2007 Ned Kelly Award for Crime Writing to G. Disher & A. Hyland. by
(Soho Press 30 August 2007 / ) - Soho Press is proud to announce that two of our Soho Crime authors, Garry Disher and Adrian Hyland, have been awarded a 2007 Ned Kelly Award for Crime Writing. The Ned Kelly Awards are sponsored by the Crime Writers Association of Australia and since their establishment in the mid 1990s have become an eagerly anticipated fixture on the Australian literary scene.
2007 BEST CRIME NOVEL: Chain of Evidence by Garry Disher. CHAIN OF EVIDENCE was published in the U.S. by Soho Crime in July 2007.
2007 BEST FIRST CRIME NOVEL: Diamond Dove by Adrian Hyland. Diamond Dove will be published in the U.S. by Soho Crime in February 2008 under the title Moonlight Downs.
Magdalen Nabb (January 16, 1947 – August 18, 2007) by
(Soho Press 22 August 2007 / ) - Obituary: Magdalen Nabb (January 16, 1947 – August 18, 2007)
Magdalen Nabb, British crime writer and author of children's books, died on August 18, 2007, following a stroke.
Magdalen Nabb was born in the village Church in Lancashire, England in 1947. She studied art and pottery at the College of Art in Manchester, and it was there that she started writing. While working in a pottery studio in the Italian town of Montelupo Fiorentino, Nabb came up with the idea for her most popular character, the Sicilian-born police detective Marshal Salvatore Guarnaccia. From 1975 onward she lived and worked as a journalist and writer in Florence, Italy. Her novels were much loved and praised and have been translated into 14 languages. The New York Times Book Review called the Marshal Guarnaccia series "elegant" and the Sunday Times (London) deemed them "crime fiction at its best." She recently finished the manuscript of Guarnaccia's newest case "Vita Nuova," which Soho Press will publish in June 2008. Soho will also be releasing "Death of a Dutchman" this November. In addition, eight other titles are currently available.
Magdalen Nabb also published thirteen books for children and young adults, including "The Enchanted Horse," which won the British Smarties Book Prize in 1993.
Donna Leon's Venice: A Tale of Two Cities by Sylvia Poggioli
(NPR 20 August 2007 / ) - Morning Edition, August 20, 2007 · Venice is a seductive city that has bewitched artists from all over the world. One writer who has settled in "the city on stilts" is the American author Donna Leon. The sinking Renaissance jewel is the backdrop of her "Commissario Brunetti" detective stories. Leon recently gave a visiting reporter a tour of her Venice. The story is part of a series, Crime in the City, about crime novelists and the places they and their characters inhabit.
Robin Parrish Debuts Web Comic by
(Bethany House 03 August 2007 / ) - Thriller Novelist Robin Parrish Debuts Web Comic
Minneapolis, MN--Bethany House Publishers and author Robin Parrish have made available the the first issue in a four-part Web-only comic story, "Guardian," based on the characters from Parrish's Dominion Trilogy books, Relentless and Fearless.
"Guardian," available at www.bethanyhouse.com/dominiontrilogy, fills in the gap between Relentless and Fearless, which released this month, and introduces the reader to a threat that takes a larger role in Fearless and in the final book of the series, due Summer 2008.
"Guardian" is written by Parrish with art by Tim Bates, and a new chapter in the four-part series will appear every two weeks.
Bethany House Publishers is a division of Baker Publishing Group.
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