News & Events
News
The audiobook for DEEDS LEFT UNDONE is now available from Tantor Audio, a division of Recorded Books. Narrated by Emily Sutton-Smith (a new narrator) you can find it here.
My next book will be LOST IN TIME, book 14 in the wine country mysteries, and it will be out in August, 2026. Another book TBD will be out in 2027.
Read more about Lucie Montgomery’s life in Dru’s Book Musings, a literary blog from award-winning author champion and book advocate Dru Ann Love.
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Learn more about my writing process on the ENDPAPERS blog. from Paperblanks, publisher of beautiful journals.
Read my story and recommendations for the best Russian spy novels in CrimeReads.
Watch my television interview on the writing life with host Rose Martin of Write Around the Corner, which aired on Blue Ridge PBS stations, with bonus interviews on Blue Ridge PBS Passport. You can also watch online. Write Around the Corner features monthly interviews with Virginia authors or authors who write about Virginia. (The show was taped at Slater Run Vineyards in Upperville, VA in April, 2024).
Events
8/5/2025: The Triple Threat Mystery Release Party at One More Page Books, Arlington, VA. I’ll be appearing with authors Donna Andrews and Melinda Mullet in conversation with fellow mystery author K.T. Nguyen to talk about our new books. (It is the official publication date for DEEDS LEFT UNDONE). 2200 N Westmoreland St, Arlington, VA 22213, 7pm.
8/9/2025: 868 Estate Vineyards with Winchester Book Gallery, Hillsboro, VA. 14001 Harpers Ferry Rd, 2-4pm.
8/11/2025 Oakton Library with Bard’s Alley Bookshop. Oakton, VA., 10304 Lynnhaven Pl, Oakton, VA 22124, 7-8:30pm
8/18-8/22/2025: Chautauqua Writers’ Center Workshops, Chautauqua, NY. I’ll be teaching a workshop called Writing Your Mystery Novel: Howdunnit during Week 9 of the summer series at the beautiful Chautauqua Institution in New York from August 18-22. Tickets available HERE.
8/17/2025: Chautauqua Writers’ Center Faculty Reading — Week Nine — Featuring Ellen Crosby (Mystery Fiction) and Alan King (Poetry), Chautauqua, NY. Author reading, 3:30pm. Tickets required, click on the link.
8/26/2025: The Poisoned Pen, Scottsdale, AZ. Talk & signing, 4014 N Goldwater Blvd #101, 6;30-7:30pm.
8/30/2025: Slater Run Vineyards, Upperville, VA. Book signing with Winchester Book Gallery, 1500 Crenshaw Rd. 12-3pm
9/19-9/21/2025 Creatures, Crime, and Creativity Conference, Columbia, MD. I am invited as a local guest of honor. Click on the link to register and for more information.
10/23-10/25/2025 Kwame Alexander Writers’ Lab & Conference, Washington, D.C., Hosted by the Chautauqua Institution, American University, and Mahogany Books. I’ll be on a panel called How to Tell the Page-Turning Story: Mystery, Suspense, Thriller, and Historical Fiction, on Friday, October 24 from 3:30-5pm. Click on this link to register for this intensive 3-day workshop and conference.
