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Good News! Baby Shark's Beaumont Blues has been nominated for an Anthony Award for Best Paperback Original. The winner will be announced at Bouchercon 2008 in October. Beaumont is up against some heavy hitters - wish us luck.

The 2008 Anthony Award Nominees

BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL

Megan Abbott- Queenpin (Simon and Schuster)
Ken Bruen and Jason Starr - Slide (Hard Case Crime)
David Corbett- Blood of Paradise (Ballantine Books)
Robert Fate- Baby Shark's Beaumont Blues (Capital Crime Press)
P.J. Parrish- A Thousand Bones (Pocket)

For a complete list of Anthony Award Nominees, go to

http://lesasbookcritiques.blogspot.com/

 

BookExpo in La La Land: Authors! Authors!
June 6, 2008
by Wilda Williams
Fancy swag may have been scarce as rain at this year's BookExpo but authors were plentiful. Greeting fans at the D.C. Comics Booth was Brad Meltzer, who not only pens thrillers but acclaimed graphic novels. And at the Random House booth, Ethan Canin signed galleys of his Watergate-era novel, America, America. Look for LJ's review in the July print issue. And I spotted Robert Fate asking passersby if they liked...

 

Baby Shark's High Plains Redemption named a Book of the Week

Genrefluent has named Baby Shark's High Plains Redemption a book of the week (April 2008).

Robert Fate's Baby Shark is going to be a movie.

Hollywood Producer Brad Wyman, best known for producing Monster, starring Oscar-winner Charlize Theron and Christina Ricci, has optioned the film rights to the crime novel.

December, 2007
Film rights
Robert Fate's BABY SHARK, Anthony Award nominee for Best original paperback novel, optioned to Brad Wyman (Monster) at Junction Films, in a nice deal, by Alex Cole at CCP.

 

MAY 17, 2008  -  Saturday, 7 p.m.- 9 p.m.
CALIFORNIA BOOK LAUNCH PARTY
Baby Shark's HIGH PLAINS REDEMPTION
Mystery & Imagination Bookstore
238 N. Brand Blvd.
Glendale, CA
818-545-0206
Wine, cheese, & fun at the hippest bookstore in Los Angeles.

UPDATE: Author/Private Investigator Gayle Bartos-Pool 
and Author/Photographer Jackie Houchin graced the book
launch of High Plains Redemption with their presence.
Here are pictures of these two terrific women, and a
couple pictures of me they were gracious enough to take 
that evening.

Visit the websites of Gayle Bartos-Pool and Jackie Houchin.

Latest Appearances

 
July 19, 2008  Saturday, 12:30 p.m.
Signing Baby Shark's High Plains Redemption
The Mystery Bookstore
1036-C Broxton Avenue
Los Angeles, CA  90024
310-209-0415
ROBERT FATE discusses and signs
BABY SHARK'S HIGH PLAINS REDEMPTION

Things kick off on Saturday with a visit from Robert
Fate, signing his third "Baby Shark" adventure. This
series, based in the 1950s, follows the exploits of
Kristin "Baby Shark" Van Dijk and her partner, Otis
Millett. This time around, they're looking for a
client's kidnapped girlfriend. The problem is that the
kidnapping may not be what it seems - and their client
might not be, either.

Great fun for fans of the classic hardboiled mystery.

Saturday, September 6, 2008
4 p.m.
Barnes & Noble Booksellers
23630 Valencia Blvd.
Santa Clarita, CA 91355
661-254-6604

Santa Clarita Valley Mystery Writers are meeting their 
fans and signing books. Here is your chance to meet 
Sheila Lowe, Gwen Freeman, Bruce Cook, and Robert Fate 
at one super signing. 
See you there.

October 4, 2008 2 p.m. / 4 p.m.
Mysteries Deep and Dark
Panel of speakers and signing
Burbank Library, Buena Vista Branch
300 N. Buena Vista
Burbank, CA

OCTOBER 9 - 12, 2008  -  Thursday thru Sunday
BOUCHERCON 2008
"Charmed to Death"
Sheraton City Center Hotel
101 West Fayette Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21201
410-752-1100

Panel Assignment - BoucherCon 2008

Thursday, October 9, 2008
4:30 p.m.  /  5:25 p.m.
Moderator - JT Ellison
Panelists - Cornelia Read, Zoe Sharp, Tasha Alexander, 
Greg Rucka, Robert Fate.

Panel topic - JANIE'S GOT A GUN  /  Do you need to 
kick ass to be kick ass?

I am fortunate to be on a panel with such noted authors. 
This will be wall-to-wall fun. Don't miss it!

November 1, 2008
Men of Mystery, Irvine, CA
500 mystery fans - 60

Storytime for Adults
Sisters in Crime/LA
is proud to present a fun evening of live readings 
from four of our favorite authors:
Harley Jane Kozak (Dead Ex),
Patricia Smiley (Cool Cache),
Bruce Cook (Blood Harvest),
and Robert Fate (High Plains Redemption).
The free event will be held at the
Village Book Shop, 125 N. Glendora Avenue, Glendora, CA,
November 15th, from 7:30-9:00 p.m.
This will be something special and maybe the start of 
something big for authors.
Check it out.