Mark Edward Langley's Blog

I am happy to announce that I am working with Elizabeth Trupin-Pulli of JET Literary Associates, Inc., Santa Fe, NM. For those of you who do not know, she represents the wonderful bestselling author, Anne Hillerman! I feel rejuvenated and excited to be working with her on my new Skye Roanhorse novel BLOODLINES!

She has submitted BLOODLINES to the BIG FIVE publishing houses, so let's all keep our fingers crossed for publication and a multi-book deal!

Also, join "Members Only" at MarkEdwardLangley.com to be sure to get the latest news and special deals!

I am pleased to announce that my 3rd Arthur Nakai mystery novel has earned finalist awards in the 2022 Killer Nashville Silver Falchion award, the 2022 National Indie Excellence Awards, the 2022 New Mexico/Arizona Book Awards and the 2022 NYC Big Book Awards! I have been writing for 28 years and retired at the end of 2016 to focus on writing. With three novels published in five years I feel as though I am knocking on the door and will finally be recognized as a writer. I think it is a remarkable achievement to have garnered these awards since my 2nd Arthur Nakai Novel was released, Death Waits in the Dark. With When Silence Screams, I believe the content speaks for itself and is Arthur's darkest and grittiest story yet.

I have received word from Killer Nashville that When Silence Screams has been named a finalist for the Silver Falchion Award for Best Mystery 2022 which will be awarded on August 20th, 2022!

I would be honored to win this major award. My fingers will be crossed, but I don't have the time to sit and wait. Coming off a very successful book signing at Barnes & Noble in Orland Park, Illinois, my next radio interview will be on KCCA Los Angeles on August 8th LIVE! The podcast link will follow.

Also, I am 8 chapters into the fourth Arthur Nakai novel and 15 chapters into the first novel of my new series set in New Mexico! Those of you who belong to MEMBERS ONLY on my website have already been privy to excerpts from both novels, and the feedback has been fantastic!

I urge everyone to visit markedwardlangley.com and become a member today!

Just received word this morning my latest Arthur Nakai novel "WHEN SILENCE SCREAMS" won the finalist award in the National Indie Excellence Awards! This is the third award for this novel in the Mystery category!

PRESS RELEASE: The 16th Annual National Indie Excellence® Awards (NIEA) recognize the Winners and Finalists from this year's robust competition.
A leader and veteran of publishing award contests, The National Indie Excellence® Awards are open to recent English language books in print from self and independent publishers. Judging is completed for the 16th year of this competition and the results commend a wide range of truly exceptional titles.
The National Indie Excellence® Awards celebrate physical books in print as a strong and vital sector of our industry. Recognizing excellence in all aspects of the final presentation, NIEA champions self-publishers and the independent presses who produce the highest quality books across a spectrum of metrics. Established in 2005, NIEA’s entrants are meticulously judged by experts from various facets of the book industry profession including publishers, editors, authors and designers.
Winners and Finalists are determined on the basis of superior written content coupled with excellent presentation in each and every facet of the final published product from cover to cover. Our Sponsorship Awards and the monetary prizes awarded by the Juror’s Choice Award are selected from the overall group of Winners and Finalists.
"Now in our 16th year The National Indie Excellence® Awards (NIEA) has evaluated thousands of books across a wide range of diverse genres produced by self-published authors and independent imprints. From this position, we find that our current selection of NIEA award recipients represent the best and brightest talents to be found in contemporary indie publishing and self-published authors today."
–Doug Fogelson
President National Indie Excellence® Awards
To view all the Winners and Finalists please visit: www.indieexcellence.com

I just got the word this morning that my interview with journalist David Steinberg of the Albuquerque Journal is IN PRINT and ONLINE! I want to thank David for doing such a great job! It was a pleasure speaking with him. Enjoy the read!

https://www.abqjournal.com/2465653/gr...

If you can't click, then simply cut-and-paste.

"Mark Edward Langley gets you inside of the heads of his characters and you can feel their every emotion. The story itself is very pertinent in today's world and helps bring awareness to an issue that is really an important one."

"Mark Edward Langley describes the landscape so vividly you feel as though you are there. You can see it, taste it, and smell it. Every man wants to be Arthur Nakai and every woman wants to be his partner."

"I worked vice for over 24 years, and I've interviewed well over 5000 prostitutes at one time or another. I encountered many children on the street who were broken even before they were coerced into prostitution. Man, this is great writing!"

"Mark Edward Langley plots his story around Indigenous women, who all too often are overlooked by authorities when they go missing. In this exciting, action-driven novel, Arthur Nakai, a Navajo, ex-Marine and newly minted private investigator, is pitted against a merciless sex trafficker and a killer who gets off on torturing the girls he kidnaps. But April Manygoats will not go quietly to her death. The many graphic descriptions of depraved sexual acts are disturbing, but this is an important story meant to draw attention to a deplorable reality."

"The third mystery featuring Arthur Nakai, now a licensed Private Investigator, is a dark, horrifying tale of kidnapping and human trafficking. When Silence Screams is all but impossible to put down until the last page and highly recommended!"