Writing in the Dark

I like the dark places, the night time cafes and honk of the cabs and the blinking neon. Midnight alleys swallowed by rain, fog horn wail, dramas played and finally played out. Welcome to the blog of crime fiction writer Kelli Stanley.

Thursday, November 4, 2010

The Big Thank You!

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Huge thanks to RT Book Review and their reviewers, for nominating CITY OF DRAGONS for a 2010 Reviewers Choice Award in Historical Mystery ! ...

Thursday, September 23, 2010

Bouchercon Comes to San Francisco!

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In just three short weeks the city of San Francisco will be overrun by people thinking about murder. In a good way! ;) Bouchercon , the worl...

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Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Springing Forward in the Fall

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It's funny how time works. The whole relativity thing may be provable mathematically, but I'm more interested in the emotional effec...

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Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Rip van Who?

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You know, I think Washington Irving was on to something about Rip Van Winkle. Except in my version of the story, I fly to New York in April ...

Sunday, April 11, 2010

Springing Forward

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T.S. Eliot may have characterized April as the cruelest month, but personally, I think he just needed a vacation. Such a pessimist ... witho...

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

City of Dragons Tour - on the way to LCC!

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So last we met, I was in San Diego. Now I'm about to leave for Los Angeles and Left Coast Crime. What happened?? Well, I've discover...

Friday, February 12, 2010

City of Dragons - City of Angels Tour!

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Today I'm blogging from San Diego, where I'm looking forward to a signing at the fabulous Mysterious Galaxy ! Time is whizzing by, c...

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Kelli Stanley: San Francisco, California, United States; I’m a crime fiction writer, film noir fan, comic book buff and lover of fedoras. THE CURSE-MAKER--a follow-up to my "Roman noir" debut novel, NOX DORMIENDA--releases February 1st, 2011, from Thomas Dunne/Minotaur. My second novel, CITY OF DRAGONS, a PI noir set in 1940 San Franciso, was released on February 2nd, 2010 by Thomas Dunne/Minotaur and is available in hardcover, e-book, large print and audio. A paperback will be published in 2011 along with the sequel, CITY OF SECRETS.

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