on Anne R. Allen:

Many of you know that in addition to being a writer of mob heist novels, I’m also the past Executive Director of Crime Writers of Canada. (For my sins. Of which I’ve lost count…)
I’m just coming up for air after serving as a judge for the Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence (formerly known as the Arthur Ellis Awards. We the North like to shake things up.) So this post is timely. It is also cathartic…which may prevent the consumption of too much scotch. (I know, I know. There can never be too much scotch.)