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SINGLE MYSTERY AUTHOR OR OTHER INDIVIDUAL And Another Thing... http://www.johnconnollybooks.com/blogger.html A blog created by John Connolly, award-winning author of several mystery/thriller books A Newbie’s Guide to Publishing http://jakonrath.blogspot.com/ JA Konrath writes the Jacqueline "Jack" Daniels thriller series. Buzz, Balls, and Hype http://mjroseblog.typepad.com/buzz_balls_hype/ A look at the publishing industry and marketing by MJ Rose, the internationally bestselling author of eight novels and the creator of AuthorBuzz, a publicity service, and online marketing courses. MJ also maintains the Backstory Blog, http://mjroseblog.typepad.com/backstory/ Classic Mysteries http://www.classicmysteries.net/ A blog run by Les Blatt which is associated with the “Classic Mysteries” podcast (http://classicmysteries.podbus.com/index.xml), for “fine detective stories worth reading and re-reading.” CLEWS, The Historic True Crime Blog http://laurajames.typepad.com/ A blog created by crime historian Laura James, Esquire Confessions of an Idiosyncratic Mind http://www.sarahweinman.com/ Sarah Weinman is an editor for GalleyCat, mediabistro.com's publishing industry news blog. She’s also the Baltimore Sun's crime fiction columnist and writes "Dark Passages," a monthly online mystery & suspense column for the Los Angeles Times Book Review. Crime Always Pays http://crimealwayspays.blogspot.com/ Declan Burke is an Irish freelance writer, editor and author, with an entertaining blog on mystery/crime fiction from a European perspective. Crime Fiction Dossier http://www.crimefictionblog.com/ A blog created by David J. Montgomery, who writes about authors and books for several of the country's largest newspapers, including the Chicago Sun-Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, Washington Post and Boston Globe Crime Scene Blog http://www.crimesceneblog.com/ Offers a daily crime roundup from around the country Crime Spot http://www.crimespot.net/ Crime Spot is a sort of Grand Central Station for mystery and crime fiction blogs. There are links to a variety of blogs on the site, which keeps track of how often they have new postings. There’s also a news section, which is updated periodically. Criminal Thoughts http://anthonyrainone.blogspot.com/ This is a blog created by Anthony Rainone, the New York editor for CrimeSpree Magazine, a Contributing Editor for January Magazine, and a writer for Mystery Scene Magazine. He’s also a graduate of the NYPD Citizen's Police Academy Detectives Beyond Borders http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/ A forum for international crime fiction Do You Write Under Your Own Name http://www.doyouwriteunderyourownname.blogspot.com/ A blog by British crime writer, Martin Edwards Euro Crime http://eurocrime.blogspot.com/ Snippets about British and other European crime fiction, TV, and film Graveyard Shift http://www.leelofland.com/wordpress/ A blog by Lee Lofland, author of Police Procedure and Investigation, A Guide For Writers In Cold Blog http://incoldblog.wordpress.com/ News and Reviews about crime fiction Indie Crime http://indiecrime.blogspot.com/ A blog dedicated to reviewing crime novels published by independent presses everywhere. Investigation Discovery: The Criminal Report Daily http://blogs.discovery.com/criminal_report/ A true-crime blog written by David Lohr, who is also a senior investigative crime writer for CourtTV's Crime Library. It’s a Crime http://itsacrimeuk.wordpress.com/ This blog promises to bring you the best of crime and mystery fiction, focusing on British crime writers. The Knowledgeable Blogger http://theknowledgeableblogger.blogspot.com/ A blog for lovers of crime fiction created by Dick Adler, who also maintains the blog, Paperback Mysteries, http://paperbackmysteries.blogspot.com/ Malefactor’s Register http://markgribben.com/ A blog