3

Third Degree Interview
I was very excited to be included in Pari Noskin Taichert’s interview series in MWA’s newsletter, The Third Degree. Pari’s series does a great job in shedding light on the inner workings of an editor’s office. Her questions were specific and to the point, asking what most authors would likely want to know about mass market paperbacks, sales figures, what editors are looking for and what turns them off. I look forward to many more editions of this series!