Lisa Lutz / The Spellman book series http://lisalutz.com What's Happening with Lisa and in the Spellman World Thu, 18 Jun 2009 04:54:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 en The Lutzletter: Summer 2009 http://lisalutz.com/posts/the-lutzletter-summer-2009 http://lisalutz.com/posts/the-lutzletter-summer-2009#comments Thu, 04 Jun 2009 01:07:15 +0000 the file clerk http://lisalutz.com/posts/the-lutzletter-summer-2009 This season’s Lutzletter (our quarterly email update) is on its way to subscribers. If you’re not yet signed up on the email newsletter list, you can sign-up here. Or read the newsletter online here.

You’ll see this link in the newsletter, but we also wanted to mention that the audio of Lisa’s book reading at the McNally Jackson Bookstore in New York City back in March is now on this site. Be sure to check it out!

]]> http://lisalutz.com/posts/the-lutzletter-summer-2009/feed What’s Next with the Spellmans http://lisalutz.com/posts/whats-next-with-the-spellmans http://lisalutz.com/posts/whats-next-with-the-spellmans#comments Mon, 18 May 2009 05:55:31 +0000 the file clerk http://lisalutz.com/posts/whats-next-with-the-spellmans We’re happy to officially announce that the fourth Spellman book, The Spellmans Strike Again, will be published in March 2010.

Stay tuned for more about this next book in the series. To stay up-to-date be sure to sign up for our mailing list, or you can become a fan on Facebook.

]]> http://lisalutz.com/posts/whats-next-with-the-spellmans/feed Macavity Award Nomination for Curse of the Spellmans http://lisalutz.com/posts/macavity-award-nomination-for-curse-of-the-spellmans http://lisalutz.com/posts/macavity-award-nomination-for-curse-of-the-spellmans#comments Tue, 05 May 2009 23:38:17 +0000 the file clerk http://lisalutz.com/posts/macavity-award-nomination-for-curse-of-the-spellmans Curse of the Spellmans has just been nominated for a Macavity Award for "Best Mystery Novel"!

The Macavity Awards are nominated by and voted on by members of Mystery Readers International and subscribers to Mystery Reader Journal. The awards will be presented in October at Bouchercon in Indianapolis. You can find out more here.

Congrats!

]]> http://lisalutz.com/posts/macavity-award-nomination-for-curse-of-the-spellmans/feed Downloadable Footnotes http://lisalutz.com/posts/downloadable-footnotes http://lisalutz.com/posts/downloadable-footnotes#comments Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:53:58 +0000 the file clerk http://lisalutz.com/posts/downloadable-footnotes For those of you reading the Spellman books on the Kindle, or eReaders, you’ll be happy to know that we’re now making available the footnotes for all the books in downloadable PDFs (which you can use for quick reference).

The Spellman Files: Download Footnotes for The Spellman Files. [PDF]

Curse of the Spellmans: Download Footnotes for Curse of the Spellmans. [PDF]

Revenge of the Spellmans: Download Footnotes for Revenge of the Spellmans. [PDF]

You can also find these downloads at the bottom of the individual book "Overview" pages on this site.

]]> http://lisalutz.com/posts/downloadable-footnotes/feed Lisa at Booksmith in SF tonight! http://lisalutz.com/posts/lisa-at-booksmith-in-sf-tonight http://lisalutz.com/posts/lisa-at-booksmith-in-sf-tonight#comments Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:00:08 +0000 the file clerk http://lisalutz.com/posts/lisa-at-booksmith-in-sf-tonight Lisa will be reading and signing books tonight, 7:30 PM, at Booksmith in the Haight.

Come by and pick up your signed copy of Revenge of the Spellmans and ask Lisa any of those burning questions you might have!

Here are the event details:

Wednesday, April 8
BOOKSMITH
1644 Haight Street
San Francisco, CA
7:30 PM

Hope to see you there!

