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.

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."

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.

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!

When I was young, if somebody told me that one day people would make me cakes or cupcakes fashioned after my own book jacket, I'd suggest they needed a cup of coffee.

Fortunately coffee and cake go well together.

Thanks to all the folks who helped celebrate the release of my second book. The tour was great fun, but so is sleep.

Call it a snafu or April Fools joke on us, but it turns out that Lisa's reading at Third Place Books in Lake Forest Park, WA is tonight — April 1st (i.e., NOT 4/3, as originally listed on this site).

If you're in the Seattle-area, we hope to see you tonight:

Third Place Books
17171 Bothell Way NE
Lake Forest Park, WA 98155
7:00 PM

Lisa will be doing book readings and signings throughout the U.S. in March, April, May and July. Stay tuned for more updates. You can find the location closest to you below—click-through for more details:

Date Change! The Third Place Books event in Lake Forest Park, WA is now on April 1st.

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As part of Lisa's 2008 tour she'll also be doing a series of radio interviews.

Lisa will be doing book readings and signings in Washington in April. Stay tuned for more updates.

Date Change! the Third Place Books event is changed to April 1st.

Bookstore Events

Tuesday, April 1st 
Seattle Mystery Bookshop
117 Cherry Street
Seattle, WA  98104
12:00 noon

Thursday, April 1st
Third Place Books 
17171 Bothell Way NE
Lake Forest Park, WA 98155
7:00 PM

Wednesday, April 2nd
University Books
4326 University Way NE
Seattle, WA 98105
7:00 PM

Lisa will be doing book readings and signings in Oregon in March and July. Stay tuned for more updates.

Bookstore Events

Monday, March 31st
Powell's Books
1005 West Burnside
Portland, OR 97209
7:30 PM   

Saturday, July 26th
Sunriver Books
57060 Abbot Dr
Bend, OR 97707
5:00 PM

Lisa will be doing book readings and signings in Arizona in March. Stay tuned for more updates.

Bookstore Events

Monday, March 24th
Poisoned Pen Bookstore
4014 N Goldwater Blvd. Suite 101
Scottsdale, AZ 85251
7:00 PM