Vanessa Farquharson, National Post
West Coast author William Deverell has won the 2006 Arthur Ellis Award for crime writing, for April Fool (McClelland & Stewart), in the best novel category. Crime Writers of Canada presented the awards, honouring the best in Canadian crime writing, last night in Toronto. Louise Penny, a former CBC reporter, won the best first novel prize for Still Life (McArthur & Company). Other award recipients included: Rick Mofina for best short story for Lightning Rider; Rebecca Godfrey for Under the Bridge: The True Story of the Murder of Reena Virk in non-fiction; Vicki Grant for Quid Pro Quo in the best juvenile category; and Gerald Galarneau’s Motel Riviera for best crime writing in French.
© National Post 2006
Posted by William Deverell on Jun 06, 2006
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For all those who begged and cajoled, Arthur Beauchamp (The Dance of Shiva, Trial of Passion) returns to the pages in this fall’s 408-page hardcover, April Fool (McClelland & Stewart). Below is a sample early chapter…
But first, let me congraulate Joanna Vander Vlugt, winner of the fan-letter contest. On its way to you, Joanna, an advance copy of April Fool.
Posted by William Deverell on Jul 04, 2005
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Yes, that’s the reason this contest is taking so long to reach the end game. My winter home in Costa Rica almost went down the hill a few months ago, a 6.3 blast from the gods of the underworld. So the deadline has been extended to June 21 (Day of the Solstice) from April 1 (Day of the Fool). And remember, the winner of the cleverest-fan-letter contest will have mailed to her/him an advance copy of my first sequel novel: April Fool, due in October from McClelland & Stewart, and starring Arthur Beauchamp from Trial of Passion…
Culled from the latest batch of letters, all 2005, are the following, (deleting personal references, or those which give away the plot) with, in some cases, my responses. (And by the way, I reply to all fan letters: more than a courtesy, a pleasurable duty to those who take the pains to write me.)
Posted by William Deverell on May 30, 2005
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