focusing on historical true crime Marine Mysteries http://www.paulinerowsonmarinemysteries.blogspot.com/ The blog created by crime writer Pauline Rowson. Material Witness http://materialwitness.typepad.com/material_witness/ New, reviews, and interviews Meritorious Mysteries http://mysteryheel.blogspot.com/ By reviewer Molly Weston, “an attempt to bring good crime fiction to the attention of others. …an opportunity to share my mystery lecture topics with others. …an offering of mystery happenings” Mysterious Matters http://mysteriousmatters.typepad.com/ Mysterious Matters is “designed to educate and entertain both writers and readers of mystery and suspense novels with tips, comments, and the inside story of the mystery publishing business.” Mysterious Musing http://www.juliabuckley.blogspot.com/ Author Julia Buckley’s blog Mystery Books News http://www.mystery-books.com/ A blog of news from the world of mystery fiction from the folks at Hidden Staircase Mystery Books Mystery Crime Fiction http://mysterycrimefiction.suite101.com/blogs.cfm Mystery news by Sandy Mitchell Mystery File http://www.mysteryfile.com/blog/ A blog “Devoted to mystery and detective fiction — the books, the authors, and those who read, collect and make annotated lists of them” MysterySuspense Blog http://mysterysuspense.blogspot.com/ How to and resources for mystery and suspense writers Sons of Spade http://sonsofspade.blogspot.com/index.html Spotlighting the fictional PI The Graveyard Shift http://www.leelofland.com/wordpress/ Lee Lofland’s “Guide to all things cops and robbers.” Lee is a veteran police investigator, mystery writer, and author of the Writers Digest Book’s Howdunit series offering, Police Procedure and Investigation. Things I’d Rather Be Doing http://tirbd.com/ Music, culture, books and movies, with a crime fiction focus, from John Kenyon. True Crime Blog http://truecrimeblog.blogspot.com/ Blogging about true crime by Steve Huff MYSTERY AUTHOR COLLECTIVES AND GROUPS 7 Criminal Minds http://7criminalminds.blogspot.com/ Although it originally started out with seven authors, the roster now includes Sue Ann Jaffarian, Lois Winston, Rebecca Cantrell, Joshua Corin, Tracy Kiely, Graham Brown, Kelli Stanley, Michael Wiley, Meredith Cole, Gabriella Herkert, Reece Hirsch, Gary Phillips and Hilary Davidson, Vicki Delany. Acme Authors Link http://acmeauthorslink.blogspot.com Writing, networking, and everyday tips from the Masters - Debra St. John, June Sproat, Terri Stone, Morgan Mandel, DL Larson, Rob Walker, Margot Justes and Christine Verstraete. Carnival of the Criminal Minds http://crimecarnival.wordpress.com/ A “progressive party” of a blog where guest bloggers host the carnival by posting a round-up of blogosphere events and/or has a themed carnival and invites bloggers to write about a specific topic, such as Australian crime fiction. Cozy Chicks http://www.cozychicksblog.com/ The online coffee and chat salon of chick-lit/cozy mystery authors Diana Killian, Karen MacInerney, Michele Scott, Maggie Sefton, JB Stanley, Heather Webber, and Kate Collins Crime Fiction Collective http://www.crimefictioncollective.blogspot.com/ A roster of crime fiction authors, editors, reviewers and a forensic scientist, including L.J. Sellers, Andrew E. Kaufman, Jodie Renner, Marlyn Beebe, Judith Yates Borger, C.J. West,, Peg Brantley, Gayle Carline and Tom Adair. Crime Lab Project http://crimelabproject.blogspot.com/ A place to talk about the Crime Lab Project, forensic science, and news from the CLP News/CLP Morgue with E. J. Wagner, Sandra Ruttan, and Jan Burke Crime Sistahs http://www.crimesistahs.blogspot.com/ Crime Sistahs are authors Gammy Singer, Pamela Samuels-Young, Angela Henry, and Patricia Sargeant Crime Space http://crimespace.ning.com/ This blog bills itself as “a place for readers and writers of crime fiction to meet.” There are over 850 (to date) authors, with