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
Art Taylor, Guest Author, On Writing What You Know
We have Jeffrey Marks, publisher at Crippen & Landru, to thank for today's post. He suggested Art Taylor for a piece on the blog. Thank you to both Jeffrey and Art. Art Taylor is the author of the story collection The Boy Detective & The Summer of ’74...
What Are You Reading?
It's Thursday! Thursday, always my favorite day of the week, and you're part of the reason why. Are you ready to share what you're reading this week? While I finish a mystery for Library Journal, I'm also reading a collection of essays, although editor Victoria...
Hello, Summer by Mary Kay Andrews
I am a sucker for books about reporters; fiction, mysteries, memoirs. Mary Kay Andrews, who is a former journalist for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, brings readers a fabulous novel, the story of one reporter, the dying newspaper business, a small town...