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ARTICLES & ESSAYS

“You Need Less Time To Write a Book Than You Think,” Write More, Be Less Careful

“Five Christmas Mysteries To Get You Ready for the Holiday Season,” CrimeReads

“Drinking, Dancing, and Breaking the Law: Nightlife in the Jazz Age,” CrimeReads

“Almost Two Centuries of Impossible Crimes,” CrimeReads

“Who’s Queer in Christie?” CrimeReads

“Top Ten Prohibition-Era Books,” The Strand Mystery Magazine

“Why Ever Writer Should Play Dungeons & Dragons,” Writer’s Digest

“Why Do American Crime Writers Love British Manors So Much?” CrimeReads

“(Not) Falling in Love With Tiny Strangers,” Mother Magazine

“Honoring Jefferson’s Legacy,” Charlottesville Wine & Country Living

“150 years of Kappa Sigma,” Charlottesville Wine & Country Living

“Big Wedding, No Regrets,” A Practical Wedding

“From the Publishing Trenches,” By Sophie: A Way With Words

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Lily is here once again! ✨👻 Everyone else ha Lily is here once again! 
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Everyone else has left for swim lessons, and so at the end of a low-key and lovely pub day, I snapped a quick photo with a terrible background (it's where the light was good, okay?) and a very big smile to say thank you. ❤️ I am so grateful to everyone who preordered, made library requests, shared, posted, recommended, and so much more. Y'all are the best.
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I'm looking forward to seeing folks IN PERSON (still amazed by that) over the next two weeks. And stay tuned here: I'm going to have a giveaway pop up as soon as I can get myself organized to take photos for it!
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xoxoxox
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[id: selfie of Katharine smiling a big smile and holding up a hardback copy of DEATH AT THE MANOR in front of a truly weird-looking wall/bookshelf/wall lamp/corner backdrop.]
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TOMORROW! Lily & Co. are going to be getting up to TOMORROW! Lily & Co. are going to be getting up to all sorts of (slightly haunted) shenanigans. I can't wait for you to read it.
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[id: a hardback copy of DEATH AT THE MANOR sitting on a background of open book pages.]
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Somehow we’re just days away from the launch of Somehow we’re just days away from the launch of DEATH AT THE MANOR, so I’ve been wrapped up in articles and emails and interviews and all kinds of pub day prep. But this afternoon I met with a local writing group at a coffee shop for the first time in over two years. We had unwise afternoon coffees, gave each other feedback about narrative voice and character introductions, and ended up talking about work and parenting and bad choices we made as teenagers. So many bad choices made as teenagers. 
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[id: headless selfie of Katharine holding a mug in one hand and brushing her hair back with the other.]
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We're doing this again! After two years of no on-p We're doing this again! After two years of no on-person events, it's wildly exciting to have so many happening in a single summer. I hope you'll be able to join me for some!
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August 7 - @bibliovino (Instagram Live)
August 11 - @blacksburg_books (Blacksburg, VA)
August 13 - @hoorayforbooks (Alexandria, VA)
August 18- @flyleafbooks (Chapel Hill, NC)
August 20 - @bluebirdbookstop (Crozet, VA)
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Two weeks to go!
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🎉 GIVEAWAY CLOSED 🎉 The third #LilyAdlerMyst 🎉 GIVEAWAY CLOSED 🎉
The third #LilyAdlerMystery is only WEEKS away from hitting bookshelves! This one was so fun to write— it’s a little bit gothic, a little bit spooky, a little bit romantic, and overall a puzzle I hope you have so much fun working through. 
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To celebrate the countdown to pub day, I’m giving away TWO advance copies. 

To enter:
🍂 Like and save this post
🍂 Follow @katharinewrites
🍂 Leave a comment telling me what you’re reading this summer!

Bonus entries:
🍂 Share in your stories and tag me
🍂 Tag a friend (or three!) who you think might want to enter too

Giveaway not affiliated with Instagram. Entries close at 5pm ET on July 20th. Open internationally!
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In some ways, learning to juggle two series has been like learning to parent two kids. Both of them could always use my attention, one of them is always keeping me awake when I’d rather be sleeping. But I love them both equally, and I’m so excited to share more Lily Adler with you! ❤️
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[id: two paperback advance copies of DEATH AT THE MANOR sitting on a wooden mantle, with a white teacup and saucer on one side and a green plant on the other.]
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#LilyAdlerMysteries #DeathAtTheManor #Bookstagram #BookGiveaway #BookPhotography #IdRatherBeReading #ReadAllTheBooks #CrimeFiction #HistoricalMysteries
Losing my voice from all the talking I’ve done i Losing my voice from all the talking I’ve done in the last week, but it was absolutely worth it for all the amazing people I got to talk with. Thank you to everyone who helped me celebrate NIGHTINGALE’s pub week! I had the absolute best time with the absolute best readers and the absolute best friends. Going to be riding this high for a long time. ✨❤️✨
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[id: torso selfie of Katharine in a t-shirt that reads “Be Kind to All Kinds” above a rainbow.]
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