APPEARANCES

January 11, 2012
Booksigning
8am - noon
Curves
299 South Ave. East
Westfield, NJ 07090
FMI: 908-232-3200

January 19, 2012
The Funny Side of Crime panel with Lois Winston, Nancy Martin and Tom Straw
6:30pm
NY Public Library, Mid-Manhattan branch
40th St. & 5th Ave., 6th floor
NY, NY 10016
FMI: 212-340-0837

January 20, 2012
American Library Association Mid-winter Conference
7:00pm
Dallas Convention Center, Dallas, TX

In celebration of the release of DEATH BY KILLER MOP DOLL, the second book in Lois Winston's critically acclaimed Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mysteries, Midnight Ink will be raffling off a handcrafted mop doll and signed copies of ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY GLUE GUN and DEATH BY KILLER MOP DOLL during the Exhibits Opening Reception. Librarians and reviewers in attendance are encouraged to stop by the Midnight Ink booth opening night to register for the raffle.

January 27-28, 2012
Space Coast Writers Guild Conference
International Palms Resort and Conference Center
Cocoa Beach, FL

February 11, 2012
Virginia Romance Writers
Richmond, VA

March 3, 2012
author talk and book signing
1pm - 2:30pm
Foxtale Book Shoppe
105 East Main St., #138
Woodstock, GA
FMI: 770-516-9989

March 17, 2012
Liberty States Fiction Writers
Create Something Magical conference for readers and writers

book fair open to the public
Renaissance Woodbridge Hotel, Iselin, NJ

April 27th - 29th, 2012
Malice Domestic
Hyatt Regency
Bethesda, MD

CONTESTS
My January blog tour to promote the release of Death By Killer Mop Doll is officially over. Five people who posted comments to the blogs during the tour have won signed copies of the book. If you're one of the winners, please email your mailing address to me at lois@loiswinston.com so I can send you your book.

The winners, picked by a random number generator, and the blog they commented on are as follows:

Holli Castillo, Marilyn's Musings
Lynn Demsky, Suspense Your Disbelief
Rita Horiguchi, Lesa's Book Critiques
Pat Gulley, Cindy Sample Books
Jane R., Killer Characters

Over at Killer Crafts & Crafty Killers (Anastasia's blog) we host guest authors every Friday. Post a comment during the week to be entered in weekly drawings.

ARTICLES ABOUT LOIS WINSTON
NJ Monthly magazine, June 2009 issue

The Westfield Leader, November 8, 2007

Star-Ledger I Am NJ profile, June 23, 2007

The Westfield Leader, July 20, 2006

Norristown Times Herald, February 5, 2006

Suburban News, February 8, 2006

LINKS
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1st Turning Point

The Naked Hero

Birth of a Novel

Crime Writers' Chronicle

Get Lost in a Story

Cafe Noir

Hearth Cricket

Marilyn's Musings

Kate George's Blog

Dot Dead Diary

Candid Canine

Midnight Ink

Liberty States Fiction Writers

Romance Writers of America

Sisters in Crime

Mystery Writers of America

7 Criminal Minds

Inkspot

Barnes & Noble Mystery Book Club

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Mystery Lovers' Kitchen

Mysterious Musings


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