]]> http://lisalutz.com/posts/lisa-at-booksmith-in-sf-tonight/feed Book Giveaway from Progressive Pulse http://lisalutz.com/posts/book-giveaway-from-progressive-pulse http://lisalutz.com/posts/book-giveaway-from-progressive-pulse#comments Tue, 07 Apr 2009 18:14:05 +0000 the file clerk http://lisalutz.com/posts/book-giveaway-from-progressive-pulse While on tour in New York, Lisa was interviewed by Progressive Pulse’s Jim Halterman about the origins of the books, how long the series will be going on, and her writing process.

You can check out the video of the interview on the Progressive Pulse website.

You can also enter a drawing to win all three Spellman books, courtesy of Simon & Schuster. All you have to do is email Jim at jim@progressivepulse.com and you’ll be entered to win. Emails must be received by April 10th midnight EST.

]]> http://lisalutz.com/posts/book-giveaway-from-progressive-pulse/feed More 2009 Appearances http://lisalutz.com/posts/more-2009-appearances http://lisalutz.com/posts/more-2009-appearances#comments Mon, 06 Apr 2009 19:02:57 +0000 the file clerk http://lisalutz.com/posts/more-upcoming-2009-appearances Lisa has finished her cross-country book tour. However, you’ll be able to find her at these upcoming events.

Booksmith
Wednesday, April 8th - 7:30 p.m.
1644 Haight Street
San Francisco, CA
More details

Friends of the San Francisco Public Library Laureates Dinner
Friday, April 17th
More details

San Francisco Mystery Bookstore
Noe Valley Celebrates the Book
Monday, April 20th - 7:00 p.m.
4175 24th Street, between Castro and Diamond

LA Times Festival of Books
Saturday and Sunday, April 25th - 26th
Panel, Sunday April 26th (1:30 p.m.) with Cara Black and Harley Jane Kozak
More details

Stay tuned for more!

]]> http://lisalutz.com/posts/more-2009-appearances/feed Happy Birthday, Isabel Spellman! http://lisalutz.com/posts/happy-birthday-isabel-spellman http://lisalutz.com/posts/happy-birthday-isabel-spellman#comments Wed, 01 Apr 2009 22:30:51 +0000 the file clerk http://lisalutz.com/posts/happy-birthday-isabel-spellman Lisa arrived in Seattle today, and was greeted at the Seattle Mystery Bookshop with cake, in honor of Izzy’s birthday (April 1st). Lisa blogged about it on their blog. You can read: Lisa is tired.

Tonight, Lisa will be reading at the University Bookstore so come on down in honor of Izzy. Hope to see you there!

]]> http://lisalutz.com/posts/happy-birthday-isabel-spellman/feed January Magazine Interview - and Book Tour Commences! http://lisalutz.com/posts/january-magazine-interview-and-book-tour-commences http://lisalutz.com/posts/january-magazine-interview-and-book-tour-commences#comments Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:28:27 +0000 the file clerk http://lisalutz.com/posts/january-magazine-interview-and-book-tour-commences If you’re interested in more tidbits from Lisa check out January Magazine’s Author Snapshot (just online today). Lisa was interviewed by Linda L. Richards who is the editor of January Magazine and the author of five books including her most recent Death Was in the Picture.

Also, if you’re in the Bay Area, we hope to see you at one of the book readings this week. You have the choice between tonight at M is for Mystery in San Mateo (but you better hurry, as she’s talking at 7pm)! Tomorrow night she’ll be at A Great Good Place for Books in Oakland (this will be a fun one for sure!), Thursday night at Barnes & Noble in El Cerrito, and (whew!) Friday back in San Francisco at Book Passage at the Ferry Building. Come to one or all….

For those not in the Bay Area, you can check out all her tour dates here.

