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04/00 WHO GETS TO DIE?

Square in the Face
Square in the Face, the second in my mystery series set in Portland, has sold out its first printing at HarperCollins. There are still copies in bookstores, but I hope to hear it's going back to press soon. It's gotten great reviews, including one in the Seattle Times and another in the Dallas Morning News.

Circles of Confusion
Circles of Confusion has been nominated for an Agatha, one of the biggest mystery awards. I'll find out if I won (I think I have a fighting chance) May 6, 2000, at a big banquet in Washington, DC.

I heard this week that Japanese rights have sold for Circles. The vanity license plates don't translate well at all, and I don't know if they plan on skipping the license plates, leaving them in English, or ?? A Russian publisher has also contacted my agent. The Japanese rights took over a year to bear fruit, so I guess I have to learn to be patient. Although I still have not received my "French money"—$100—for translating a single page of Circles for a textbook, I still keep spending it, like on a fancy dress for the Agatha Awards.

Heart-Shaped Box
My next book is written and has gone through my editor. Currently, I'm having the first disagreement I've ever had with her. I say one character really needs to die, and she says the character doesn't. My agent's theory is that publishers are looking to keep down body counts so no one can accuse them of contributing to Columbine-type violence. We'll see who wins on this one.

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