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Jan Burke

The Edgar Awards Revisited: Bones by Jan Burke (Best Novel, 2000)

By John Valeri

November 22, 2019

Jan Burke wrote what would become the first of ten crime novels featuring journalist Irene Kelly in the evening hours after work. That manuscript, Goodnight, Irene (1993), sold to Simon & Schuster without the benefit of an agent or solicitation—and readers took note when then-President Bill Clinton mentioned it during his first White House interview…

Snow first fell on Friday night, making the resort a winter wonderland in March./ photo by Naomi Hirahara

Baby, It’s Cold Outside: Reporting from 2013’s Left Coast Crime in Colorado Springs

By Naomi Hirahara

April 2, 2013

(Thanks to everyone for sharing photos, especially Clark Lohr!)     When Left Coast Crime attendees first arrived at the Cheyenne Mountain Resort in Colorado Springs, Colorado, they were greeted with blue skies and warm weather. By the time the weekend was over, snow blanketed the resort and the temperature dipped past freezing, sending writers…

The Left Coast Crime Convention: Mining for Murder

Left Coast Crime Award Nominees Announced

By Crime HQ

February 1, 2012

For years, the “Lefty” for best humorous crime novel has been awarded at the annual Left Coast Crime convention. Later, the The Bruce Alexander Memorial Historical Mystery Award was added for best mystery set before 1960. This year, the organizers have added two new awards (it’s unclear whether they will continue as annual awards)—the “Golden…

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