I spent yesterday in the library at New Braunfels High School talking to students during six different periods. We discussed the cases I’d written about in my ten true crime books as well as discussing my five fiction novels. We also took a look at...
Some people enter your life and leave an indelible mark. David Thompson of Murder By The Book, the mystery book store in Houston, was one of those people. And now, too soon, he’s gone. At the young age of 38, David passed away on Monday, September 13. No one...
One of the burdens of writing true crime books is the massive amount of documentation you accumulate in the process. After ten true crime books, I have three large file cabinets packed full of files on the stories I’ve written. The rule of thumb is that...
Today, Sunday, you’ll find me at the meeting of the Heart of Texas Chapter of Sisters in Crime at 2pm at Barnes & Noble Westlake in Austin. I’ll talk about “My Double Life of a Genre-Crosser: Writing Mystery and True Crime.”...
