#IMAGEOFGOODNESS Snapped in a residential neighborhood of Pacific Grove, CA. Sign me up!

#IMAGEOFGOODNESS "Somebody Somewhere" (HBO) showcases that everyone has a story and is worthy of respect and love! Pic: Fred and Susan's wedding. Diversity is NOT an abstract; it is an acknowledgment of difference. One's worth and right to happiness are not bound by an arbitrary demographic.

#IMAGEOFGOODNESS "Tell Me More" hosted by @kellycorrigan on @pbs @kqed is simply outstanding. Each episode features a human being who excels at goodness and lifting up others. Last evening I enjoyed @annadeaveresmith Watch it and feel better about human beings.

#IMAGEOFGOODNESS Brian (husband) and I took the ferry from SF to Sausalito to enjoy a boat ride and the quaint and INCLUSIVE neighboring town, Sausalito! Note to 2026 LCC attendees: the ferry, a block from the Hyatt, is an excellent way to see the Bay and get incomparable views of the SF skyline.

#IMAGEOFGOODNESS In SF's SOMA neighborhood, this resale shop's sign lets all shoppers know they are welcome. Diversity, inclusivity, acceptance, and friendliness are good things. Period.

So many amazing facts about bicycling, THE Craze of the 1890s! And Harriet Morrow is all in on her "safety bicycle." What is a safety bicycle? And just how crazy was the craze? Tune in and find out! @runnersteph.bsky.social @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social

In SF Potrero Hill's @christophersbooks I spotted books by friends @paulbradleycarr.com and @sjrozan.bsky.social and @johnshenyennee Loved the Railway Conspiracy, and I'm on page 100 of the just-out The Confessions and boy-howdy. It's a banger! USA Today Bestseller List!!!

#IMAGEOFGOODNESS today from #parkcity thanks to author pal @karrenodden for this uplifting and colorful photo!

Here is an IMAGE OF GOODNESS from Boise, Idaho, the state capital. In May of this year, the City Council, in response to the legislature (their workplace shown in the near distance), voted 5 to 1 in support of a resolution to make the Pride Flag an official city flag. #imageofgoodness.

Today's IMAGE OF GOODNESS. Join me by posting one every time you see one! Collectively, these will become a daily dose of GOODNESS! This is a MUNI (SF transit) ticket. For IMAGEOFGOODNESS posts, if you join me, don't explain why it's good, but do describe what it is if it's helpful. #imageofgoodness

Publishers Weekly previews Book Two in the Harriet Morrow Investigates series, the follow-up to THE CASE OF THE MISSING MAID (which received a PW starred review!) www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/... @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social @runnersteph.bsky.social

For PRIDE MONTH, the ebooks of both of my Hayden & Friends Mysteries (the original Quozy series) are on sale. #CozyMystery #quozymystery #lgbtqfiction www.amazon.com/Devils-Chew-... www.amazon.com/Cirque-du-Sl...

FREE LISTEN! Check out a terrific new podcast from Alfred Hitchcock and Ellery Queen. My 2024 Edgar-Finalist MISS DIRECTION is the current tale--the first starring amateur sleuth, Perry Winkle! elleryqueenmysterymagazine.com/the-crime-sc... Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine #shortstory #shortfiction

THE NEW YORK TIMES has book picks for whatever mom loves to read! Support you local indy bookseller! www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/b...

LA Times Festival of Books is a huge shindig. Thanks to @janellebrown.bsky.social John Nee @sjrozan.bsky.social Naomi Hirahara + @lklinger.bsky.social (Les Klinger) for the great conversations! #latimesfob #historicalfiction #historicalmystery @runnersteph.bsky.social @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social

Tomorrow is INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORE DAY! Giving a shout-out to The Best Bookstore in Palm Springs. Saturday I'll be ordering a book from them to celebrate the day. Join me by replying with YOUR FAVE LOCAL BOOKSTORE ALONG WITH A PROMISE TO GIVE THEM SOME CASH REGISTER LOVE TOMORROW. #IndieBookstoreLove

Also appearing at MWA SoCAL Booth #363 on Sunday from 1 - 2 pm. Hope to see you there, SoCAL people! @latimes.com/fob #bookfest @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social @runnersteph.bsky.social

Look what I found staring at me from the shelf at @palmspringsbestbookstore! The latest from author pal @meredithambrock.bsky.social Whoohoo!

