I wrote a guest blog for Mystery Fanfare about my favorite historical lady detective, who raised havoc in Chicago in the 1900s. Click her...

Alas, I was sick the evening they were handing these out, so I didn't get to pose with my awesome fellow nominees for Best Historical Mys...

This week, I'm on Thrill Seekers Radio talking about lady cops and the underbelly of old LA with the great Alex Dolan. Click here to chec...

In February, I'll be heading out to Phoenix to attend LEFT COAST CRIME, a conference for mystery writers and fans of mystery. You will fi...

Lori Rader-Day and I both write mysteries featuring smart—if somewhat misguided—women protagonists. If you read the latest, hottest myste...

The Great James W. Ziskin interviewed me for the November issue of THE BIG THRILL, the on-line publication put out by the International T...

We had a wonderful time at the Tattered Cover reading and book signing in Denver. I did a slide show of 1900s photos with fun period musi...

It's such an honor to be interviewed by award-winning novelist Jenny Milchman (As Night Falls) along with fellow debut novelists Dana Cha...

Thanks to all of you who came out to make the release of THE SECRET LIFE OF ANNA BLANC so special. I'm especially indebted to my three si...

Author, Patricia Stoltey graciously invited me to guest blog about researching THE SECRET LIFE OF ANNA BLANC. Library Journal graciously ...

I wrote a blog post on building book buzz for Writer's Digest. Now I'm the poster girl for Dreft. Click here to check it out.

THE SECRET LIFE OF ANNA BLANC has a strong romantic subplot (and the leading man is, well, delicious). While the book is technically a my...

This week on The History Author Show, Dean Karayanis interviews me about writing THE SECRET LIFE OF ANNA BLANC. To have a listen, click ...

Signing Books at the Barnes & Noble in Boulder, Colorado, Nov 3rd, 2015.

Here is some Victorian spirit photography to get you in the mood. #ghost #halloween #spiritphotography #victorian #mysterynovel #historic...

As part of my research for the THE SECRET LIFE OF ANNA BLANC, I dug up the memoirs of a police matron who served in Rhode Island from 189...

People ask me about my journey as a writer, how I got a book contract, and what happened next. I used to be a research scientist at UCLA,...

In the 1900's, most women had long hair, or wore yak hair pieces or, very often, both. No wonder it was the age of the hair comb. It was ...

The Rocky Mountain Fiction Writer’s Colorado Gold Contest is a competition for unpublished writers of genre and mainstream commercial fic...

If you like beautiful, surprising, or silly pictures from the early 20th century, follow me on Facebook, find me on Twitter, and check ou...