Katherine Hall Page, Agatha Award-winning mystery novelist, tales of classic crime

Katherine Hall Page poses for her readers
(Photograph by Jean Fogelberg)

Happy 2010!

Start the New Year, and all of 2010, with the Sisters in Crime "We Love Libraries" lottery!

Monthly grants of $1,000 will be awarded from January through December 2010 to libraries (for general book acquisition). For information on how to enter, visit www.sistersincrime.org

Librarians: a special Author's Note for you The Body in the Sleigh went on sale October 27th. Please see our links page for some bookstore details. The Body in the Sleigh is also available in Large Print (HarperLuxe), and in various eBook formats.

"Not only is The Body in the Sleigh, a gripping whodfunit, but it's a classic tale of hope. Katherine Hall Page is my favorite writer of the traditional mystery." - Harlan Coben
American Library Association Mid-Winter Conference

		Katherine enjoyed meeting librarians from all over. Take a look at Boston's new convention center. What was not to like about all those books? And here she is with her dear friends, Virginia Stanley, Director of HarperCollins Library Marketing, and Bobby M. Brinson, HarperCollins Senior Manager, Academic and Library Marketing. Plus what a pleasure to meet HC's terrific Kayleigh George. Check out HC's Marilyn Johnson's new book, This Book is Overdue!: How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All
FLASH - Our media page has a number of radio and TV interviews that were part of the tour for 2009 including Magic 106.7, WBCN, WBAI, and Library Lovefest Please be sure to visit our newly-updated media / photo page for podcasts and more. The Body in the Gallery (William Morrow) is now on sale in paperback! It is also available in large print from HarperLuxe. Faith is catering an event and discovers that one of the sculptures at Aleford's Ganley Museum has an unexpected addition. Gallery's sub-plot involving cyberbullying has proved unfortunatley timely. Katherine loves the site, www.teensreadstoo.com! The Body in the Sleigh is a featured selection for November and December. Her adult mysteries are suitable for teens. If you've come to my website, from Teens Read Too, have fun exploring. If you would like to drop me a line, you may do so from the contact page (links at top and bottom, and here) Page's entire backlist is in print, available from Avon Books. She is now the first person in the history of Malice Domestic to win all three Agatha Awards: Best First Novel, Best Novel, and Best Short Story. Katherine was the Guest of Honor at Malice Domestic XVIII.

Curl up with a good mystery. Katherine's entire backlist is still in print!

Check out Katherine's blog entry, Make Mine Murder, by clicking here
Katherine loves to hear from readers; click on Contact to send her your thoughts.

Publishers' Weekly's Review of The Body in the Sleigh

In Agatha-winner Page's delightful 18th Faith Fairchild mystery (after 2008's The Body in the Gallery), Faith and her family get away to their cottage on Sanpere Island in Maine's Penobscot Bay for the Christmas season. Tranquility reigns only briefly before Faith finds a young girl's body tucked among the mannequins in a local holiday display. If this wasn't enough to keep Faith busy, she receives a Christmas Eve call from reclusive goat farmer Mary Bethany, who's discovered a babe in her manger-a newborn boy inside her barn, along with a puzzling note and a serious bankroll. When Mary determines to keep the baby safe and Faith attempts to locate the birth mother, both women end up in peril. Amid the holiday festivities, Faith wears the hats of good wife and mother while slipping into her sleuth cap at every opportunity. Her investigative work builds to an exciting conclusion. Faith's kitchen skills result in some wonderful recipes listed at the end. (Nov.)

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