]]> http://lisalutz.com/posts/january-magazine-interview-and-book-tour-commences/feed New News http://lisalutz.com/posts/new-news http://lisalutz.com/posts/new-news#comments Mon, 02 Mar 2009 22:22:04 +0000 the file clerk http://lisalutz.com/posts/new-news We have a new Lutzletter that our faithful subscribers will have received (or will be receiving) in their email boxes. For those of you who are not subscribed, you can subscribe here. It’s a quarterly newsletter filled with interesting tidbits. (And if you’d like to read the latest newsletter, you can read it here.)

Also a reminder, if you haven’t already, be sure to check out Lisa’s Tour Dates to find when she’ll be in your area on her book tour (starting very very soon).

]]> http://lisalutz.com/posts/new-news/feed 2009 Tour Dates http://lisalutz.com/posts/2009-tour-dates http://lisalutz.com/posts/2009-tour-dates#comments Thu, 05 Feb 2009 00:58:55 +0000 the file clerk http://lisalutz.com/posts/2009-tour-dates Lisa will be doing book readings and signings for Revenge of the Spellmans. Stay tuned for more updates.

Tuesday, March 10
M IS FOR MYSTERY
86 East Third Ave
San Mateo, CA 94401
7:00 PM

Wednesday, March 11
A GREAT GOOD PLACE FOR BOOKS
6120 LaSalle Avenue
Oakland, CA 94611
7:00 PM

Thursday, March 12
BARNES & NOBLE EL CERRITO
6050 El Cerrito Plaza
El Cerrito, CA 94530
7:00 PM

Friday, March 13
BOOK PASSAGE
1 Ferry Building, #42
San Francisco, CA 94111
6:00 PM

Monday, March 16
MCNALLY JACKSON BOOKS
52 Prince Street
New York, NY 10012
7:00 PM

Tuesday, March 17
CHESTER COUNTY BOOKS
975 Paoli Pike
West Goshen Center
West Chester, PA 19380
7:30 PM

Wednesday, March 18
JOSEPH-BETH BOOKSELLERS
2692 Madison Road
Cincinnati, OH 45208
7:00 PM

Thursday, March 19
TATTERED COVER HIGHLANDS RANCH
9315 Dorchester Street
Highlands Ranch, CO 80129
7:30 PM

Friday, March 20
BARNES & NOBLE EVANSTON
1630 Sherman Avenue
Evanston, IL 60201
7:00 PM

Monday, March 23
MURDER BY THE BOOK
2342 Bissonnet Street
Houston, TX 77005
6:30 PM

Tuesday, March 24
BORDERS PRESTON ROAD
10720 Preston Road, Suite 1018
Dallas, TX 75230
7:00 PM

Wednesday, March 25
POISONED PEN
4014 N Goldwater Blvd, Suite 101
Scottsdale, AZ 85251
7:00 PM

Friday, March 27
MYSTERIOUS GALAXY
7051 Clairemont Mesa Boulevard, Suite 302
San Diego, CA 92111
7:00 PM

Saturday, March 28
MYSTERIES TO DIE FOR
2940 Thousand Oaks Boulevard
Thousand Oaks, CA 91362
1:00 PM

Sunday, March 29
MYSTERY BOOKSTORE
1036 Broxton Avenue, Suite C
Los Angeles, CA 90024
3:00 PM

Monday, March 30
BORDERS CENTURY CITY
10250 Santa Monica Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90067
7:00 PM

Tuesday, March 31
VROMAN’S BOOKSTORE
695 E. Colorado Blvd
Pasadena, CA 91101
7:00 PM

Wednesday, April 1
SEATTLE MYSTERY BOOKSHOP
117 Cherry Street
Seattle, WA 98104
12:00 PM

Wednesday, April 1
UNIVERSITY BOOKSTORE
4326 University Way N.E
Seattle, WA 98105
7:00 PM

Thursday, April 2
BALLARD PUBLIC LIBRARY
5614 22nd Ave NW
Seattle, WA 98107
6:30 PM

Wednesday, April 8
BOOKSMITH
1644 Haight Street
San Francisco, CA
7:30 PM

]]> http://lisalutz.com/posts/2009-tour-dates/feed Breaking News! http://lisalutz.com/posts/breaking-news http://lisalutz.com/posts/breaking-news#comments Fri, 16 Jan 2009 20:48:30 +0000 Lisa http://lisalutz.com/posts/breaking-news Curse of the Spellmans has been nominated for an Edgar Award for Best Novel. Shocked? Believe me, you are not alone.

