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Author. Fool. Mary Higgins Clark Award, Lefty & Anthony nominations for PLAY THE FOOL (2023, @randomhouse). 2025: TRICKS OF FORTUNE http://linktr.ee/linachern
ARC of On Fire and Under Water: A Climate Change Crime Fiction Anthology, edited by Curtis Ippolito, from Rock and a Hard Place Press.
Folks. We have a digital arc of On Fire and Under Water. If youβre a reviewer and want a sneak peek for potential review, message me and Iβll send you a copy. We are thrilled at what this special anthology is shaping up to be. Coming Sept. 30.
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Join me for a discussion of TRICKS OF FORTUNE with partner-in-crime Susanna Calkins, this Thursday at 7 pm at Barnes & Noble Mellody Farms, 901 N. Milwaukee, Vernon Hills. This store is right in my backyard, folks. Come see for yourself the real-life inspiration for Katie True's stomping grounds!
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Nick Kolakowski chats with the author and screenwriter Jordan Harper about "She Rides Shotgun" and what authors have to give up for the big screen. crimereads.com/jordan-harpe...
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Are you all caught up?! ποΈ New episodes coming this week, so make sure youβre ready! π Find us on Spotify or your favorite streaming platform ποΈ
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Thank you, Curtis!
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Cover art for WHATEVER KILLS THE PAINβa collection of crime fiction stories by C.W. Blackwellβwith an illustration of a young manβs profile and a large burning match in the foreground. There is a blurb from author Meagan Lucas that reads: βWhatever Kills the Pain is a reckoning. Blackwell starts fires. He walks the line between literary fiction and noir, but never fails to deliver the hurt, or the truth.β
Todayβs the day!!
Itβs release day for WHATEVER KILLS THE PAIN, 12 crime stories of heartbreak, violence, and revenge. Now available in ebook and paperback! #releaseday #crimefiction
It was awfully kind of Martine to let me drone on the way I did. In spite of me, her newsletter is always a good time. Check it out!
17.07.2025 17:23 β π 14 π 5 π¬ 1 π 0Thank you, Regan! Iβm glad you enjoyed it.
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This is the kind of true, heart aching work I want to see more of. Amazing job @linachern.bsky.social
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Thank you, Paul! β€οΈ
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I wrote an essay for @crimereads.bsky.social about my accidental involvement in the real-life death investigation that inspired TRICKS OF FORTUNE. I'm proud of this one, folks. I hope you'll check it out.
The link is here and in my bio.
crimereads.com/lina-chern-o...
Yesterday I had the pleasure of appearing on @tmj4.com, chatting about TRICKS OF FORTUNE, tarot, and the book's real-life inspiration. Check out the spot and join @marythor.bsky.social and me tonight at 6:30 at Milwaukee's own @boswellbooks.bsky.social!
www.tmj4.com/shows/the-mo...
Check out this chat with @splturnthepage.bsky.social about Tricks of Fortune and other bookish tomfoolery!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocfW...
How wonderful! I'm proud of this story and I'm glad it's still finding readers. Thank you!
12.07.2025 13:49 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Missed the launch event for TRICKS OF FORTUNE? Don't worry, I gotcha. Catch me at Boswell Book Company in Milwaukee on July 17th at 6:30 pm, in conversation with the amazing @marythor.bsky.social. It'll be a great time! RSVP at the link below or in my bio.
www.eventbrite.com/e/lina-chern...
Iβve been so lucky lately to have some of the best conversation partners around. Check out this chat with the amazing @darkwaterspodcast.bsky.social!
10.07.2025 19:43 β π 5 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0
The cover of "Play the Fool" by Lina Chern.
Bantam/Penguin Random House gifted us a copy of this "delightfully clever whodunit, a delicious blend of suspense and madcap humor."
Come get your read on this long holiday weekend!
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I could talk to @filmintuition.bsky.social for hours! Check out this fantastically goofy conversation about TRICKS OF FORTUNE, tarot, and all manner of unlikely writing influences.
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"Thereβs beauty and meaning everywhere, the meaning that you bring with you."
Elisa Shoenberger's interview with @linachern.bsky.social on her new book βTricks of Fortuneβ (Bantam) is out now.
chireviewofbooks.com/2025/07/02/t...
A terrific, thoughtful review of TRICKS OF FORTUNE!
10.07.2025 19:36 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
An interview with me about my co-written sword & sorcery story The Many Mouths of the Endless Night in Tales from the Cursed Edge from Edge Weaver Books.
Pay no attention to all the nerd stuff in the background. I'm actually pretty cool.
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Thank you! And no worries, Iβm sure weβll run into each other soon. Hope you enjoy the book!
01.07.2025 19:48 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Hah that sounds totally on brand! Thanks for reading :)
01.07.2025 19:37 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0REGAN!!!
01.07.2025 18:39 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Thank you!
01.07.2025 17:02 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Thank you, Victor!
01.07.2025 17:02 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Thank you, Holly!
01.07.2025 17:01 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I canβt wait to talk about TRICKS OF FORTUNE and all things bookish with the amazing @marythor.bsky.social! Join us later this month at @boswellbooks.bsky.social
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A very cool interview with @linachern.bsky.social and @jamesdfhannah.bsky.social about all things crime fiction, tarot, and more! I enjoyed this one... and if you're into mysteries, I bet you will, too.
jamesdfhannah.substack.com/p/39-five-fo...
The Dossier is live with Lina Chern, author of TRICKS OF FORTUNE, out today!
@linachern.bsky.social is also on The Dossier Podcast with some very revealing info about her writing career. Seriously some good stuff.
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