EVENTS
In-person & online appearances:
- November 5 at 1.00 p.m. ET: Interviewing the legendary Paula Hawkins at Burlington Public Library. Details HERE.
- November 9 at 2.00 p.m. ET: The Christmas Countdown book launch. Details and registration HERE.
- November 10 at 3.00 p.m. ET: Romance by the Book online panel with Jenny Bayliss. Details and registration HERE.
- November 16 at 10.00 a.m. ET: Appearance at The Book Wardrobe in Mississauga. Details will be added to their website HERE.
- November 18 – 24: Iceland Noir. Information HERE.
- November 20, 2024: Reader Seeks Romance online event. Details to follow.
- December 2, 2024: Novel Neighbor online event. Details to follow.
- December 6, 2024: Angel Reading Series in-person event in Toronto. Details to follow.
- December 12, 2024: Niagara Falls Coast to Coast in-person event. Details to follow.
- December 13, 2024: Grimsby Author Series in-person event. Details to follow.
- December 14, 2024: Writers’ Community of Durham in-person writing romance workshop. Details HERE.
- December 15, 2024: The Gloss Book Club – Burlington chapter meeting. Join your chapter HERE.
- December 16, 2024: The Gloss Book Club – Oakville chapter meeting. Join your chapter HERE.
Standing Event
Every Tuesday at 12.30 pm ET, please tune in to First Chapter Fun! Join fellow crime author Hank Phillippi Ryan and me LIVE on First Chapter Fun’s Facebook Group or Instagram to hear the first chapter of a different book and make sure your “to be read” pile of books stays completely out of control.
See www.FirstChapterFun.com for more details.
NEWS
- August 2024
The Christmas Countdown receives a Library Journal starred review here.
- July 2024
Only One Survives is a Loan Stars Top-10 pick in Canadian Libraries. See here.
- July, 2024
MIRABooks acquires my eleventh novel, tentatively called A Killer Motive, for North American publication in fall of 2025
- July, 2024
The Revenge List releases in Estonia, published by Ersen and titled Kättemaksunimekiri.
- October 4, 2023
Putnam US / Penguin Random House Canada acquires The Christmas Countdown (writing as Holly Cassidy) for a publication in fall 2024.
- June 2, 2023
The Revenge List becomes my fifth Globe & Mail Canadian Fiction bestseller.
- May 31, 2023
The Revenge List becomes my fifth Toronto Star Canadian Fiction bestseller.
- May 23, 2023
The Revenge List is chosen as a Globe & Mail must-read book of the summer.
- June 3, 2022
Never Coming Home becomes a Globe & Mail Canadian Fiction bestseller.
- June 1, 2022
Never Coming Home becomes a Toronto Star Canadian Fiction bestseller.
- May 2022
Piper Verlag acquires German rights for Never Coming Home as a lead title for fall 2023.
- May 2022
Swiat Ksiazki acquires Polish rights for Never Coming Home for publication in July 2023.
- May 2022
Putnam US & Penguin Random House Canada acquire the holiday romantic-comedy The Christmas Wager (written as Holly Cassidy) for publication in fall 2023.
- July & August 2021
You Will Remember Me is a Target US Pick of the Month for July, and a Walmart Canada Book of the Month for August
- July 22, 2021
MIRABooks acquires my seventh and eighth novels for North American publication in 2023 and 2024.
- June 4, 2021
You Will Remember Me becomes a Globe & Mail Canadian Fiction bestseller and stays on the list for 8 weeks.
- June 2, 2021
You Will Remember Me becomes a Toronto Star Canadian Fiction bestseller and stays on the list for 8 weeks.
- June 5, 2020
Sister Dear becomes a Globe & Mail Canadian Fiction bestseller and stays on the list for 6 weeks.
- June 3, 2020
Sister Dear becomes a Toronto Star Canadian Fiction bestseller and stays on the list for 6 weeks.
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April 20, 2020
Hodder & Stoughton buys Sister Dear, Her Secret Son, and The Neighbours for UK & Commonwealth distribution. See press release. - October 7, 2019
MIRABooks acquires my fifth and sixth novels for North American publication in 2021 and 2022.
- June 7, 2019
Her Secret Son becomes a Globe & Mail Canadian Fiction bestseller.
- June 5, 2019
Her Secret Son becomes a Toronto Star Canadian Fiction bestseller.
- May 28, 2019
Official publication of Her Secret Son.
- July 17, 2018
MIRABooks acquires my fourth novel, Sister Dear, for publication in 2020.
- March 13, 2018
Official publication of The Neighbors.
- March 5, 2017
Signed a two-book deal with MIRABooks. Update: The Neighbors, was published March 13, 2018. Her Secret Son May 28, 2019.
- June 2, 2016
Official publication of Time After Time.
- February 24, 2016
Signed my first deal with AVON (HarperCollins UK) for Time After Time.