So much had been undone in both their lives in that moment; they were things that could not be tied up or mended.
Author Brandon Daily burst onto the scene in 2014 with his debut novel A Murder Country, which was met with critical acclaim and won him the Silver Medal for Georgia Author of the Year—First Novel. Any doubts that he would succumb to the dreaded sophomore slump were quickly laid to rest with the release of The Valley.
It was an honor to work with Derik Cavignano on his novel The Art of Dying, which has won the 2019 American Fiction Award for Horror. The Art of Dying finds Boston Detective Ray Hanley, who is already dealing with an escalating war between Boston’s Irish and Italian mafia, drawn into a cat-and-mouse hunt for a serial killer obsessed with the art of human suffering.
Today is the start of Banned Books Week 2019:
“Banned Books Week (BBW) is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read and the importance of the First Amendment. Held during the last week of September, BBW highlights the benefits of free and open access to information while drawing attention to the harms of censorship by spotlighting actual or attempted banning of books across the United States.
It was a pleasure to work with Florence Love Karsner on We All Have Secrets. Set on an island off the coast of Florida in 1962 as the Cuban Missile Crisis is heating up, We All Have Secrets finds Dr. Molly McCormick and her retired US Navy officer grandfather in the crosshairs of sumgglers who are using the island as a waypoint to ship arms to rebels in Cuba. We All Have Secrets is a 2019 Royal Palm Literary Awards finalist.
“Whether you’re putting your stuff out there on your own or sending it out into the world of agents and publishers, you need to have your work as close to perfect as humanly possible. I’ve worked with Elizabeth on over a dozen published books. Each time, I found her to be extremely professional, timely and she provided a great knowledge of the genre of crime fiction, as well as fixed my grammatical travesties. I could go with any number of people to correct my spelling, but Elizabeth gives my writing a bit more that I feel really helps push it to its final stage.” — Mike McCrary
December 24th - Berkley
