by Jess Montgomery | Nov 7, 2019 | Gratitude, Inspiration, On the road, Other People's Books
I arrived at Bouchercon 2019 on October 30 and returned from it four days ago–and my head is still a bit in a Bouchercon whirl. I loved seeing old friends, making new friends, and spending time with my terrific Minotaur publishing team. I even met, for the first...
by Jess Montgomery | Aug 29, 2019 | Other People's Books
I’ll admit it… August is not my favorite month. So hot! So muggy! But at least this August provided a bounty of books to read! Here are just a few titles that I’ve read in August (or that are in my To Be Read pile heading into Labor Day weekend and...
by Jess Montgomery | Jul 18, 2019 | Other People's Books
Summer always brings back memories of the freedom to read, read, read. With the heat wave where I live (and a bigger one on its way), now is a good time to grab a good book, sit in the shade, or inside at home or in the library, and escape the heat with a great story....
by Jess Montgomery | Apr 5, 2019 | Other People's Books, Pie of the Month
This month’s pie is a lovely, simple Shaker Sugar pie. I got the recipe from the Golden Lamb, a restaurant in a nearby town–the oldest continuously operating restaurant in Ohio! I made a friend by making this pie. (You can learn a bit about that by looking...
by Jess Montgomery | Oct 11, 2018 | Other People's Books, Pie of the Month
For the past few years, good friend and author Martha Moody (“Sharp and Dangerous Virtues,” “Best Friends,” and other novels) has been kind enough to include me and any family members in town in her family’s celebration of...
by Jess Montgomery | Sep 28, 2018 | Other People's Books
When I’m in the midst of drafting my own novels, I turn my reading energies to short stories and essays. So this month’s offering of “Have Read, Reading, Will Read: Other People’s Books” features three collections that I hope you will...