When at Left Coast Crime and nominated in a category alongside talents like @catrionamcp.bsky.social @ellenbyronla.bsky.social Jennifer Chow, @ajdevlin.bsky.social + Richard Osman, I was (still!) STUNNED to bring this honor home! Thanks to Stephany Evans, my stellar agent! @runnersteph.bsky.social

Chicago-size thanks to The Book Cellar and the wonderful @loriraderday.bsky.social for chatting with me about THE CASE OF THE MISSING MAID. And yes! that's none other than @tracyc1.bsky.social Tracy Clark who made the trek north! And check out the cookies! Amazing!

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/b.... Although a Chicagoan, Harriet Morrow is proud to appear in that "other city's" newspaper! Her author is THRILLED to see THE CASE OF THE MISSING MAID called out in today's NYT as one one of "four outstanding releases" in historical fiction! @runnersteph.bsky.social

Ride, Harriet! Ride like the determined detective you are! If you've already read about her first case, THANK YOU! If you've yet to join the adventure, it's available in all formats! Buy local! #historicalmystery #lgbtqfiction #mysterynovel @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social @runnersteph.bsky.social

New @elleryqueenmm.bsky.social is out, featuring shorts from @loriraderday.bsky.social and @maddieday.bsky.social My follow-up to my Edgar-nominated Miss Direction, w/ amateur sleuth Perry Winkle, is a FREE-READ excerpt here: www.elleryqueenmysterymagazine.com/current-issu... Read and subscribe!

New @elleryqueenmm.bsky.social is out w/ shorts from @loriraderday.bsky.social @maddieday.bsky.social + more! My follow-up to my Edgar-nominated Miss Direction, w/ amateur sleuth Perry Winkle, is featured as an excerpt here: www.elleryqueenmysterymagazine.com/.../story.../ Read, then subscribe!

On behalf of Harriet, I'm grateful to @paulamartinac.bsky.social at the Historical Novel Society for a splendid review of THE CASE OF THE MISSING MAID! 1898 Thrills! @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social @runnersteph.bsky.social #historicalfiction #historicalmystery #lgbtqfiction #lgbtqmystery

My good pal, Chicago-based artist Paul Somers, surprised me with this wonderful illustration celebrating THE CASE OF THE MISSING MAID. Thanks, Paul! @runnersteph.bsky.social @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social

Chicago-size thanks to @vancebastian.bsky.social and @SAbazCollins and their terrifically fun podcast, @wrotepodcast.bsky.social We discuss book 1 of my new historical, traditional mystery, THE CASE OF THE MISSING MAID. Topics include: queer life in the 1800s, Chicago, and detective work by bicycle!

www.bookbub.com/books/the-ca.... TODAY ONLY! Ride along with Harriet for just 19 cents or $5.99 in current dollars! @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social @runnersteph.bsky.social

kingsriverlife.com/01/18/even-m... Thanks to Kings River Life magazine for the nice review of THE CASE OF THE MISSING MAID. And what a treat to be featured alongside my pal Raquel V Reyes! @latinasleuths.bsky.social

I'm going to have Fun talking books at Fabulous Books on Jan. 23rd with Rob Osler. Come chat with us. @crookedlanebooks.bsky.social @melissarechter.bsky.social @queercrimefic.bsky.social @crimewoc.bsky.social @roboslerwriter.bsky.social

As awards season ballotting is upon us, a reminder for readers to consider @mariahfredericks.bsky.social and THE WHARTON PLOT. Borrowing the following review, which I second and then some! “Superb . . . Fredericks hits this one out of the park.”―Library Journal (Starred Review)

A heartfelt and humble thanks to everyone who picked up a copy of Harriet's first investigation. Knowing Harriet as I do, she is delighted to see her efforts of pedaling her patootie off across 1898 Chicago in search of Agnes ("missing maid") are paying off! Cheers to diversity in crime fiction!

