News from Alex

My new supernatural thriller, The Unseen, inspired by the real-life paranormal studies conducted by the world-famous Rhine parapsychology lab at Duke University, is out from St. Martin's Press as of May 26, 2009.

We give away a signed copy every week. To enter the drawing, just sign up for the mailing list (fill in the box on the right-hand column on one of my webpages).

The Darker Mask, an illustrated anthology of noir superhero stories by a fine collection of mystery, horror, and graphic novel authors, is out now from Tor Books, including my story "The Edge of Seventeen."

The Darker Mask is available at your favorite independent bookstore or online.

"The Edge of Seventeen" has been nominated for an ITW Thriller Award for Best Short Story of the year.

Little, Brown has picked up the U.K. rights to The Harrowing, The Price, and The Unseen for release in England, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, starting in October 2009.

Sun Color Publishing has picked up the complex Chinese rights to The Price.

I'm writing a paranormal thriller for Harlequin Nocturne, the second book in a post-apocalyptic-slash-medieval-slash psychic trilogy, with Heather Graham and Deborah LeBlanc, set for release in 2010.

I'm also finishing up my fourth thriller for St. Martin's, a spooky, sexy ghost story Aset in the Bahamas on a haunted yacht.

I teach my Screenwriting Tricks for Authors workshop all over the country, and a book is in the works there, too. Send me an e mail if you'd like to be put on the mailing list and I'll let you know about upcoming workshops.