Katherine's Book Backyard

My short collection of short stories, Suicide Blonde , is free today. I'm particularly fond of the title story which took me forever t...

Illustration by Mark Satchwill Just when I'm getting crankypants about CNN pandering to the lowest common denominator, they blindsid...

Illustration by Mark Satchwill The new NoHo Noir story is up and I only hope I've done justice to Mark Satchwill's illustration...

Map illustration by Mark Satchwill Does it seem like everybody and her brother suddenly has a Kickstarter campaign?  I know several peop...

The heat is on over at NoHo Noir. We haven't heard from Shannon Garrick and her son Liam since he testified against the gang shot-call...

Illustration by Mark Satchwill Esme Morales and her partner Edgar are back in this tale of zombies, skanky badge bunnies and more. Read ...

It's Mark Satchwill who has written and illustrated the first NoHo comic strip story "Knock Knock," "Knock, Knock" w...

So the debate about whether women can write crime fiction has flared up again with interesting posts from Sandra Seamans , Heath Lowrance ...

Coming Out Written by Katherine Tomlinson Illustrated by Mark Satchwill Gerard knew that John Torville hated him with a passion that was...

Illustration by Mark Satchwill Camilla Serra looked at the little boy sitting on the other side of her desk and sighed. She knew Benjy ...

Illustration by Mark Satchwill My friend Alex and I have a couple of projects we're pitching around town and one of them involves an ...

As I inch toward completion of my novel Misbegotten , I keep fleshing out the paranormal version of Los Angeles where the story takes place....

Mark Satchwill , my arty other half at NoHo Noir , introduced me to this word, British slang (I learned from Urban Dictionary ) for "la...

Yes, the long wait is over. NoHo Noir is now live with the first of the new stories, "Bum's Rush." Check it out and note Mark ...

The first of a new cycle of stories will go up tomorrow on the new NoHo Noir site. Mark and I are tremendously excited about continuing the...

Yes, the evil clown is back!  Beginning Sunday, November 20, Mark Satchwill and I will be bringing you Volume II of NoHo Noir. And we'll...

I always thought Andy Rooney looked sort of alike a muppet. It was the eyebrows, I think. And I always kind of got a kick out of his cranky-...

Volume I of NoHo Noir comes to an end. Illustration by Mark Satchwill A year ago, late on a Sunday night, I answered a Craig's List...

Photo by Thomas Hawk "NoHo Noir," the illustrated serial novel that Mark Satchwill and I created, will be a year old next week....

It's not easy being an Armenian gangster's daughter. If you've been following the series so far, you will remember that Nick is...