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February  

• Chrystle Fiedler interviewed on Open Beast
  Chrystle Fiedler, author of the novel Death Drops: A Natural Remedies Mystery, was interviewed by Jessica Rock, of Open Beast. Of her debut novel, Fiedler says:"... since I was a kid, I’ve been writing books, plays etc. So this is just a 'natural' progression.  Natural remedies inspire me and I wanted to share that passion." Read the interview here.
  

• Lorin Rees to speak at Emerson
  Agent Lorin Rees will give a lecture to Writing, Literure and Publishing students at Emerson College’s first Annual Agent Panel on Febuary 3, 2012.
  

• Vicki Lane teaches The First Forty
  Vicky Lane, author of Under the Skin, the latest in the Elizabeth Goodweather Appalachian Mysteries, will teach a fiction writing workshop as a part of UNCA’s Great Smokies Writing Program. Lane’s workshop, “The First Forty”, will help writers with a novel in progress polish their first forty pages and catch the attention of agents, editors and publishers. The 10-week class begins February 15 in Asheville,NC.

• Chrystle Fiedler's new novel
  Chrystle Fiedler's newest book,Death Drops: A Natural Remedies Mystery, will go on sale on February 21. To learn more, visit her new website here. 

• Bill Capodagli speaks with WGN
  Bill Capodagli, author of The Disney Way, will be interviewed by WGN’s Bill Moller, on Febuary 11 at 11:35am CST. 

• Chrystle Fiedler reviewed by Library Journal
  Congratulations to author Chrystle Fiedler, whose soon-to-be-published novel Death Drops: A natural Remedies Mystery,was recently reviewed by Library Journal: "With a terrific premise and an interesting topic, Fiedler's debut shows promise."

January  

• Hear Siobhan Fallon on NPR
  Siobhan Fallon, author of the short-story collection You Know When the Men Are Gone, was recently featured on NPR's Morning Edition. Fallon spoke on the relationships of deployed soldiers and stateside spouses, and how much can depend on the tenuous long-distance phone call. Listen to the segment here.
  

• Nicco Mele makes a deal
  Congratulations to author Nicco Mele, whose book The End of Big: The Consequences of Radical Connectivity will be published by St. Martin’s Press. An adjunct professor at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, Mele has unique insight into the decline of classic institutions and the rise of the new – he helped drive the digital campaigns of Howard Dean and Barack Obama.

• Read Chrystle Fiedler on Killer Hobbies
  Chrystle Fiedler, author of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Natural Remedies and the upcoming Death Drops: A Natural Remedies Mystery, is now blogging regularly for Killer Hobbies, a website for cozy mysteries and hobbies that kill.

• Learn The Disney Way on the web
  After a decade of doing keynotes in countries across the world, author Bill Capodagli  will present a webinar on his bestselling book The Disney Way. On February 15th, Capodagli will speak about harnessing and applying the practices that make Disney a spectacular and successful company. Those interested in attending can register here.

• Ann Collette tweets Today's Twelve
  In a series of tweets called Today's Twelve, agent Ann Collette is now posting her immediate responses to the first twelve queries she opens each day. Read Today's Twelve here.
  
  
• Catch Karas and Weeks at Barnes & Noble
  Best-selling authors Kevin Weeks and Phyllis Karas will discuss their newest book Where's Whitey? at Barnes & Noble on Saturday, January 28th, from 2-5 p.m. in Braintree, MA. 
  
  
• Nancy F. Koehn's book deal
  

  Congratulations to Nancy F. Koehn on her recent book deal with Portfolio, an imprint of Penguin. In addition, Koehn’s widely-read article Leadership Lessons from the Shackleton Expedition was published in the New York Times. Koehn is the James Robison Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School.
  
  

• Pick up Siobhan Fallon in paperback
  Siobhan Fallon’s short story collection, You Know When the Men Are Gone, is available in paperback starting Tuesday, January 3rd. The collection was described by the New York Times as "gripping, straight-up, no-nonsense stories." Read the full Times review here.

 December 

• Siobhan Fallon reviewed in New Letters
  Siobhan Fallon’s short story collection, You Know When the Men Are Gone, is reviewed by Catherine Browder in the recent issue of New Letters. Browder says of the book: “Fallon has achieved the trifecta of memorable fiction: convincing characters in original and quietly daunting situations, and delivered in finely tuned prose. These are immensely satisfying stories." Read the full review in New Letters, Volume 78.

• Busy Monsters picked by peers
  Congratulations to William Giraldi, whose book Busy Monsters was picked by authors David Whitehouse and Dean Bakopoulos as their favorite novel of the year in Salon’s annual poll of prominent writers. Whitehouse declared the novel “funny, rich and so inventive that it almost speaks in tongues.” Bakopoulos wrote “Did it make me laugh, raise my heart rate and find me howling with sympathy? Yes it did. Over and over again, amen.”