videos, photos, news, articles, and links. Criminal Brief http://www.criminalbrief.com/ Features Robert Lopresti, Melodie Johnson Howe, James Lincoln Warren, Leigh Lundin, Steven Steinbock, Deborah Elliott-Upton, and guest contributors Criminal Minds at Work http://criminalmindsatwork.blogspot.com/ The author bloggers include Cheryl Tardif, Chris Redding, Marilyn Meredith a.k.a. F. M. Meredith, Eileen Schuh, Arnold Wolf, Jeff Bennington, Peg Herring, Juanita Rose Violini, Maryann Miller. Deadly Divas http://www.thedeadlydivas.com/ Sharon Short, Denise Swanson, Marcia Talley, Heather Webber Femmes Fatales http://www.femmesfatales.typepad.com/ Donna Andrews, Dana Cameron, Charlaine Harris, Julie Wray Herman, Toni L.P. Kelner, Marlys Millhiser, Kris Neri, Mary Saums, Elaine Viets First Offenders http://www.firstoffenders.typepad.com/ Lori G. Armstrong, Alison Gaylin, Karen E. Olson, and Jeff Shelby Get it Write http://getitwriteblog.wordpress.com/ A blog featuring the authors published by Perseverance Press. Hey Dead Guy http://heydeadguy.typepad.com/ Jeffrey Cohen, Denise Dietz, Gordon Aalborg, Lynne Patrick, Sharon Wheeler, PJ Nunn, Robin Agnew, Abby Zidle In For Questioning http://inforquestioning.blogspot.com/ John McFetridge, Julia Buckley, Sandra Ruttan Inkspot http://midnightwriters.blogspot.com/ A collection of authors published by Midnight Ink Books, writing novels ranging from cozy mysteries to suspense thrillers. Authors include Keith Raffel, Jess Lourey, Mark Combes, Karen MacInerney, Deb Baker, Amy Patricia Meade, Joanna Campbell Slan, Bill Cameron, Cricket McRae, Tom Schreck, Julia Buckley, gerald anderson, Chuck Zito, G.M. Malliet, Nina Wright, Joe Moore, Sue Ann Jaffarian, Tim Maleeny, jbstanley, Candy Calvert, Lynn Sholes, Mark Terry, Susan Goodwill, Felicia Donovan. Jungle Red Writers http://www.jungleredwriters.com/ Rosemary Harris, Hallie Ephron, Hank Phillipi Ryan, Jan Brogan Keep Me In Suspense http://keepmeinsuspense.blogspot.com/ Writing “inspirational suspense and mystery” with Lisa Harris, Jefferson Scott, Cara Putman, Susan Page Davis, Glenn Rambo, Lynette Sowell, Brandt, Wanda Dyson, Beth Goddard, and Candice Speare Killer Hobbies http://killerhobbies.blogspot.com/ Joanna Campbell Slan, Deb Baker, Monica Ferris, Linda O. Johnston, Kathryn Lilley, Camille Minichino/Margaret Grace Lady Killers http://www.theladykillers.typepad.com/ Jane Finnis, Lyn Hamilton, Mary Anna Evans, Rhys Bowen, Cara Black Lipstick Chronicles http://www.thelipstickchronicles.typepad.com/ Harley Jane Kozak, Nancy Martin, Sarah Strohmeyer, Elaine Viets, Michele Martinez Little Blog of Murder http://www.thelittleblogofmurder.com/ Five Ohio mystery authors, Don Bruns, Judy Clemens, C.R. Corwin, Casey Daniels, Jeffrey Marks Maine Crime Writers http://mainecrimewriters.com/ Authors based in Maine who write Maine-themed mysteries, including Gerry Boyle, Vicki Doudera, Kaitlyn Dunnett, Kate Flora, Sarah Graves, James Hayman, Paul Doiron, Barbara Ross, Julia Spencer-Fleming and Lea Wait. Moments in Crime http://www.momentsincrime.com/ A blog for mystery/crime fiction authors published by St. Martin’s Minotaur Murder She Writes http://www.murdershewrites.com Jennifer Apodaca, Allison Brennan, Natalie R. Collins, Deborah Leblanc, and Karin Tabke Murder Squad http://www.murdersquad.co.uk/ John Baker, Ann Cleves, Martin Edwards, Chaz Brenchley, Margaret Murphy, Cath Staincliffe, Stuart Pawson Murderati http://www.murderati.com Pari Noskin Taichert, Louise Ure, Ken Bruen, Robert Gregory Browne, J.D. Rhoades, Simon Wood, JT Ellison, Alexandra Sokoloff, Mike MacLean, Naomi Hiraha Murder is Everywhere http://murderiseverywhere.blogspot.com/ Six mystery authors whose books are set outside the USA, including Cara Black, Leighton Gage, Tim Hallinan, Jeff Siger, Michael Stanley (Stan Trollip and Michael Sears), Yrsa Sigurðardóttir and Dan Waddell. Mystery/Crime Fiction http://mysterycrimefiction.suite101.com/ This is actually an aggregate of blogs, articles, and discussions about mystery and crime fiction. Contributors include Sandy Mitchell, Jem Bloomfield, Vickie Britton, Cindy Finnegan, Phillip Northeast, Colin Harvey, Rebecca Conrad, Mike Gerrard, and Christine Nyholm. Outfit Collective http://theoutfitcollective.blogspot.com/ Sean Chercover, Barbara D'Amato, Michael Allen Dymmoch, Kevin Guilfoile, Libby Hellmann, Sara Paretsky, Marcus Sakey Poe’s Deadly Daughters http://www.poesdeadlydaughters.blogspot.com/ Sharon Wildwind, Elizabeth Zelvin, Sandra Parshall, Lonnie Cruse, Julia Buckley Rap Sheet http://therapsheet.blogspot.com/ J. Kingston Pierce, Megan Abbott, Dick Adler, Ali Karim, Stephen Miller, Roger Morris, Anthony Rainone, Linda L. Richards, Kevin Burton Smith, David Thayer, Jim Winter Sisters In Crime Blog http://sisters-in-crime-sinc.blogspot.com/ The blog for the National SinC organization. Sleuth Sayers http://sleuthsayers.blogspot.com/ A 15-member group crime-writing, crime-fighting blog that grew out of Criminal Brief. The roster includes: Monday, Fran Rizer and Jan Grape; Tuesday, Dale Andrews and David Dean; Wednesday, Rob Lopresti and Neil Schofield; Thursday, Janice Law and Deborah Elliott-Upton; Friday, RT Lawton and Dixon Hill; Saturday, John Floyd and Liz Zelvin; Sunday, Leigh Lundin and Louis Willis. Sleuths, Spies and Alibis http://sleuthsspiesandalibis.blogspot.com/ Middle grade and young adult mystery writers, including W.H. Beck, Laura Ellen, Lamar "L.R." Giles, Kristen Kittscher, Elisa Ludwig, Diana Renn and Talia Vance. Type M for Murder http://typem4murder.blogspot.com/ Rick Blechta, Charles Benoit, Vicki Delany, Deborah Turrell Atkinson, Donis Casey and Kathleen Delany Women of Mystery http://www.womenofmystery.net/ Meredith Anthony, Lois Karlin, Catherine Maiorisi, Terrie Farley Moran, Clare Toohey, Laura Kramarsky, Elaine Will Sparber, Nan Higginson Working Stiffs http://www.workingstiffs.blogspot.com/ Kristine Coblitz, Joyce Tremel, Mike Crawmer, Nancy Martin, Tory Butterworth, Annette Dashofy, Kathryn Miller Haines, Martha Reed, Pat Hart, Brenda Roger, Gina Sestak, Lisa Curry, Kathie Shoop, Susan Helene Gottfried, Cathy Corn, Brian Mullen GENERAL CRIME FICTION Avid Mystery Reader http://avidmysteryreader.com/ To discover, discuss and share awesome crime fiction stories with other readers in the crime fiction-reading community. Chatterific http://chatterrific.blogspot.com/ A blog with highlights from the discussion lists DetecToday, Spenser's Sneakers, and CrimeSeen The Crime of It All http://thecrimeofitall.com/ Len Wanner's review and interview website that focuses on crime fiction. Crime Fiction Lover http://www.crimefictionlover.com/ Crime Fiction Lover was set up by two journalists who love reading crime stories; everything from atmospheric noir to pulp thrillers. Crimezine http://crimezine.wordpress.com/ A home for all that rocks in the world of crime fiction. The main focus of this site is books, movies, and television shows. Fair Dinkum Crime http://fairdinkumcrime.com Fair Dinkum Crime is hosted by two Adelaide-based book bloggers who are fans of Australian crime fiction. The site is a place for their reviews of Australian crime fiction to be highlighted and includes author interviews, news, award updates and anything else relevant to Australian crime fiction. House of Mystery http://houseofcrimeandmystery.blogspot.com/ Devoted to news and reviews of Canadian crime fiction. Kittling Books http://www.kittlingbooks.com/ Book reviews, giveaways. Mystery Lovers Corner http://sonsofspade.blogspot.com/index.html News, reviews, author updates Murder, Mystery, Mayhem http://murdermysterymayhem.blogspot.com/ News, reviews, giveaways. Mystery People http://mysterypeople.wordpress.com/ A blog from the Austin, Texas mystery bookstore of the same name. Crime Fiction Coordinator Scott Montgomery promises book