In Padua’s medical museum, I came across a relic from a time when “trust your immunity” was our only defense against viruses. And some people call it the good old days.

Innocent words have now become hand grenades.

New Mexico has issued a public health order that removes federal restrictions to COVID-19 vaccine access so that pharmacies in New Mexico can vaccinate people of all ages and risk profiles. Every state need to do this!

As everyone knows, “True warfighters instilled with the warfighting ethos, however, know that a warfighting ethos is only at its warfighting ethos-iest when warfighters are fighting a war on boredom. And here among the embattled mulch beds of D.C., cousin, boredom is ah-boomin.”

This week on the #AmWriting podcast, Sarina & I interview a new favorite author of ours, Tess Gerritsen! We talk about her process, switching genres, and finding a new series right there in her backyard in mid-coast Maine. amwriting.substack.com/p/writing-th...

Loved having this conversation about writing!

Cannot wait to be part of the International Thriller Writers Online Thriller School this fall! Eleven weeks, 14 classes and 3 bonus panels. I'll be teaching “Move It Along! Pacing, Velocity, and Suspense.” See you there. thrillerwriters.org/programs/onl...

LA archbishop, business leaders start fund to help families affected by ICE raids www.ncronline.org/news/la-arch...

Really, ICE? Boarding cruise ships docked in US ports and arresting employees just because they're Filipino? www.msn.com/en-ph/news/o...

Just received my copy in the mail. Can't wait to dig in... www.amazon.com/dp/125035819...

Check out Nancy Drew: The Case of the American Icon by Cathleen O'Connell on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/cod...

I’ve had three of these. People reach out for an interview, which is not -that- unusual for me, and after I say ‘sure’ there’s a request for pay. It’s yet another piece of friction. I get a lot of publishing spam now. Everyone’s a mark these days, I guess.

Shooting our videos is a little bit different now.

Just got home from #ALA in #Philly ! Surrounded by books and librarians!

Someone on Bluesky just called me a “Yorkshire terrier making noises.” I like Yorkies so I don’t know if I should be flattered or offended.

The world is in crisis. The Supreme Court decision is freaking me out. But there’s this.

Every writer has probably gone through this. www.thebookseller.com/news/authors...

“ICE” bounty hunters made this possible. By making it easy to cosplay as federal agents: masked faces, no visible ID, no official vehicles, and gear that any yahoo can buy on Amazon. They look like criminals! 🚨 Man arrested who pretended to be an ICE agent while committing a robbery in Houston.

Just making up stuff again. You'd think they'd be embarrassed. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Join us at Left Bank Books TOMORROW, June 24, at 6:30pm for an author conversation between Thomas Ricks, author of the newly-released thriller "We Can't Save You," and Tess Gerritsen!

The best part of writing a book is the preliminary noodling around with plot ideas. I just turned in Martini Club #3, and now I get to noodle again!

Seniors still grooving www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/w...

Munich! Full house at Amerikahaus for the last event of the tour.

And the trio’s in Cologne!

On book tour in Germany for THE SUMMER GUESTS with the wonderful Margarete Von Schwarzkopf and actor Julia Nachtmann.

Book tour in Germany! Hannover.

Am Samstag, 07.06.2025, um 19 Uhr präsentiert US-Bestseller-Autorin @tessgerritsen.bsky.social ihren neuen #Thriller "Die Sommergäste" bei uns im Rahmen des Krimifestival #München. Schnell Ticket sichern! Mehr Infos unter www.amerikahaus.de/ausstellunge... #lesung #booksky #amerikahaus

The line to get into a bookstore! Livraria Lello in Porto, Portugal is so famous that people (including me) pay 10 Euros just to get a peek and maybe buy a book.

Well payed, Harvard, well played. Harvard offers FREE American Government course.

Trump totally wants to be the new Pope…

Add your voice. Protect your local public radio and television stations. All it takes is an email: protectmypublicmedia.org/rsc-emails/?...

Join me and author Kathryn Miles at the midcoast literacy event in Brunswick, Maine on May 3, 7 PM! www.midcoastliteracy.org/index.php/ab...

In honor of the Texas legislators who wants to stop bookstores from selling “obscene” — whatever they decide that means — books, please buy or borrow and then read a spicy, smutty, subversive book today. Consider today Moanday.

SUMMER GUESTS gets nice mention in Washington Post: www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...

It was never just about schools, it was never just about libraries, and it isn't actually about the books. It's about finding a way to banish entire people, entire ideas, out of society, back into the closet or worse. www.chron.com/politics/art...

“Do they accept submissions from scientists with “competing viewpoints”? Notice the feds don’t say that “competing viewpoints” be backed up by science. Any crackpot opinion should be aired. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/h...

ROMEO stands for "retired older men eating out," and it's helping guys in one Maine town get out of the house and into more friendships.

The season finale of #Ludwig was the most delectably perfect television episode I have ever watched. www.amazon.com/Ludwig-S1/dp...

🚀 BREAKING: BlueSky just hit 35,049,202 users and growing fast! 📈 Watch live and find out more at www.blueskyusercount.com #BlueSky #SocialMedia

SPY COAST longlisted for the CWA Dagger Award!