Mystery Melange

Congratulations to the latest award winners and nominees, including: James Sallis, who was honored with the 2012 Hammett Prize for his novel The Killer is Dying; the inaugural Bony Blithe Light Mystery Award given out at the Bloody Words conference in Toronto to Gloria Ferris for her debut mystery Cheat the Hangman; the 2012 Nero Award nominees, including Marcia Clark, Tess Gerritsen, Anthony Horowitz, Paul McEuen, Dana Stabenow and Persia Walker; and also all the nominees in the various categories that were just announced for the 2012 Shamus Awards.

Mike Ripley's monthly Getting Away with Murder column for Shots Magazine reminds us that the second annual Crime in the Court is scheduled for July 3rd at Cecil Court in the heart of London's West End. Authors currently scheduled to attending include Tom Benn, Rory Clements, Lindsey Davis, Sophie Hannah, Matt Hilton, Erin Kelly, Ali Knight, Adrian Magson and Claire McGowan. Check out the rest of the column for the usual entertaining collection of news, reviews, people and events.

Janet Rudolph is seeking nonfiction submissions on legal mysteries for an upcoming Mystery Readers Journal, including  articles, reviews and also Author! Author! essays that are 500 to 1500 words about your books and the "legal" connection. Deadline: June 15. Email Janet Rudolph for more info. Also, Janet passed along details on the upcoming Literary Salons in Berkeley, California, including Bryan Gruley on Tuesday, June 12 at 7 p.m, and Katherine Hall Page on Tuesday, June 19 at 2 p.m. Space is limited, so drop an e-mail to Janet for reservations.

This week's Q&A roundup includes Bruce DeSilva, speaking with the Murderous Musings blog, and in a slightly-oldie-but-goodie, Craig Sisterson reprinted his interview with Val McDermid in honor of her birthday yesterday.

If you are a South African writer (or ex-pat) and have a crime story set in South Africa, then send it along to the editors of the upcoming anthology Bloody Satisfied. They are looking for new voices and stories between 2500 to 5000 words to join those commissioned by Roger Smith, Hawa Golakai and Michael Stanley. The "king" of South African crime fiction, Deon Meyer, is writing the Foreword.