i’d know you anywhere

The Edgar Award Nominations are in!

January 21, 2011

Congratulations to all of our Edgar Award Nominees! The Edgar Awards, sponsored by the Mystery Writers of America (MWA), honor the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction, television and film published or produced in 2010. Winners will be announced at the MWA’s 65th Gala Banquet, April 28, 2011 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, New York City. For more information, including a complete list of nominees, please visit: http://www.theedgars.com/nominees.html

Edgar Awards Nominees

Best Novel
Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter
by Tom Franklin
9780060594664
(William Morrow; Ed.: David Highfill)

The Queen of Patpong
by Timothy Hallinan
9780061672262
(William Morrow; Ed.: Gabe Robinson)

I’d Know You Anywhere
by Laura Lippman
9780061706554
(William Morrow; Ed.: Carrie Feron)

Best Fact Crime
The Eyes of Willie McGee: A Tragedy of Race, Sex, and Secrets in Jim Crow South
by Alex Heard
9780061284151
(Harper; Ed.: Tim Duggan)

Best Critical/Biographical
Agatha Christie’s Secret Notebooks: Fifty Years of Mysteries in the Making
by John Curran
9780061988363
(Harper; Ed.: Carolyn Marino)

Best Juvenile
The Secret Life of Ms. Finkleman
by Ben H. Winters
9780061965418
(HarperCollins Children’s Books; Ed.: Sarah Sevier)

Mary Higgins Clark Award
Live to Tell
by Wendy Corsi Staub
9780061895067
(Avon; Ed.: Lucia Macro)

Congratulations to all of the authors and editors nominated this year!

Laura Lippman on Craig Ferguson

September 1, 2010

I tweeted about this earlier, but it's too good not to post. Craig Ferguson, in his charming brogue, calls Laura Lippman a "naughty librarian" and reads an excerpt from I'd Know You Anywhere, which we've been steadily buzzing about.

Enjoy!

-Kayleigh

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Critical Buzz for I’d Know You Anywhere–Updated!

August 17, 2010

This past June at ALA, one of our most in-demand AREs was Laura Lippman's I'd Know You Anywhere, on sale today (check out the "buzz" from our title presentation). The critics are weighing in:

"She's one of the best novelists around, period.” —The Washington Post

"Lippman deftly keeps the balls aloft with a strong structure–a straight-ahead chronology interrupted by surgical flashbacks–and evocative writing." —Cleveland Plain Dealer

"Lippman’s taut, mesmerizing, and exceptionally smart drama of predator and prey is at once unusually sensitive and utterly compelling."–Donna Seaman, Booklist (starred review)

"From its unsettling opening to its breathtaking conclusion, "Anywhere" exemplifies Lippman's strengths: compassion, intense prose and deep empathy for the snares of ambiguous emotions."–Adam Woog, Seattle Times

"Lippman never forgets as she moves from past to present and from perspective to perspective that nothing is more important—or more elusive—than the truth."–Kirkus

Check out this video of Laura discussing the book, and be sure to stock your shelves. Laura will be appearing on The Late, Late Show with Craig Ferguson (August 31) and on The Tavis Smiley Show (September 1)! I'd Know You Anywhere will also be coming to People Magazine's August 30th issue.

Want more Laura? Tell her why you love your library in 1,000 words or less, and win a visit! Deadline: September 30, 2010. Go to Laura’s site for the rules of the contest.

-Kayleigh