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Gloria Horton-Young's avatar

ᴸᵒᵛᵉˡʸ!

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Ramona Grigg's avatar

All it takes is one incredibly prestigious person believing in you.

And great timing.

Oh, and some fine writing.

That's important, too. 😏

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Lev Raphael's avatar

So much of a career is timing and serendipity.

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Richard Donnelly's avatar

Thanks for the inside look Lev. And congrats on the multiple printings. This is more validating than anything.

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Lev Raphael's avatar

You're welcome. It's always cool when a publisher picks up a series that has had a good run.

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Liz Gauffreau's avatar

Congratulations on scoring a NYT review and the reissue of the book!

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Lev Raphael's avatar

I literally jumped up and down when the NYT review came through by fax.

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Liz Gauffreau's avatar

Oh, I believe it!

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M.E. Proctor's avatar

Congratulations on the re-publish! (and the review, of course!)

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Lev Raphael's avatar

Thanks. The new press is doing a wonderful job of production and promotion.

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Dennis Martin Brooks's avatar

Kudos and congrats on the re-issuing of that wonderful, wonderful novel!

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Lev Raphael's avatar

Thank you, sir.

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Susan Oleksiw's avatar

Marilyn Stasio reviewed my third mystery, and I still think of it as a high point. Congratulations on the review and reprint. As I often tell myself, it's the "little things" that make us happy.

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Lev Raphael's avatar

Congrats, and a NYTBR isn't a little thing at all. I was on a panel with her at a Club Med in the Caribbean (!) and she was flustered when I thanked her and told her she was the most important mystery reviewer in the country.

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Josh Spilker's avatar

exciting story & good news on the re-publication

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Lev Raphael's avatar

Glad you enjoyed it, and thanks. They're not only doing all ten mysteries but also my first novel.

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Lev Raphael's avatar

I've loved my starred reviews--but even better was a rave from Kirkus one time, given how vicious they can be.

And what your publisher said makes sense and that's the current trend for sure: blurbs from best-selling same-genre authors.

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Lev Raphael's avatar

I've only blurbed books I really liked. But I do know there are blurb whores out there, who love to see their names in print, even in such a small space as a bokk jacket.

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