Here’s the complete list of nominees:

  • Missing by Karin Alvtegen (Felony & Mayhem Press)
  • Blue Heaven by C.J. Box (St. Martin’s Minotaur)
  • Sins of the Assassin by Robert Ferrigno (Simon & Schuster – Scribner)
  • The Price of Blood by Declan Hughes (HarperCollins – William Morrow)
  • The Night Following by Morag Joss (Random House – Delacorte Press)
  • Curse of the Spellmans by Lisa Lutz (Simon & Schuster)

My flabbergasted thanks go out to the Mystery Writers of America and all my readers. If anyone knows where I should send the “gift baskets”, please pass that information along.

(P.S. If you’re new to me and my books, I still say you should read them in order, which means starting with the non-Edgar-nominated, inferior Spellman Files.)

]]> http://lisalutz.com/posts/breaking-news/feed Between the Covers http://lisalutz.com/posts/between-the-covers http://lisalutz.com/posts/between-the-covers#comments Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:45:52 +0000 the file clerk http://lisalutz.com/posts/between-the-covers Lisa was interviewed last March by Ed Goldberg for KBOO FM’s "Between the Covers" program. You can listen online to the interview.

KBOO is a non-commercial radio station for Portland: 90.7 FM, Corvallis: 100.7 FM, and Columbia Gorge: 91.9 FM and streaming online at http://kboo.fm/.

]]> http://lisalutz.com/posts/between-the-covers/feed Brief report from the VIWF http://lisalutz.com/posts/brief-report-from-the-viwf http://lisalutz.com/posts/brief-report-from-the-viwf#comments Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:57:54 +0000 Lisa http://lisalutz.com/posts/brief-report-from-the-viwf If you ever have a chance to go to the Vancouver International Writers’ Festival, do it. It was great. I also recommend going to Vancouver even without any festival. But I was there for a festival, so I’ll talk about that.

I was on two panels with Linda L. Richards, author of Death Was the Other Woman and the editor of January Magazine, a great online books-and-authors ezine. Anyway, I was going to blog about the events, but Linda has already done it better than I could, so I’m just going to be lazy and link to her post, High Class Complaints.

Also, I did one more event in Vancouver, called the Literary Cabaret, featuring Sal Ferreras and his band. The actor and author Stephen E. Miller was kind enough to perform with me. Here’s a picture:

The other highlight of the weekend was chatting with the widely acclaimed author Amitav Ghosh, whose novel Sea of Poppies was shortlisted for the 2008 Booker Prize. We discussed intricate literary matters such as our mutual affection for the film “What About Bob?”

]]> http://lisalutz.com/posts/brief-report-from-the-viwf/feed The Long Awaited Return of Ask Lutz http://lisalutz.com/posts/the-long-awaited-return-of-ask-lutz http://lisalutz.com/posts/the-long-awaited-return-of-ask-lutz#comments Thu, 23 Oct 2008 04:27:34 +0000 the file clerk http://lisalutz.com/posts/the-long-awaited-return-of-ask-lutz Need unprofessional advice?

Check out the new site at www.asklutz.com, and don’t forget to send your questions to lisa@asklutz.com.