Hope some #mystery lovers on Santa's "Nice" list found these great books under their tree! Congrats to @roboslerwriter.bsky.social ❤️ and a very jolly Jolabokaflod (Yule Book Flood) to all!

LCC voting. Friends. If you have a book published and eligible for an award, let me know. I'll be reminded if I've read it (odds are pretty good). It's been a long year :). If I haven't read it, I might still have time to read before voting closes.

@bsky.app www.washingtonpost.com/books/2024/1... Christmas came early for Harriet. Yesterday, on her book birthday, she found the story of her first investigation picked as one of 5 Best Winter Mystery Reads in the WASHINGTON POST! @runnersteph.bsky.social

Today! Harriet appears on @drulove.bsky.social Dru Ann Love's terrific Dru's Book Musing. It happens to be pub day for THE CASE OF THE MISSING MAID, and what a great way to celebrate! drusbookmusing.com/harriet-morr...

Thanks to Matt Lubbers-Moore and Kings River Life Mysteryrat's Maze for allowing me to introduce readers to Harriet Morrow and her first investigation. Although a Jan 25 book, the shelf date is this Tuesday! THIS HOLIDAY, SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL INDEPENDENT BOOKSELLER! #historicalfiction #lgbtq #mystery

wickedauthors.com/2024/12/04/a... Join me over at THE WICKEDS today where my terrific host @maddieday.bsky.social gives me the page to reveal a bit about the winding road of Harriet's publication! You'll also find a link to the Goodreads giveaway of 100 new hardcovers (coming this Christmas!)

Enter now to win one of 100 FREE HARDCOVERS! www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho.... “The first woman hired by a Chicago detective agency faces one daunting challenge after another in this excellent historical series launch from Osler… ” —★ Publishers Weekly STARRED REVIEW @runnersteph.bsky.social

www.goodreads.com/book/show/21... Win one of 100 hardcovers of book 1 of Harriet Morrow Investigates! “The first woman hired by a Chicago detective agency faces one daunting challenge after another in this excellent historical series launch from Osler…” —★ Publishers Weekly STARRED REVIEW

www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/729835... Very excited to dig into D.M. Rowell's follow up to her Mary Higgins-Clark finalist, NEVER NAME THE DEAD. Main character Mud Sawpole returns! Put this one on your TBR List! (Pro Tip: support your local bookseller :) @dmrowell.bsky.social

Midwest Mystery Conference was great! Thanks to @jamesdfhannah.bsky.social for moderating a terrific PI panel! Honored to be among Delia Pitts Tracy Clark @libbycudmore.bsky.social and Sara Paretsky !!! Chicago-sized thanks to @loriraderday.bsky.social Dana Kaye & Tracy Clark for making it happen!

Harriet Morrow, a detective solving crimes in Chicago during the Progressive Era, is arriving just in time for Christmas! Preorder now and support your favorite local bookseller! bookshop.org/.../the-case.... Read the full Publishers Weekly STARRED REVIEW here: www.publishersweekly.com/9781496749482

Hey, that's me the Best Bookstore in Palm Springs picking up my next two, sure-to-be stellar reads: @levacrosen.bsky.social latest Evander Mills historical, ROUGH PAGES, and @julietgrames new novel, THE LOST BOY OF SANTA CHIONIA. Can't wait to dive into these!

Visited the wonderful Gage Gallery in Victoria BC, CA. The close up is of some of the many writings--all by homeless persons--on cardboard that comprise the woman's dress. The gallerist said the piece has traveled extensively around Victoria. Pictures don't do it justice.

#diversity Standing united with Art Taylor and Alan Orloff at Bouchercon 2024!