The Houston Chronicle's Sandra Breiting profiled David Thompson over the weekend, getting further scoop on Busted Flush Press.
Marilyn Stasio has her say on the latest in crime by Ariana Franklin, Jim Kelly, Leighton Gage and Adrian Hyland.
Oline Cogdill is further impressed with James O. Born's new series protagonist, Alex Duarte, making his second outing in BURN ZONE.
Eddie Muller peppers his SF Chronicle column with his thoughts on new books by Eddie Bunker, Loren Estleman and Cornelia Read.
The Boston Globe's Clea Simon continues to be a fan of Denise Mina's singular heroine Paddy Meehan.
Tom & Enid Schantz's mystery column for the Denver Post looks at new releases by Sharan Newman, Deanna Raybourn and Jacqueline Winspear.
Patrick Anderson is wowed by Jonathan Barnes' spooky tale THE SOMNAMBULIST.
The Iceland Review has a take on Arnaldur Indridason's newest novel HARDSKAFI, which won't be out in English-language translation for at least a year or two.
PW's Sara Nelson visits with Laura Lippman in Baltimore.
The Connecticut Posts finds out why Karen Olson is living vicariously through her series heroine Annie Seymour.
The Scotsman discovers why Catriona McPherson took 20 years to write her first novel after discouragement early on.
Giancarlo De Cataldo describes his role in the Italian crime fiction wave to the Telegraph.
Kathryn Fox details her switch from GP to crime novelist to the Melbourne Age.
The Times profiled James Patterson, now the UK's most borrowed author, trying to understand his particular brand of thriller creation.
Linda Richards pays her respects to romantic suspense pioneer Phyllis Whitney, who passed away a few days ago at the age of 104.
Is Donald Ray Pollock the next New American Voice? The WSJ's Jeff Trachtenberg investigates, and while I thought a couple of the stories in KNOCKEMSTIFF were absolutely standout, I'm withholding judgment until Pollock produces the novel he mentions at the end of the article.
The second-last paragraph of Carolyn Kellogg's review of ULTIMATE BLOGS cracked me up. And is so, so true.
Julia McKenzie is the new Miss Marple.
The Coen brothers are slated to adapt THE YIDDISH POLICEMEN'S UNION for the big screen.
Happy birthday, Sarah. I'll always be older.
Posted by: Gerald So | February 12, 2008 at 10:14 AM
Happy birthday, you young whippersnapper, you.
Posted by: Bill Crider | February 12, 2008 at 10:28 AM
Hope you're going out to celebrate...happy birthday, Sarah!
Posted by: Cara | February 12, 2008 at 10:38 AM
Enjoy the day. Take it easy. Read a book. Or two.
Happy B-day, Sarah.
Posted by: Steven | February 12, 2008 at 10:39 AM
Birthday? Already? Wow. Okay, this year, get a tattoo. Of a bulldog with a rose in its mouth.
Really, it's the only way to celebrate. Happy birthday, La Weinman.
Posted by: Ray | February 12, 2008 at 11:03 AM
Happy birthday to you,
Happy birthday to you,
Happy Birthday dear Sarah,
Happy birthday to you!
(SO much better that you don't have to actually hear me sing that, given your far closer relationship to good pitch than my own).
Posted by: Cornelia Read | February 12, 2008 at 11:27 AM
Happy birthday!
The Coens adapting Yiddish Policemen's Union?
Can I buy tickets now?
Posted by: Keith | February 12, 2008 at 11:34 AM
Have a happy one, Sarah!
Posted by: Marcus Sakey | February 12, 2008 at 01:36 PM
Yea! Happy birthday, Sarah!
Posted by: Sean Chercover | February 12, 2008 at 01:39 PM
Happy birthday, so-very-young Sarah. (I have clothes older than you.)
Posted by: Laura | February 12, 2008 at 01:49 PM
Have a great day, Sarah!
Posted by: Rae | February 12, 2008 at 04:46 PM
Happy Birthyday Sarah.
Wait, Laura... clothes older than her??????
The seventies are NOT coming BACK!!!
Posted by: Dave White | February 12, 2008 at 06:06 PM
I'm not too late to get in a last minute birthday wish, am I? Hope it is (was) a great day!
Posted by: Keith Raffel | February 12, 2008 at 06:52 PM
Happy happy happy day, Sarah!
And having seen what the Coens did with Cormac McCarthy, I'm dying to see what they do with the "frozen chosen." Which was, to my mind, a flawed but interesting book.
Posted by: Clea Simon | February 12, 2008 at 07:47 PM
Happy Darwin's birthday! Oh, wait ... it's your birthday, too. Count your blessings - you're not 199 years old, like he is.
Posted by: Barbara | February 12, 2008 at 08:24 PM
Happy Birthday, Sarah. By my calculations, right now you are somewhere in Manhattan, getting absolutely blotto. As you should!
Posted by: Duane Swierczynski | February 12, 2008 at 09:56 PM
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Ali
Posted by: ali | February 13, 2008 at 02:52 AM