]]> http://lisalutz.com/posts/the-long-awaited-return-of-ask-lutz/feed La Jolla Writers Conference http://lisalutz.com/posts/la-jolla-writers-conference http://lisalutz.com/posts/la-jolla-writers-conference#comments Thu, 02 Oct 2008 19:19:08 +0000 the file clerk http://lisalutz.com/posts/la-jolla-writers-conference Lisa will be at the La Jolla Writers Conference November 7-9, 2008. This three-day event, now in its 8th year, will be held at the beautiful Paradise Point Resort & Spa. The event features exciting, interactive workshops, lectures, and presentations by a faculty comprised of best-selling authors, editors from major publishing houses, and literary agents.

]]> http://lisalutz.com/posts/la-jolla-writers-conference/feed Off the Richter Scale, Day Two http://lisalutz.com/posts/off-the-richter-scale-day-two http://lisalutz.com/posts/off-the-richter-scale-day-two#comments Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:01:28 +0000 the file clerk http://lisalutz.com/posts/off-the-richter-scale-day-two Sunday, October 7, 12:30 – 4:30 pm — FREE

San Francisco Public Library’s Koret Auditorium (Main Branch, 100 Larkin Street). For directions click here.

Writers who’ll shake up your literary world! A whirlwind tour through the Bay Area’s best, from fiction to poetry, journalism to memoir, graphic novels to essays.

3:30 – 4:30 pm
Mysterious Men & Women: Mystery, Crime, and Thrillers
Featuring: Lisa Lutz.

Also featuring: Michelle Gagnon, Domenic Stansberry, Nadia Gordon, David Corbett, Sheldon Siegel and Cara Black.

]]> http://lisalutz.com/posts/off-the-richter-scale-day-two/feed VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL WRITERS & READERS FESTIVAL http://lisalutz.com/posts/vancouver-international-writers-readers-festival http://lisalutz.com/posts/vancouver-international-writers-readers-festival#comments Mon, 22 Sep 2008 18:26:58 +0000 the file clerk http://lisalutz.com/posts/vancouver-international-writers-readers-festival Lisa will be at the festival on Friday, October 24th through Sunday the 26th. More information on her first appearance at the festival can be found here.

"Wildly popular event blends music and literature in ways that can only be described as breathtaking. Audiences are guaranteed a sensory spectacular, an evening of jaw-dropping talent on all fronts. Don’t miss out on the fun; buy your tickets early because they’re sure to go quickly."

]]> http://lisalutz.com/posts/vancouver-international-writers-readers-festival/feed “Best First” Nominations http://lisalutz.com/posts/best-first-nominations http://lisalutz.com/posts/best-first-nominations#comments Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:04:37 +0000 the file clerk http://lisalutz.com/posts/best-first-mystery-nominations We’re happy to announce that The Spellman Files has been nominated for three Mystery awards:

  • Anthony Award for Best First Novel. Named for Anthony Boucher (1911-1968), one of the founders of the Mystery Writers of America.
  • Barry Award for Best First Novel. Named for Barry Gardner, an ardent mystery fan reviewer, sponsored by Mystery News and Deadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine.
  • Macavity Award for Best First Mystery. Named for the "mystery cat" of T.S. Eliot (Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats). Each year the members of Mystery Readers International nominate and vote for their favorite mysteries in four categories.

Lisa will be in attendance at Bouchercon in Baltimore in October where all three awards will be presented. The Bouchercon is named for late mystery author, editor and mystery fan Anthony Boucher. It is the largest and and oldest annual convention of mystery fans, authors, book dealers, and publishers.

]]> http://lisalutz.com/posts/best-first-nominations/feed Omnivoracious http://lisalutz.com/posts/omnivoracious http://lisalutz.com/posts/omnivoracious#comments Tue, 15 Apr 2008 01:48:45 +0000 the file clerk http://lisalutz.com/posts/omnivoracious Looking for something new from Lisa? Well you’re in luck. She’s currently a guest blogger on Amazon.com’s books blog Omnivoracious.

She’s already posted two times, with a third post on the way, and she’s asking for ideas for more; so be sure to check it out and leave her a comment too!

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