Great news – I was notified yesterday that Dark Country is a finalist in the 2010 Daphne du Maurier contest! <\/p>\n
The Daphne du Maurier Award for excellence in mystery\/suspense is run by the Romance Writers of America Kiss of Death Chapter <\/a>, and there are six categories for published books; Dark Country has finalled in the Single Title Romantic Mystery\/Suspense category. <\/p>\n It’s a wonderful honour to be a finalist in this prestigious contest; for romantic suspense writers, it’s second only to the RWAmerica RITAs and the ITW Thriller Awards in the international contests. So, I’ve been wearing out my smile muscles (again!) since reading the email yesterday.<\/p>\n The winners of the Awards are announced on Thursday 29th July at the RWAmerica conference in Orlando; the Kiss of Death Chapter hosts a wonderful Death by Chocolate party that evening (and wow, is there serious chocolate!), and the Awards are announced at the party. Sadly, as I think I’ve mentioned before, I won’t be able to attend the RWAmerica conference this year, due to upcoming major surgery, but I’m sure all my fellow finalists and KOD members will have a fantastic night! Hopefully, I’ll be recovered enough to indulge in some chocolate to share the celebration, albeit from a considerable distance! (Hmmm… there’s a Max Brenner Chocolate Bar not far from the hospital – I may have to send Gordon out to bring me a little treat!)<\/p>\n The full list of finalists is below – my congratulations to all of them! It’s fantastic to be included in such a list of great authors, and my thanks go to the judges and contest coordinators for making the contest possible.<\/p>\n CATEGORY (SERIES) ROMANTIC MYSTERY\/SUSPENSE HISTORICAL ROMANTIC MYSTERY\/SUSPENSE INSPIRATIONAL ROMANTIC MYSTERY\/SUSPENSE MAINSTREAM MYSTERY\/SUSPENSE PARANORMAL ROMANTIC MYSTERY\/SUSPENSE: SINGLE TITLE ROMANTIC MYSTERY\/SUSPENSE (TIE) Great news – I was notified yesterday that Dark Country is a finalist in the 2010 Daphne du Maurier contest! The Daphne du Maurier Award for excellence in mystery\/suspense is run by the Romance Writers of America Kiss of Death … Continue reading
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