“Would you ever come to [X] on one of your book tours?” I’m often asked by readers. The answer is yes. I love to travel. But there is a method to getting your city on my official itinerary. My publisher has a marketing budget and only adds stops where I’ve been enthusiastically invited by bookstores with histories of successful events. As a reader and customer, you can help by speaking directly with the manager or program coordinator of your local bookseller and being politely insistent that they need to reach out to the publicity department of St. Martin’s Press and request that they schedule an author event with me. I can’t promise anything, but it’s our best bet.
Meet Me on My Book Tour
In less than two weeks I'll be starting my national book tour for DEAD MAN'S WAKE. I'd enjoy meeting you if I'm in your neck of the woods. I'll be adding places and dates through the summer so keep checking my events page.
My Night at Hotel ZaZa
I begin my new post at MaineCrimeWriters.com with these words:
I am writing this post in a balcony suite at the Hotel ZaZa in Houston, Texas. My room overlooks verdant Hermann Park and the city skyline. In a few hours I will be reading and signing copies of my new novel, Bad Little Falls, at one of the nation's premier mystery bookstores, Murder by the Book.
What follows is a reflection on the (fleeting) luck that got me to this place in my career, but also some predictions about the future of author book tours during this tumultous era we are living through. Check it out.