Back from Bouchercon

And our own Jamie Freveletti and Bryan Gruley continue to rack up the awards. Jamie won the Barry Award for Best Thriller, while Bryan won the Macavity and the Anthony for Best First Novel!

Congratulations to both!

Great Reviews for Kevin and Bryan

Surf on over to the Chicago Tribune to find some fabulous reviews of books by Outfit members...


Rick Kogan Interviews Kevin on THE THOUSAND

and


Julia Keller declaims on Bryan's THE HANGING TREE.





Jeff Johnson also featured Kevin and THE THOUSAND in Sunday's Chicago Sun-Times Chicago Lit Section.


Please send them your heartiest congrats. They might make you an offer you can't refuse.

PS It's now Friday, August 27, but we need to add a great review of Kevin's THE THOUSAND from the New York Times.

Well done!

A New Year, A New Outfit

Hi, all. We've made a few changes to the OUTFIT for 2010, and I wanted to give everyone a heads-up. After 3 and 1/2 years (hard to believe we've been around this long), Sara Paretsky is retiring. She'll still be guest posting from time to time, so she won't be far away. Marcus Sakey is also stepping back a bit and will be sharing his spot.

With whom, you ask?

Please welcome Bryan Gruley, author of the acclaimed STARVATION LAKE, who calls Chicago home (even though his book is set in Michigan). His day job is the Chicago Bureau Chief of the Wall Street Journal, so I'm sure he'll have some interesting takes on what goes on in our fair city. Or not.












Jamie Freveletti, who hit the ground running (literally and figuratively) with RUNNING FROM THE DEVIL is also joining the Outfit. She's an attorney in another life (what is with Chicago, crime fiction, and lawyers?), a Martial Arts expert (do not mess with her in a dark alley), and a Mom.



Please welcome them to the OUTFIT. Rumor has it that Jamie will post tomorrow!