Author: Heidi Tiedemann Darroch
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Dorothy L. Sayers’s The Man Born to Be King and Easter
Dorothy L. Sayers was a prolific writer of Golden Age mystery fiction, co-authoring several works with Detection Club members, as well as producing her own long-running Lord Peter Wimsey (and Harriet Vane!) series. But her writing achievements as a whole were much broader. Sayers had a classical education, and a lot of Latin shows up…
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Margaret Millar
Not travelling to the U.S. is impeding my research only when it comes to one author, the Canadian-American Margaret Millar (1915-1994), who was very famous in her day. In an astute 1971 New York Times review of Daphne du Maurier’s new novel, Millar points out that du Maurier’s books work better when they’re written in…
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Bouchercon 2026 in Calgary: Early-Bird Registration Has Opened
I’m excited! I’ve just signed up to volunteer. Bouchercon is a “world mystery convention” that usually takes place in the U.S., although I did attend a Toronto Bouchercon once. Peter Robinson interviewed Ian Rankin, and they knocked back whisky while chatting in front of a delighted, standing-room-only crowd. The fall 2026 Calgary event has a…
