The Tea and Mstery fundraiser at North Highlands Antelope Library was quite wonderful. And for once I felt a wee bit underdressed (c.f. librarian Kerri Moore). Thank for letting me be part of it, FoL.

Join Kim Stanley Robinson, Tracy Guzeman, Kristina Yee, Geraldine Brooks, Joanne Weir and me . . . and raise money for literacy in Solano County. Rancho Solano Clubhouse: tickets here.

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Had a blast in Raleigh and came home with two count them two awards: the best PBO Anthony for THE DAY SHE DIED (accepted by Terri Bischoff and her dimples) and the Sue Feder Memorial Macavity for A DEADLY MEASURE OF BRIMSTONE.

Got San Diego and back without getting lost much at all. Thank you to all the booksellers and readers at Avid Reader, Book Passage, Mystery Ink, Mysterious Galaxy, Bookshop Benicia, Books Inc and Kepler's.

Never say of Davis that its writers aren't a close community. Here are Eileen Rendahl and I hugging it out at the Avid Reader.