My parents took me to The Sound of Music in 1966. It was showing at a grand, gilded cinema in Beirut—the kind we used to have, with stills ...

This is  Mario Geo's 1967 Toronto Star photograph of American Olympic gold medalist and ex-pro football Milt Campbell and his family, ...

A detail from John Singleton Copley's "The Death of Major Pierson, 6 January 1781" (1783) features a Black Loyalist soldier ...

Does anyone else map out the writing of their books with mnemonic devices? Each of my novels has had an associated fragrance, usually via a ...

Last weekend, we lost David Moss at the age of 96. He was the father of my big sister, Nancy, whom some of you know from my books and essays...

It's funny what you wind up missing during a lockdown. The restaurant at the top of Nordstrom, Bar Verde, has a prime view of the...

Today's post brought the author copies of the new editions of my three novels from my new publisher, Open Road Media. I couldn't be ...

The highlight of this past week was undoubtedly getting these copies of Les Ombres de Wild Fell , the French translation of my novel  Wild F...

Well, it's official. The film rights to my novel  October have been sold to L.A.-based indie filmmaker Dominic Haxton , as Publisher...

Here's the cover of the forthcoming mass-market edition of Les Ombres de Wild Fell , the French translation of my haunted house novel Wi...

I'm delighted to be able to share some exciting news, as well as some new book covers Early in 2020 we were approached by Open Road Medi...

My beloved goddaughter Kate turned eighteen today and I'm all at sea. Of course I'm thrilled and proud beyond measure that this glor...

The thing about the interiority imposed by self-quarantine, particularly for a freelancer, is the loss (or at least the reduction) ...

Spring is as close as the Early Snow Glories bordering the front walk. It's coming, whatever else is going on in the world. Like a ...

And here we are, on the first perfect day of spring, and we're inside, looking out. It's a glorious afternoon. The flowers in the...