EVENTS
In-person & online appearances:
- June 7-9, 2024: MOTIVE mystery and crime festival, Toronto. Details here: https://festivalofauthors.ca/crimeandmysteryfestival/
- June 18, 2024, 9 pm ET: Appearance on Facebook’s Killer Author Clubhouse. Details here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/killerauthorclub/
- June 26, 2024, 7 pm ET: In-person conversation with author Helen Simonson at the Burlington (Ontario) Public Library. Details here: https://attend.bpl.on.ca/event/10728511
- July 9, 2024, 4 pm ET: Online appearance on A Mighty Blaze’s Crime Time with Hank Phillippi Ryan. Follow the group/tune in here: https://www.facebook.com/amightyblaze
- July 14, 2024, 7 pm ET: Online appearance in The Back Room with Wanda Morris, Lori Roy, Jacqueline Winspear. Hosted by Hank Phillippi Ryan and Karen Dionne. Details and registration here: https://the-back-room.org/july-14-2024-superb-summer-reading/
- July 15, 2024, 7 pm ET: Online appearance on Mystery & Thriller Mavens on Facebook and YouTube with author Sara DiVello.
- July 15, 2024, 9 pm ET: Online appearance on ‘Twas the Night Before Book Launch (Instagram Live) with author Vanessa Lillie. Follow Vanessa and tune in here: https://www.instagram.com/vanessalillie/
- July 16, 2024, 8.50 am ET: Television appearance on CHCH’s Morning Live with Annette Ham. https://www.chch.com/
- July 16, 2024, 12.30 pm ET: Online appearance on First Chapter Fun with Hannah & Hank. Tune in on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/firstchapterfun or Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/firstchapterfun
- July 16, 2024, 7.30 pm ET: Official TRIPLE book launch for Only One Survives with fellow authors Robyn Harding, Christina McDonald, and Hank Phillippi Ryan. Details & registration here: https://bit.ly/theplotthickens2024
- July 18, 2024, 11 am ET: Radio appearance on Joy on Paper radio show with PatZi. Listen live: https://www.radio-joyonpaper.com
- July 21, 2024, 6.30 pm ET: In-person appearance at Type Books, 883 Queen Street West, Toronto, ON M6J 1G5 with fellow crime authors Samantha M. Bailey and Christina McDonald.
- July 25, 2024, 7.30 pm ET: Online appearance at Cleveland Public Library’s Writers Unplugged series. Watch on Facebook or on YouTube.
- July 26, 2024, 3 pm ET: Online appearance on AMI’s Chatty Bookshelf with Kelly, Ramya, and Ryan Hooey.
- July 30, 2024, 6pm ET: In person appearance at the Boulevard Club in Toronto (member exclusive)
- July 31, 2024, 6pm ET: Online appearance at Petawawa Public Library’s book club. Please contact the library for registration (details here).
- August 15, 2024, 2:30 pm ET: In-person appearance at Burlington Public Library – in conversation with Shari Lapena. Details here.
- August 15, 2024, 8:00 pm ET: Zoom Book Club with Brad @bookstagrambrad. For more information & to join, contact Brad here.
- September 8, 2024, all day: In-person appearance at Eden Mills Writers’ Festival. Festival details here.
- October 17-20, 2024: Attending Whistler Writers Festival. Details & registration here.
- October 25-27, 2024: Attending Ottawa Writers Festival. Details & registration here.
- November 20 – 23, 2024: Attending Iceland Noir festival. Details & registration 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
- 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.
- June 15, 2017
Read my interview with Curtis Brown Creative about how I found an agent and got my book deals.
- 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.