Gail Anderson-Dargatz's Blog

I LOVED the conversation I had with Rhonda Douglas on The Resilient Writers Radio Show. Great podcast! We talked about the process of pulling a novel together and tips on speeding up that process. Click on the link above to check it out!

It seems we really do judge a book by its cover. Here's a great piece on the topic by Dana Gee with insights from industry insiders, Giller prize winner Suzette Mayr, Robyn Harding and myself:
We really do judge a book by its cover

The Almost Widow

Wow! Thrilled to find my thriller The Almost Widow on the Globe and Mail list of 'Six mystery books to read right now.'

Margaret Cannon writes, "As always, Anderson-Dargatz is best at setting atmosphere and place and this one, set in the midst of a temperate rainforest wilderness, beset by tree poachers and a mysterious stalker known as The Green Man, is superb ...The tension is taut and the action is fast-paced; save this for when you have time because you won’t want to put it down."

Well, would you look at that! The Almost Widow has been nominated as one of Kobo's best thrillers of May!

“The Title of this award-winning British Columbia writer’s latest book is The Almost Widow. It is, most assuredly, a novel of suspense, but it also defies convenient classification as a mere wilderness thriller. It can also qualify as a work of serious literary fiction.”

Wow! Delighted to see the piece by Jamie Portman on The Almost Widow in papers across the country Saturday. To read it in full, go to PressReader and search for The Almost Widow.

Today, May 9, is pub day for The Almost Widow. Please join the all-day party on Instagram and Twitter at #TheAlmostWidow as we celebrate!

Less than a week left until the release of The Almost Widow. Wahoo! We're celebrating pub day with an online party on Twitter and Instagram May 9. Join us!

For more on the book, or to preorder, go to the HarperCollins Canada site

Only two weeks left until the release of The Almost Widow. Wahoo! We're celebrating pub day with an online party on May 9. Watch for the invitation! In the meantime, to preorder a copy, visit the HarperCollins Canada site.

My lovely and talented friend Darcie Friesen Hossack has a new book coming out!! Stillwater: A Novel

Darcie and I will launch our books together in Kelowna May 27 at the Okanagan Regional Library and Mosaic Books. For details go to: Mosaic Books

Calgary writers and readers, please join me May 12 at Owls Nest Books for this Alexandra Writers' Center event to launch my new HarperCollins thriller The Almost Widow. Love to see you there!

This is one of four launch events in May. More details to come. 🙂

For more on the novel, go to: HarperCollins Canada