Excerpt of "The Operative"

Willard Boyd Gardner was not able to be here, so James read the excerpt for him, with all his James-style panache. The book is a Middle East suspense with great dialogue, again, well deserving of the award.

Another Award to Be Announced . . .

I think I'm nearly as excited to hear the magic name as the nominees themselves. Josi Kilpack has done such an amazing job with her book "Sheep's_Clothing," and she well deserves this award.

She is emotional (who wouldn't be) but that doesn't detract from how lovely she looks tonight.