About Lesa's Book Critiques
| I have been a library manager/administrator for over 30 years, in Ohio, Florida, Arizona, and, now, Indiana. Library Journal Mystery Reviewer of the Year 2018. 2022 Raven Award recipient from Mystery Writers of America. Recipient of the 2018 David Thompson Memorial Special Service Award from Bouchercon Board. Winner of the 2011 Arizona Library Association Outstanding Library Service Award. I am a mystery columnist for Library Journal, Mystery Readers Journal, and ReadertoReader.com. Author of the “Mystery Fiction” chapter in Genreflecting: A Guide to Popular Reading Interests (7th ed.) Winner of the 2009 and 2010 Spinetingler Awards for Best Reviewer. |
Recent Posts
Footnotes from the World’s Greatest Bookstores by Bob Eckstein
I wish I knew if I read about this book, or if one of my friends or the publisher recommended it. Bob Eckstein, New Yorker cartoonist, put all my love of independent bookstores into a charming book, Footnotes from the World's Greatest Bookstores: True Tales...
Walking New Orleans
This is my last post of New Orleans. Thanks to David Chaudoir, who took me and Sheila Connolly to see the streets nearby. It's also my last post for a couple weeks. I'm presently in Ireland. Lots of photos when I get back! And, I know Sandie Herron sent me posts...
Bouchercon 2016 – The People & Sights of New Orleans – Part 2
More photos from Bouchercon 2016 in New Orleans, beginning with the friends I spent much of the convention with. Kaye Wilkinson Barley, David Magayna, Wendy Sand Eckel, me, David Chaudoir Chris Grabenstein as auctioneer Wendy Sand Eckel With David Chaudoir &...