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August 2011 All three Stella Hardesty novels are now available on audio! Check them out at Audible.com: A Bad Day For Sorry A Bad Day For Pretty A Bad Day For Scandal June 21, 2011 A Bad Day for Scandal is now available!! May 18, 2011 For a limited time, the ebook version of A Bad Day For Sorry is available for $2.99! May 1, 2011 Sophie was named Affaire de Coeur magazine's author of the month for May. December 3, 2010 A Bad Day For Pretty was named a New York Times Notable Crime Book for 2010! October 17, 2010 A Bad Day For Sorry wins the Anthony Award for Best First Novel! September 24, 2010 Stella Book #3, A Bad Day for Scandal, is coming in June 2011! More info coming soon, but here's some early praise... "Hooray for Sophie Littlefield for creating such a real, funny, and complex protagonist. I can't wait for the next BAD DAY."—Susan Donovan, NYT Best-selling author of NOT THAT KIND OF GIRL August 3, 2010 A Bad Day For Sorry has been nominated for a Crimespree Award for Favorite First Book by Crimespree Magazine. June 10, 2010 A Bad Day For Sorry is nominated for a Barry award for Best First Novel. June 8, 2010 A Bad Day For Sorry is nominated for the Macavity Award for Best First Mystery Novel June 6, 2010 New York Times Reviewer Marilyn Stasio puts A Bad Day for Pretty on her summer reading list! June 4, 2010 A Bad Day For Sorry is nominated for the Anthony Award for Best First Novel. April 29, 2010 A Bad Day For Sorry receives the RTBookReviews Reviewers' Choice Award for Best First Mystery of 2009 April 29, 2010 Congratulations to fellow Minotaur authors Stefanie Pintoff and John Hart on their Edgar wins! March 30, 2010 A Bad Day For Sorry has been nominated for a Spinetingler Award for "New Voice" (Best First Novel) You can vote here. March 24, 2010 "At Least I Felt Something" is nominated for a Spinetingler Short Story award. January 18, 2010 A Bad Day For Sorry is nominated for an Edgar® award by the Mystery Writers of America. December 28, 2009 Bad Day won a "Nerdie" award from The Pop Culture Nerd, for being one of the Most Unique New Voices in Crime Fiction. December 27, 2009 David J. Montgomery of the Chicago Sun-Times calls Bad Day one of the year's best debuts. December 22, 2009 Blogger Jen Forbus picked Bad Day for a spot on her list of 2009 crime fiction favorites. December 18, 2009 Librarian Lesa Holstine includes A Bad Day For Sorry on her top ten reads of 2009. December 18, 2009 The Seattle Mystery Bookshop lists A Bad Day For Sorry among their best books of 2009. December 16, 2009 Reviewer Oline Cogdill names A Bad Day For Sorry one of 2009's top five mystery debuts. December 12, 2009 A Bad Day For Sorry is nominated for a Reviewers Choice Award for Best First Mystery of 2009 by RT BookReviews Magazine. December 1, 2009 Los Angeles Mystery Bookstore staff put A Bad Day For Sorry on their top ten lists. November 15, 2009 A Bad Day For Sorry was nominated as a Best Book of 2009 by Guerrilla Girls On Tour. November 14, 2009 Sophie was re-elected president of the San Francisco Chapter of Romance Writers of America for 2010. November 8, 2009 A Bad Day For Sorry is going into a second printing. November 7, 2009 Sophie's short story Mortification is featured in BEAT TO A PULP. October, 2009 Sophie's young adult series now has its own website! BANISHED tells the story of an ostracized small-town girl who discovers she's heir to an ancient legacy and the powers that come with it. The first book will come out in summer 2010. September 28, 2009 Read an interview with Sophie at Number One Novels. September 27, 2009 "At Least I Felt Something" wins second place in the Watery Grave Invitational. September 9, 2009 A Bad Day For Sorry is #5 on the Independent Mystery Booksellers' Association's Bestseller list for August. August 30, 2009 Hallie Ephron of the Boston Globe says A Bad Day For Sorry has "humor and heart." August 30, 2009 Jay Strafford of the Richmond Times-Dispatch calls Stella "one of the most memorable characters of this summer or any other." August 24, 2009 A Bad Day For Sorry hit #9 on the San Francisco Chronicle Fiction Best-Seller List. August 19, 2009 The Pop Culture Nerd invited Sophie for a "Nerd Chat". August 19, 2009 Foreign rights sold to Japan's Hayakawa Publishing. August 18, 2009 Video interview: Keith Rawson chats with Sophie at the Poisoned Pen. August 17, 2009 A Bad Day For Sorry is put to the Page 69 Test. August 15, 2009 Kieran Shea interviews Sophie for Pulp Pusher. August 9, 2009 The Sun Sentinel's Oline Cogdill calls A Bad Day For Sorry the start of an exciting series. August 7, 2009 Entertainment Weekly calls Stella "incredibly appealing....A-" August 5, 2009 Sophie was interviewed by Linda Faulkner for the Author Exchange Blog. August 4, 2009 A Bad Day For Sorry NOW AVAILABLE! August 4, 2009 Sophie talks to Yankee Romance Reviewers about middle-age sex appeal. July 29, 2009 Read Sophie's Six-Word Memoir at Jen's Book Thoughts. July 29, 2009 Sophie is interviewed in The Big Thrill, the newsletter of the International Thriller Writers. July 5, 2009 Sophie's interview of Sean Doolittle is up at Pulp Pusher. April 22, 2009 A Bad Day For Sorry has been chosen as a Featured Alternate Selection by the Mystery Guild/Literary Guild. April 1, 2009 Sophie's story A Taste For It is a finalist for the 2009 Derringer Awards. April 1, 2009 Decision Day (PDF) is in Thuglit #30. March 10, 2009 Sophie interviews Charlie Huston at Pulp Pusher. February 24, 2009 Sophie's flash piece, Granny Panties, is up at Pulp Pusher. February 10, 2009 Reparations is available on Powder Burn Flash as part of the second annual Flash Fiction Challenge. November 17, 2008 Out of The Gutter #5—featuring Sophie's story The Fun Me—is now available. Order here. November 15, 2008 Sophie's story Never Saw It Coming won an honorable mention in the Al Blanchard Short Mystery Fiction contest. November 8, 2008 Sophie was elected president of the San Francisco chapter of Romance Writers of America for 2009. Fellow officers include Lisa Hughey, Elizabeth Edwards, Rachelle Chase, Martha Flynn and Adrienne Miller. November 1, 2008 Sophie's short story Don't Mess With Paige is in Thuglit #28.  |
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