And, just like that — *thunder rumbles* — IT IS DONE. We’re now two weeks past the Staircase in the Woods launch, and holy crap, was it good. The tour was great — last week’s events with Clay McLeod Chapman at Doylestown Bookshop and Nat Cassidy at Midtown Scholar were epic. Both were blowouts and at such great stores with such incredible staff, and bonus, Cassidy and Chapman are both great authors and it felt natural to hang with them. Honestly, same with all my conversation partners over the course of the tour — Cina Pelayo! Holy shit, Cina Pelayo, an honor to hang with her, so much goodness there. ML Rio! The best! Just the best. Lauren Thoman! Wonderful. I am fortunate that I get to hang out with such cool, talented writer folk.
And I’m fortunate to have such great readers who show up to these events and support myself, the other authors, and the stores.
Speaking of the stores, thanks so much to all the bookstores who hosted me — Parnassus, City Lit, Gibson’s (Ryan! Cordie!!), B&N Philly, Poisoned Pen, Mysterious Galaxy, Nowhere Bookshop (Jenny Lawson! Ahh!) and of course, Doylestown and Midtown Scholar.
Great stores. Go to them. They probably all have some signed stock left behind — and if you want signed, personalized copies still, Doylestown Bookshop can get you there, just click here and have at it.
The book has now hit:
The USA Today bestseller list.
The Sunday Times list in the UK (at #3?!)
It’s been an awesome ride so far and I look forward to more and more readers finding the book. As always, if you read it and liked it, please tell a friend, a family member, a cherished frenemy, a woodland creature, a supernatural entity, whatever. And do leave a review somewhere! Unless you didn’t like it, in which case, please gently deposit your bad review in the hollow stump in the dark forest where all the bad reviews must go.
(The moss-elves will handle it from there.)
If you would like more books of mine and don’t know where to start, there are a few sales afoot — Black River Orchard is on sale for $5.99 at your local ebookmonger, and Book of Accidents is $4.99 on digital, as well. And while my preference is always you buy from indie bookstores, for some reason the hardcover for Staircase is only $13.99 at AMZ right now, so for those who must be frugal, that’s certainly an option as well.
OKAY, thanks, all, more as I have it — keep on walking up the staircase, it’s totally fine, perfectly safe, there’s nothing worrisome at the top at all, nope.
Catriona Lovett says:
It was a great read!
May 12, 2025 — 3:14 PM
Gayle A Rosengren says:
Congratulations on the great reception STAIRCASE is receiving!
May 12, 2025 — 3:35 PM
Shirley says:
I’m still catching up!!! My son got me “Black Orchard” for Mother’s Day, so I’m getting there.
I lost the… Not the ability to read, but… I couldn’t? during lockdown. I read social media and very short articles, but I just couldn’t pick up a book.
Last Thanksgiving, we started talking about the best movie/TV Sherlock, and my brother mentioned that we never see Moriarty and Mycroft in the room at the same time. So I decided to read the million or so original stories. Turns out Moriarty shows up exactly once, although he’s mentioned twice more in previous stories. Modern media believes he needs a nemesis, but they were literally a crime-of-the-week-or-so serial. Also, I fully believe Sherlock is ace/aro.
Anyway, the dam broke! I just finished “Wayward” yesterday, lol, although I read some of your newer ones first. Need to check your bibliography to see if I missed anything.
Not to mention all my other favorite authors. And great authors I haven’t read. I pre-ordered “Dreamslingers” by Graci Kim and finished it last week. THANK YOU for posting about it on the socials!
May 12, 2025 — 5:12 PM
shainorton says:
Weirdly, I haven’t read it yet, and I also forgot to pre-order it.
Does this mean that you were responsible for sending the poison ivy skeletons after me last month?
Oh, there’s no proof, of course — one way or another.
Seriously, I am picking it up this week. My GP wants me to stay away from nature until I’ve apologized to it or hired a professional to deal with it. I’ll try reading the book first to see if that works as an apology.
May 12, 2025 — 5:38 PM