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Apple Turnover Murder Tour
STILL AT HOME
We started the week before the tour at Ruth's Chris in Los Angeles.
This is their take on apple turnover. (John said mine was better!)
PORTLAND
Greeting the crowd at Powell's Cedar Hills Crossing in Portand, Or.
Willow and her mom bake the recipes in Jo's books together.
They came to Powell's to meet Jo.
Samantha chose her own book -- is it a coincidence the pink cover
of Strawberry Shortcake Murder matches her outfit?
The Spooner family joined Jo and son John for dinner.
Getting ready for a cooking segment on KATU TV in Portland.
SEATTLE
With Gretchen (J.B.'s wife) at Seattle Mystery Bookshop.
Gretchen made apple turnovers and we all made pigs of ourselves.
A brief stop at the Space Needle on a very overcast afternoon.
SAN DIEGO
Passing around the goodies at Mysterious Galaxy in San Diego.
FT. WORTH
A nice crowd at Barnes & Noble in Fort Worth, TX
DALLAS
Trying not to fall asleep in that humungous high-backed piece of
overstuffed furniture.
Standing with Kyle, my book, and some Swedish Plasma coffee in
Legacy Books in Plano, TX. I'm awake and alert now. There were
four coffee
packets -- now there are two!
We held our talk and book signing in the coffee shop. It was the perfect
place!
HOUSTON
At Murder by the Book, a wonderful independent bookstore in Houston, TX.
I got to meet old friends and make some new. It was a great night.
Dean James and I pose with...you guessed it...more Swedish Plasma coffee!
WEST PALM BEACH, FL
Trudi took this photo from the balcony of our room. What a gorgeous hotel!
Too bad it was forty degrees colder than it usually is in March!
A nice, cozy chat at Joanne Sinchuck's bookstore, Murder on the Beach.
PITTSBURGH
We arrived just in time to have dinner with friends at a nice fish
restaurant at the hotel.
The crowd at the Carnegie Library in Oakmont
sponsored by Mystery Lover's Bookshop in Oakmont, PA.
CHICAGO
You wouldn't believe what our media
guide, Bill Young, had to do
to help Trudi get these shots of an incredible building in downtown
Chicago.
Thank goodness he knows all the alleys, and byways, and highways,
and parking lots in the surrounding area!
Notice how the balconies look soft and wavy. They're not. They're
made of concrete!
And the offices inside appear to be round, but they're square!
Greeting the crowd at Borders. I was amazed so many people turned
out on the afternoon of the Academy Awards!
It was truly standing room only. Not to be outdone, I stood too!
ST. CLOUD, MN
Icy roads and a little snow didn't stop us. We made it to St. Cloud,
MN,
in record time where Joan Thiesen from Barnes & Noble helped me
by flapping books for autographing.
Posing for photos behind the book table.
Three generations of wonderful friends --
we almost had four, but Anna had the flu.
We all had a great time laughing and talking.
MINNEAPOLIS
A radio interview started the day, followed by an interview on KARE-TV.
And here I am at the Barnes & Noble in Edina putting in my
two-cents worth even as I am being introduced.
The crowd in Edina.
How nice to see someone from my hometown, Swanville, MN.
Christine and I had lots to talk about.
PHOENIX AZ
Standing on the end next to Jan and Destry as the sound man
hooks us all up for the baking segment.
There's food stylist Lois on the right, explaining how we'd mix up
the Wacky Cake in Apple Turnover Murder.
Not my most flattering pose, but I thought you'd like to seehow relaxed a
kitchen set is. You can dress in anything you like from the waist down!
Waiting to have books signed at the Poisoned Pen in Scottsdale, AZ.
Posing with the lucky winner of the Kensington Apple Turnover Murder Gift
Basket.
TUCSON, AZ
Here's my copy editor, Jill, and her friend. It was great to see them!
UCLA JO & LAURA
At the LA Times Festival of Books. Jo and Laura Levine hold posters
of upcoming releases. Death of a Trophy Wife by Laura Levine is out
NOW.
Gingerbread Cookie Murder, by Jo, Laura, and Leslie Meier will be out in
October 2010.
LET'S GET COOKIN'
Jo loves going to Let's Get Cookin' in Westlake Village, CA, where
she can watch their chefs do the baking!
Here's Jo with the title recipe, apple turnovers! (And she didn't have to
lift a finger!)
Jo and Bronwyn, who's wearing her Apple Turnover Murder apron.
Waiting to have books signed.
Relaxing with a crowd of Hannah fans in Phyllis's kitchen at Let's Get
Cookin'.
Look what the bakers at Let's Get Cookin' made for me -- a skull &
crossbones apple turnover!
TOUR FAVORITE
A very early departure, a rough flight, and a bumpy ride to the hotel,
almost
did Jo in, but the zebra chair in the lobby made everything all better.
Cerritos Library
The Cerritos Library hosts "Mystery On The
Menu."
Jo on a panel of Mystery writers at the Cerritos
Library.
Some of Jo's luncheon companions.
Jo's friend Richard (R.T. Jordan) at his luncheon table.
A Good Doggy Cake featured in
"Apple Turnover Murder"
Bernie helps Jo by taste-testing Hannah's Good Doggie Cake.
He liked it!
Pat and Jo at Once Upon a Crime.
Jo standing outside the Algonquin. It was the writerly place to
visit.
Having dessert with her cover artist, Hiro Kimura,
while Jo was in New York.
Jo outside that New York institution, Zabar's Deli.
Here's Jo's favorite, "Ruel the Quaint."
Jo made her own wedding cake -- chocolate of course.
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