Press Play to enhance your experience!

 

Sign up to receive my Newsletter!

The Latest:

Shhh! A new Shay book is in the works…

I won an Alice B Medal in February of 2022!
Thank you Alice B for awarding me a medal based on my body of work! I can't believe I'm standing with the amazing likes of Anne Laughlin, Cheryl A. Head, and Camarin Grae. I feel totally unworthy and very honored! Congrats, all!
 
Bella Books: Authors Corner let me hang out on the corner to share a little bit from my latest release- Quest for Redemption

 

Check out some past blog posts at:

Join me on Social Media!


Read & Write On, Jessie!

Once a month- around the first day of the month-
I write you all a letter…

~May 2022~

Hello Mystery Fans! Welcome to May!

We finally had our first beautiful spring day here today. It was 50 degrees and that awesome yellow ball was floating happily in the sky. 

I thought y'all might like a little update on the The Mystery Writers of America Edgar Awards I attended in New York the end of April. It was an amazing night, all thanks to MWA's Margery Flax and Greg Herron. The work going into this event is astronomical. It was held at The Marriott Marquis in Times Square, and the digs were posh! The dinner during the awards was stellar, some of the best food I've ever had at an event like this. 

Since I teased you last month with a green bowtie and actual pants, here's the proof!

Crooked Lane acquisitions editor and my good buddy Terri Bischoff was also in attendance. We were lucky enough to bunk up overnight and hang out. It was really nice to spend some time catching up. I miss that chica! Here's a shot of us pretending to be important at the podium.

One of the best moments of the evening was when the 2022 Grand Master Award—the pinnacle of achievement in mystery writing—was given to Laurie R. King. I had the honor of sitting on a panel with her a few years ago at Left Coast Crime. Congrats to an incredible writer and a wonderful human being. 

Then I had one day in Manhattan to explore. I did the Met—the Metropolitan Museum of Art—and it was stunning. I think I barely scratched the surface, and I was there for four hours. After all that fine art, I was starving, so I took a walk through Central Park on the way to Gray's Papaya, the best hotdog joint in the city. It was a beautiful jaunt. 

I was very appreciative to have a break from life and attend the Edgars, because May 5th I'll be having a second surgery on my right foot. Here's a tip for you. When you're a hormonal, pissed off youth, don't kick a chair so hard you fracture your toe joint. Then decades later, when you have to get the foot fixed from your teen angsty error, don't stub your newly surgerized foot and break your big toe. Because then you might be lucky enough to do it all over again!

Peace out, folks! See you in June, hopefully with a working hoof!

Jessie

The current letter is mailed right here on the front page of this website.
The dead letters live on here!

Read & Write On, Jessie!