IN SITE 22 – SLUG LINE: UPDATE/APRIL-JUNE, 2008 

IN THE KEY OF DEATH, my seventh book (the third from Five Star/Gale) was hot-off-the-presses and available for the kick off  to our series of launch appearances on April 5 at the Nicholls State University “Writers Jubilee Jambalaya and Book Fair” in Houma, LA, as well as the following lineup:

 Skylight Books, Los Angeles, Tues,, April 8, 7:30 p.m.; Sat., 12—Mysterious Galaxy, San Diego, 2  p.m.; Sun., 13—Book Carnival, Orange, 1 p.m., and Mystery Bookstore, Westwood, 4 p.m.; Sat., 19—Mysteries to Die For, Thousand Oaks, noon, and Dark Delicacies, Burbank, 4 p.m..; Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, Sat. and Sun. April 26-27; Thurs., May 1—Village Books, Pacific Palisades, 7:30 p.m.; May 29-June 1—Book Expo America, Los Angeles; Sun., June 1—Sisters-in-Crime/L.A., 2 p.m.;  Sat., 7—Vroman’s Bookstore, Pasadena, 4 p.m. 

SHOW TIME—I'm delighted to report that I've been nominated for an "Angie" award of the International Mystery Writers Festival, in a stage category that includes Ray Bradbury ( ! ), Rupert Holmes, Mary Higgins Clark, and Lee Goldberg.          

"Murder Times Two," comprises two one-act plays I adapted from a pair of my Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine stories. They'll be performed four times during the two-week Festival at RiverPark Center, Owensboro, KY, June 12-22.       

From the IMWF web site: A catchphrase and a life-changing moment. Levinson once again brings levity to a Hollywood tale of passion, love and longing in "Take My Word for it and You Don't Have to Answer." He pairs that mystery with a sexy drama in the court of blackmail and intriguing murder.              

PICTURE THAT—Next column, top row: With TV Hall of Famer William Link, left, and Harry (“Night Court”) Anderson at last year’s International Mystery Writers fest; with Mark Coggins, left, and John Billheimer at the 8th “Men of Mystery” bash in Irvine, CA;  Row 2: With Heather Graham at her “Writers for New Orleans” fund-raiser; at the Braille Institute, L.A.,  with, from left, staffer Tina Herbison, Janet Fitch, staffer Dawn Fuller; Row 3: At the mike, promoting Hollywood and Crime at the Burbank (CA) library with, from left, Gary Phillips, Gar Anthony Haywood, Ken Kuhlken, Dick Lochte…Until our next “Affair,” take care and be well... 

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Cheers!