Anthony, Barry, and Macavity Award-Winning Author James W. Ziskin
2021 Agatha Best Short Story Finalists: Barb Goffman, Kristopher Zgorski (moderator), Gabriel Valjan, JWZ, Art Taylor, Shawn Reilly Simmons
Best Mystery Finalists JWZ, Terry Shames, Matt Coyle, and William Kent Krueger (winner). Missing from photo is Louise Penny. Left Coast Crime, Thursday, March 22, 2018.Sushi at Left Coast Crime 2018. Clockwise from lower left, JWZ, Terry Shames, Erica Ruth Neubauer, Holly West, Terri Bishoff, Nadine Nettmann, Lori Rader-Day, and Jennifer Kincheloe.February 8, 2018, with Deborah Crombie and Terry Shames in Dallas.Jeff Siger and Ingrid Thoft at Third Place Books Seattle, January 18, 2018With Louise Penny and Art Taylor at Bouchercon. Photo by Laura BenedictHeart of Stone, 2017 Anthony® and Macavity Award winner.Tammy Kaehler and me at Vroman’s Bookstore in Pasadena, July 27, 2017.Marla Cooper and me at Janet Rudolph’s Literary Salon. July 26, 2017.June 21, 2017. With Christine Carbo at Poisoned Pen Bookstore, Scottsdale, Arizona.June 12, 2017, at Mysterious Galaxy with Hallie Ephron and Matt CoyleEllie Stone’s newspaper, the New Holland RepublicMay 17, 2017, Heart of Stone is a finalist for the 2017 Anthony Award for Best Paperback Original. Cheers.Edgar Awards, April 27, 2017. Best Paperback Original nominees L-R Robin Yocum, Tyler Dilts, me, Patricia Abbott, and Robert Dugoni. Missing from photo is Adrian McKintyMugging for the camera with Diane Vallere and Eleanor Cawood Jones at Left Coast Crime, March 18, 2017.2017 Edgar® Nomination Certificate for HEART OF STONEFebruary 9, 2017, at Seattle Mystery Bookshop with Deborah Crombie and Ingrid Thoft.With Gigi Pandian and Jim Thomsen at Seattle Mystery Bookshop, January 28, 2017.At Bookpeople in Austin, Texas, with Terry Shames, Melissa Lenhardt, and Scott Montgomery, January 24, 2017.With Terry Shames and Mark Pryor at Bookpeople, Austin, TX, January 24, 2017.With Ingrid Thoft and M. A. Lawson at Seattle Mystery Bookshop, January 21, 2017.Noir at the Bar, Seattle, January 10, 2017.With Robert Rotstein and Allen Eskens at Book Carnival in Orange, CA, November 14, 2016.Left Coast Crime 2016. Best World Mystery Nominees Panel with Lou Berney, Lisa Brackmann, William Kent Krueger, and Chris Holm.Left Coast Crime 2016. With fellow Lefty nominees Chris Holm, Susanna Calkins, Josh Stallings, and Lou BerneyLeft Coast Crime 2016. With Catriona McPherson and the “Ellie Stone” flaskAt Carnivale of Books, Orange, CA, with Jennifer Kincheloe, Anne Saller, and Terry Shames.JWZ with author friends Larry Sweazy and Lori Rader-DayJWZ at the Amsterdam (NY) Free LibraryJWZ with author friends Lynne Raimondo, Mark Pryor, and Terry ShamesJWZJWZ in Bangalore, IndiaJWZ with author friends Lori Rader-Day and Allen EskensJWZ