I am delighted to announce that Well Read, Then Dead won the Agatha Award for Best First Novel. Think I am kidding? Here’s the proof–right in my dining room.
It would be a grievous understatement to say that I was more than a wee bit surprised to emerge from such a fine field of nominees, including Sherry Harris, Susan O’Brien, Annette Dashofy and Tracy Weber. I am forever grateful to all the readers who enjoyed Well Read, Then Dead and voted for it.
Malice Domestic is a super fun conference of readers and writers alike. Women of Mystery Triss Stein and Deirdre Verne were also there and it was a pleasure spending time with each of them. Former Women of Mystery member Elaine Will Sparber gets a special shout out. She was the editor, along with Hank Phillippi Ryan of the non-fiction winner Writes of Passage.
The Agatha Banquet was a joyful event and I was delighted that both my agent, Kim Lionetti from Bookends and my editor, Michelle Vega from Berkley Prime Crime were able to attend. As much as a book is a result of many solitary hours tapping the keyboard, there is an undeniable element of teamwork, and I had the right team in my corner.
Michelle, Terrie, Kim
And there is always a great joy in having old friends present when really good things happen and I was delighted to spend the evening with so many people who’d been part of my writing life for the past decade.
On to the future.
Terrie
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