"Cries and Whiskers" in mass market!

Finally! Cries and Whiskers – the third Theda Krakow mystery – is now available in a mass market (read: cheap) paperback edition from Worldwide. Cool new cover, too!

"Cries and Whiskers" nominated

Wow! Got home from the party at Kate's to find out Cries and Whiskers has been nominated for the David G. Sasher, Sr., award for best mystery of 2007. The "Davids," as they're known, were established by Deadly Ink, a mystery conference held at the end of June in Parsippany, NJ. I won't be there, but here's hoping! At any rate, it's very nice to be nominated.

Behind the scenes of "Cries and Whiskers"

Stacy Hackett of the CatChannel.com interviewed me about the backstory to Cries and Whiskers.

Hear ye, hear ye!

Cries and Whiskers is an audio book! (Here it is on audible.com, also on Amazon as a CD-ROM, wonder if they'll send me one of those?) My copies of the Blackstone Audio eight-CD set (hey, it's unabridged) just arrived. I'm a little afraid to listen, lest reader Tavia Gilbert doesn't sound like Theda to me. But I am thrilled.

Steve Dale's PetCast

Columnist and WGN-AM (720) Chicago radio personality Steve Dale named "Cries and Whiskers" a "pick of the litter," and interviewed me for his Pet Central show. Here's the PetCast. (I'm up after "The Shelter Dog." Equal time?)

Thank you, RTE!

Reviewing the Evidence has come to be one of the most respected crime fiction review sites, covering both US and UK books. And they can be critical. Therefore, I was overjoyed to see this review of Cries and Whiskers. How can you not love a review that opens like this?

"Clea Simon is turning the cat cozy on its furry little head in her wonderfully fresh series. CRIES AND WHISKERS is her third entry and, for my money, her strongest yet."

The Animal Connection

Dateline: Boston, Monday afternoon!

Cries and Whiskers makes the New England Cable News Animal Connection, featuring friend and colleague Vicki Constantine Croke. (She's the author of a wonderful true-life animal adventure, The Lady and the Panda, and several other great animal books.

on another front, I take on Richard Marinick's "In for a Pound" for the Boston Globe.