• Get tips from Chrystle Fiedler
  Chrystle Fiedler, author of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Natural Remedies, and the forthcoming Death Drops: A Natural Remedies Mystery, has posted her latest article on Simon & Schuster’s Healthy Living website, where she is a regular contributing writer. 

• Driving Excellence earns high marks
  Congratulations to Mark Aesch, whose book Driving Excellence was recently ranked by CNN Money amongst the Top 5 Business Books You Can Use for 2011, and rated as #3 on Fortune Magazine’s list of Books Your Business Can Use.

• Algonquin sets a date
  Author Barbara Shapiro's novel The Empty Frame has been scheduled for publication by Algonquin in Fall 2012.
  
  
• Vampire Empire Trilogy finds a voice
  The Vampire Empire Trilogy, by authors Clay and Susan Griffith, will be voiced by James Marsters, best known from his work on TV’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer, in the upcoming audio books produced by Buzzy Multimedia.
  
  
• Zero Day gets a fifth printing
  Congratulations to Mark Russinovich, whose novel Zero Day will enter its fifth printing with publisher Thomas Dunne.
  
  
• William Giraldi to read at The Raconteur
  Author William Giraldi will read from his novel Busy Monsters at The Raconteur on December 10, 2011, at 8 p.m. in Metuchen,NJ.

November 

• Helen Rees named an inspirational woman
  Helen Rees, founder of the Rees Literary Agency, appears in the recently published Boston, Inspirational Women, a book of portraits by longtime Boston Globe photographer Bill Brett and his daughter, Kerry Brett.

• Siobhan Fallon makes Maslin’s list
  Congratulations to Siobhan Fallon, whose short-story collection You Know When the Men Are Gone was included in literary critic Janet Maslin’s Holiday Gift Guide 2011 in The New York Times. Of the book, Maslin said “this lean, hard-hitting short-story collection outshone some of the year’s most imposing doorstop-size novels.”

• Juan Enriquez profiled in Wired
  Juan Enriquez, author of As the Future Catches You, was recently profiled in Wired UK magazine. Of Enriquez, Neal Pollock wrote, “Juan Enriquez’s accomplishments are worthy of a handful of careers, but he feels he has barely begun: ’I’ve so much to learn, it’s ridiculous.’” Read the entire profile in Wired UK’s October issue.
  
  

• William Giraldi to present at SIWC
  William Giraldi, author of Busy Monsters, will present at the Sixth Annual Sanibel Island Writers Conference, November 2-6, 2011, in Sanibel, FL.
  
  

• Lorin Rees to speak at Emerson
  Agent Lorin Rees will be teaching a class for MFA creative writing students at Emerson College on November 8th, 2011.

• Juan Enriquez published in Popular Science
  Juan Enriquez, author of As the Future Catches You, has recently published an article on big data in Popular Science. Read the article in the October 2011 issue. 

• Ann Collette to attend Crime Bake
  Agent Ann Collette will attend the New England Crime Bake 2011 10th Annual Mystery Conference for Writers and Readers, November 11-13, 2011, in Dedham, MA. Editors, agents, authors and guests from across the East Coast and beyond will be in attendance. 

• Lorin Rees to speak at Syracuse U
  Agent Lorin Rees will give a lecture to MFA Creative Writing students at Syracuse University on November 15, 2011.

• William Giraldi to visit Chester College  
  Author William Giraldi will speak at Chester College in Chester, NH, on November 16, 2011.

• Vicki Lane to teach at NCWN Conference
  Author Vicki Lane, whose newest book Under the Skin was released in October, will teach a workshop on writing mystery at the North Carolina Writers’ Network’s 2011 Fall Conference on November 19, 2011. The conference, held in Asheville, North Carolina, is one of the nation’s largest and most inclusive writers’ conferences

• William Giraldi to read at Porter Square Books
  Author William Giraldi will read from his novel Busy Monsters at Porter Square Books on November 28, 2011, at 7 p.m. in Cambridge, MA.

October

• Mark Pryor's three book deal
  Congratulations to author Mark Pryor, who followed up his appearance on TV's 48 Hours on October 15, 2011, by signing a three book deal with Prometheus' new crime imprint, Seventh Street.
  
  
• Ann Collette to attend SEAK
  Agent Ann Collette will attend the SEAK Fiction Writing Workshop for Physicians in Hyannis, MA, October 28-30, 2011. The conference is a hands-on, interactive course taught by New York Times best-selling authors Michael Palmer, MD and Tess Gerritsen, MD
  
  

• Vicki Lane's newest novel
  Under the Skin, the long-awaited fifth Elizabeth Goodweather novel by Vicki Lane, went on sale Tuesday, October 18th.

• Lorin Rees visits UMass Boston
  Agent Lorin Rees will give a lecture to MFA Creative Writing students at University of Massachusetts Boston on October 31, 2011.