Mystery Ink
I’ll be with good friends Kim Fay (Love and Saffron) and Laurie Stevens (the Gabriel McRay thrillers) at Mystery Ink in Huntington Beach at 1:00 p.m. If you’re in the area, I hope you’ll stop by!
Entries by Connie
Read Your Writes
My interview with Kim at Read Your Writes is up today. It’s all about Enter a Wizard, Stage Left, a prequel novella to the Zodiac Mysteries.
An Infamous Celebrity
I’m always casting about for interesting locations to use in the Zodiac Mysteries. Not just the historic or beautiful settings all around San Francisco, but the mysterious — secret stairways, dark alleys, and weird and haunted tunnels. Julia Bonatti, my San Francisco astrologer, is a native – a rare thing, since most people come to […]
Famous Sleuths
I knew when I started to write my first mystery that it should be set in San Francisco, a city noted for its artists, poets, musicians and writers, not to mention breathtaking views, dark alleys, secret stairways and FOG, lots of fog! And I wanted my protagonist to have an unusual profession, one that would […]
Wrong Place, Write Crime
I’m visting Frank Zafiro at his podcast Wrong Place, Write Crime, chatting about the Zodiac Mysteries and crime writing. Tune in to listen.
The Real Ask Zodia
Julia Bonatti, my crime-solving astrological sleuth in the Zodiac Mysteries, writes an advice column, AskZodia, for her hometown newspaper, the San Francisco Chronicle. Julia’s column stretches reality quite a bit because how many big city newspapers would have space for a ‘Dear Abby’ type of feature? Julia enjoys the work, but sometimes really struggles with […]
The Cozy Corner
Listen here, for Connie’s interview with Alexia Gordon at The Cozy Corner!
Iceland Noir 2018
Iceland Noir began in 2013, founded by Icelandic writers Yrsa Sigurðardóttir and Ragnar Jónasson. The team today includes Óskar Guðmundsson, Lilja Sigurðardóttir and Kristjan Atli Ragnarsson and probably many more that I didn’t have a chance to meet. If you haven’t heard of these authors, you’re missing out, so be sure to check out their […]
The Cat Will Never Die
How could I resist? I love visiting Melissa‘s site and this time Julia’s cat Wizard has his day.
Ten Things You Didn’t Know About Julia Bonatti
Ten things we don’t know about Julia Bonatti? Well, let me think. As the author of the Zodiac Mysteries, I’m not sure there’s anything my protagonist Julia hasn’t already revealed. I’ve tried to make her fairly open and honest about who she is and what motivates her. But maybe I can go further . . . Let’s see . . . […]
