Getting Medieval

Author Jeri Westerson

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Left Coast Crime L.A. Friday Night and Saturday

Mar 13, 2010 5:48pm

Last night the conventioneers were invited to Metropolis Books for a wine and cheese gathering and as you can see we were pretty much crammed in there. I got my free wine, a bit of salmon, bought a book or......

Left Coast Crime LA Thursday & Friday

Mar 12, 2010 4:15pm

Musso & Franks, the oldest restaurant in Hollywood (since 1919) with more here: Fellow Sisters in Crime below. From the OC chapter (and friends) from left, El Presidente Me, Debbie, Maria, Nanette, and Rob: From the online group called the......

Live! From Left Coast Crime Los Angeles

Mar 12, 2010 6:45am

This weekend I will be reporting from Los Angeles--my hometown--at the Left Coast Crime Conference. I will have pictures of the Biltmore (the hotel I'm staying at down the street from the convention hotel, a much better choice for it's......

Scooby-Doo versus Sherlock Holmes

Mar 5, 2010 9:16am

It's not so crazy a thought, really. Well, add a few margaritas and it's not so crazy a thought. Looking through some Sherlock Holmes stories the other day, I was struck at how simple some of the plots are, and......

The Demon's Parchment Release Date

Feb 22, 2010 6:28pm

I gotta a date for the release of the third Crispin Guest novel, The Demon's Parchment: October 12, 2010! Just before that, on September 29, 2010, Serpent in the Thorns will be released in paperback. Be on the lookout for......

Bosworth Field Update

Feb 19, 2010 10:04am

Alf Oliver's farm will never be the same. This is the bloke who has an arable farm just off the old Roman road from Atherstone to Leicester in England. According to today's article in the London Times, to get to......

It Ain't Heavy; It's My Armor

Feb 14, 2010 11:33am

One of those old myths about the Middle Ages is that armor was so heavy that the knight had to be lifted by crane onto his horse. Well, not so much. A knight in full harness—all duded up in mail,......

The Body on the Bench

Feb 1, 2010 11:10am

I wrote a little piece for The RapSheet on Dorothy B. Hughes' novel The Body on the Bench. She's one of my fav noir authors, so do check out what I had to say....