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
Trouble in Queenstown by Delia Pitts
Trouble in Queenstown by Delia Pitts
Delia Pitts introduces private investigator Vandy Myrick in Trouble in Queenstown. It's hard enough to be a black woman and a cop, but once Vandy Myrick's world was shattered she moved back to her hometown of Queenstown, New Jersey to become a private investigator....
Winners of Byron’s Bears
Winners of Byron’s Bears
Congratulations to the winners of Ellen Byron's bears. Ellen is sending them to Autumn T. from Portland, OR and Carol K. of Omaha, NE. I'll be home next Friday to kick off a new...
What Are You Reading?
What Are You Reading?
It's Thursday! I'm still visiting my Mom, although I have been reading for Library Journal's Saturday deadline for this month. Today, Mom, my sister, Christie, and I are heading to Marion, Ohio where we have tickets to go through President Harding's home and...