reviews, author Q&A's, news about events, and "notices of great books and authors (both past and present) that you’ve come to expect from MysteryPeople." Postmodern Mystery http://www.postmodernmystery.com/index.html Devoted to experimental, unconventional and postmodern approaches to stories of mystery and suspense. Read Me Deadly http://www.readmedeadly.com/ The Material Witnesses are avid readers of crime fiction of all types. We created this site as a place for readers to join us in talking about our devotion to reading crime fiction. LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL and CRIME NEWS 200 Weeks http://200weeks.police999.com/ A regular British police officer who has spent his entire service ‘in the trenches’ as a front-line officer Crime, Guns, and Videotape http://crimefilenews.blogspot.com/ By Paul Hubel, a Licensed Private Detective, Former Chicago policeman, and Investigative vlogcaster Diary of a Police Officer http://officergary.blogspot.com/ Anonymous US police officer Inspector Gadget http://inspectorgadget.wordpress.com/ Blog by a uniformed Inspector from a County police force in England (before the police, heI soldiered for the Queen) Los Angeles Police Department http://lapdblog.typepad.com/ The official blog of the LAPD The Magistrate’s Blog http://thelawwestofealingbroadway.blogspot.com/ Musings and Snippets from an anonymous English Magistrate Police Locker Room http://policelockerroom.blogspot.com/ A police supervisor on the outskirts of one of the UK's main cities AGENTS/EDITORS/PUBLISHERS/PUBLICITY Arcaedia http://arcaedia.wordpress.com/ Jennifer Jackson, literary agent BookEnds http://bookendslitagency.blogspot.com/ From the literary agency, Bookends LLC Book Square http://www.booksquare.com/ “Dissecting the publishing industry with love and skepticism” Dystel and Goderich Literary Management http://www.dystel.com/ From the literary agency of the same name Evil Editor http://www.evileditor.blogspot.com/ Lots of snarky fun from an anonymous editor who critiques queries on the blog Miss Snark http://misssnark.blogspot.com/ Arguably the most famous of the literary agent blogs, Miss Snark ceased her blog in May 2007, but will keep the archives up with wonderful snarky information on the publishing biz. Nathan Bransford http://nathanbransford.blogspot.com/ A former Literary Agent with the San Francisco office of Curtis Brown Ltd., a New York based agency that has been representing writers since 1914 Pub Rants http://pubrants.blogspot.com/ Kristen, a literary agent. Provides some good info on agreements and shopping for an agent Publishing Insider http://publishinginsider.typepad.com/publishinginsider/ Blog by Carl Lennertz of Harper Collins Publishers The Rejecter http://rejecter.blogspot.com/ Assistant at an anonymous literary agency BLOGS, GENERAL WRITING & BOOKS At Last! Writer Beware Blogs http://accrispin.blogspot.com/ A blog about hunting down scam agents, and information on writing and publishing from authors/scam hunters Victoria Strauss and A.C. Crispin. Book Slut http://www.bookslut.com/blog/ News and reviews from the same folks who run the monthly Bookslut web magazine. Both provide a constant supply of news, reviews, commentary, insight, and “more than occasional opinions.” Galley Cat http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/ Edited by Ron Hogan and Sarah Weinman who try to be “the first word on the book publishing industry” with news on agents, authors, award, book fairs, bookselling, and more Novel Talk http://www.noveltalk.com/ A blog that bills itself as a community for authors and readers, and includes dozens of author participants. There are contests, chats, an “Ask the Author” section and more Omnivoracious http://www.omnivoracious.com/ Omnivoracious is a blog run by the book editors at Amazon.com, who “aim to share our passion for the written word through news, reviews, interviews, and more.”