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
What Are You Reading?
I know some of you will pick up the slack today since I'm in New York. I should have time to drop in this morning. I haven't really decided what I'm doing today, although I'm heading to the Met tomorrow to see the Winslow Homer exhibit. I will tell you what book I...
“The State of the Crime Novel”
Since you all know I'm on my way to New York City today, I thought I'd still give you a chance to read about mysteries. Over at http://CrimeReads.com, Molly Odintz "sent out questions to all the (Edgar) nominees and special award winners for a wide-ranging...
What’s Happening
Greetings to everyone, whether you're joining me for your first cup of coffee or tea in the morning, or sometime later in the day. I want to keep you in the loop. This week is hectic, and it was unplanned until Mystery Writers of America announced they were...