two-week warning to Whisper to the Blood pub day!

mini short story is up

Two weeks from pub day, here for your reading pleasure is a mini short story set between the ending of A Deeper Sleep and the beginning of Whisper to the Blood.

Go here to read it.

And if you can't remember what happened in A Deeper Sleep, go here for remedial work on your Kateology.

author sightings

• February 11: I guest blog on Jungle Red.
• February 14, 9am: I’m a guest on the Big Alaska radio show 750 KFQD. You can listen live here.
• February 17, 7pm: Whisper to the Blood pub day party at the Poisoned Pen, Scottsdale, Arizona. Food and prizes and Laurie King, oh my.
• February 17:  Reader’s Guide and Teacher’s Guide posted to the Whisper to the Blood page on stabenow.com.
• February 19: I blog on Minotaur's Moments in Crime for six days.
• February 21, 6pm: I’ll be signing at Title Wave in Anchorage, Alaska.
• March 3, 5pm Alaska time/9pm Eastern: I chat with the Danamaniacs on Chatzy. “Stabenow” is the password to get into the room.

And:

• Interview on Alaska Public Radio Network, broadcast probably the week of February 16th, and they’ll post the audio on their website.
• Interview on the incomparable Nancy Pearl’s Book Lust, available as a podcast from iTunes, streamed over the internet, and on local television in Seattle.

Later:

• March 5-12: I’ll be at Left Coast Crime in Hawaii.
• March 8, 10:30am: I’ll be speaking at the Kanehoe Public Library on Oahu.
• May: I’m the guest of honor at Mayhem in the Midlands.
• June: I’ll be blogging weekly on 49 Writers.