Smatterings

The Manchester Evening News chats with Jeffery Deaver, crime writer and dedicated foodie.

Clea Simon reports on the latest effort by James Lee Burke for the Boston Globe.

Patrick Anderson shines a light on a new book that deals with an American spy amidst Britain’s Cambridge Spy Ring. Interesting stuff, and yet more proof of the truth-stranger-fiction continuum.

The Hugo Award winners have been announced, and like Ed, I think it’s muy cool that Kelly Link won for Best Novella (I really have to track down her newest collection, MAGIC FOR BEGINNERS.)

And on more awards: Lee Goldberg reports on the SoCal chapter of MWA’s Marlowe Award, given out this year to Stephen Cannell.

And finally, since the topic du jour is Peter Jennings’ death, I thought I’d link to some local coverage — he got his professional start in Ottawa, after all.