Author John Lescroart

April 9, 2008

John Lescroart

Hi to all and welcome, or welcome back, to my official home web page. It's been a little while since I've last updated this home page. I don't usually like to let it go so long between updates, but these last two months, as you may know, are always very much taken up with promoting the new book, in this case BETRAYAL, with signings, travelling, speaking to groups, doing interviews. Also, about this time of year, I find myself really getting into serious "work mode" on the new, new book—i.e. the one that's coming out early next year, currently still untitled. So my daily schedule gets a bit hectic and I'm afraid I let a few of my other duties slide.

BETRAYAL has already had some super highlights to date, not the least of which being that it's become my twelfth New York Times Bestseller, debuting at #8. But I think the coolest thing that has happened so far, beyond the near-unanimous, really wonderful attention the book has received—Entertainment Weekly's great review and, in the following edition, making its "10 Things We're Loving This Week"—is the fact that BETRAYAL debuted in my "hometown" newspaper, the San Francisco Chronicle, at #1!! This was my very first major market #1 listing, and it's a tremendous milestone and great thrill to have been there. Thanks so much to all of you for buying the book in the first week of its release, and making this accomplishment possible. You are the greatest fans a writer could hope for.

Highlights of the BETRAYAL tour included an outstanding publishing party at Borders in Davis, California, a followup the next night at Borders in Sacramento, then Bay Area stops at Book Passage and "M Is For Mystery," a terrific night at Poisoned Pen in Scottsdale, Arizona, and a quick but very enthusiastic stopover on the East Coast at Porter Square Books in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It was great seeing so many of you at these events—they were all really well-attended!!!—some of you coming in from some pretty impressive distances.

Though the Big Tour is pretty much over, BETRAYAL is still out there in all the major venues, and if you haven't had a chance yet to pick up your copy, there's still lots of available. Also, for those of you who are interested, there are editions of BETRAYAL in both large print (from Centerpoint Press) and in audio form (from Brilliance Audio, abridged and unabridged). Brilliance, I might add, does an absolutely great job with these audiobooks—their productions have consistently won awards as among the best audio book recordings each year. Highly recommended, especially for those of you who drive a lot.

The big event coming up is the Los Angeles Times Book Fair, at UCLA during the weekend of April 24-27. This, of course, if one of the biggest book-related events of the year. I'll be signing books at Mystery Bookstore in Westwood at 5-6 p.m. on Friday, then again at the Mystery Bookstore booth at the festival itself from 10-11 a.m. on Saturday. Finally, on Sunday, I'm on a panel at 1:00 p.m. called Mystery: Above The Law. Should be a lot of fun, and I hope to see a lot of Southern California fans out there enjoying the festival.

That's about all the news that fits for now. Thanks for stopping by. And remember, I love hearing from you, so don't hesitate to email and say hi whenever the spirit moves you.

All best wishes,

John