Elizabeth Held

3 weeks ago | crimereads.com | Elizabeth Held

In Deanna Raybourn’s Killers of a Certain Age, four friends — and lethal assassins — need to outsmart the team now hunting them. Now, they’re back, out of retirement, in Kills Well with Others. This time, they’re tasked with rooting out a mole threatening to expose their identities. Article continues after advertisementHere, Raybourn discusses her narrator and why we can’t get enough older sleuths. Elizabeth Held: What was it like to be to spend more time with these characters?

2 months ago | hotsheetpub.com | Elizabeth Held

While some historical fiction authors are pivoting to other subgenres, others may move toward self-publishing . . . This content is only available to Hot Sheet subscribers who pay for archive access. • Login if you are an existing premium subscriber• Sign Up or Upgrade your subscription

Jan 6, 2025 | electricliterature.com | Lincoln Michel |Alyssa Morris |Jo Lou |Elizabeth Held

The publishing industry can feel like an opaque, black box to aspiring authors, with countless gatekeepers—agents, editors, publicists, book buyers and more—shaping the process behind the scenes. Even established authors can find the sector confusing as they attempt to read the tea leaves behind changing advance sizes, varying levels of publicity support and shifting print run amounts. Fortunately, there are now dozens of newsletters that aim to demystify the publishing business.

Jan 2, 2025 | crimereads.com | Elizabeth Held

Jane Pek’s The Verifiers, a mystery built around dating apps and AI, established her as a writer to watch when it came out in 2022. In it, mystery-obsessed Claudia Lin and her coworkers at a dating detective agency, the titular “verifiers,” investigate the backgrounds of the dates their clients find through algorithm-driven matchmakers. As they stake out significant others, Claudia and her colleagues uncover a vast AI conspiracy that already led to one murder.

Dec 24, 2024 | fodors.com | Elizabeth Held

Beaufort draws fans of the "Peachtree Bluff" books, and an annual festival in honor of the bestselling series transforms the North Carolina town into a Hallmark holiday wonderland. It's one of the growing number of literary tourism events across the globe.