Samantha Jayne Allen

Author of PAY DIRT ROAD, HARD RAIN, and NEXT OF KIN (April 2024). Winner of the 2022 Hammett Prize and the 2019 Tony Hillerman Prize.

[Samantha Jayne Allen @samallenwrites]

NEXT OF KIN, the third mystery featuring Texas PI Annie McIntyre, is out now. Hope y’all enjoy it. Wearing my mom’s vintage Luckenbach tee to mark the occasion (these pages are also full of classic country music references🤠)

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@GValjan @MinotaurBooks @oceanviewpub @sujatamassey @soho_press @LevACRosen @ForgeReads @CLFayman @levelbestbooks @LizMilliron @LibbyCudmore @JSWalkerAuthor @eqmm @Tough_Crime Congrats!

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@JamesDFHannah Thank you!

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HARD RAIN is nominated for a Shamus Award! And in such excellent company! Congrats to all the nominees 🎉

[Gabriel Valjan @GValjan]

#Congratulations SHAMUS nominees @samallenwrites @MinotaurBooks @Steve_Goble @oceanviewpub @sujatamassey @soho_press @LevACRosen @ForgeReads @CLFayman @levelbestbooks @LizMilliron @LibbyCudmore @JSWalkerAuthor @eqmm @Tough_Crime

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@blacktop1950 Thanks, Delia!

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@WhittenburgJo Thank you!

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@pjmthewiz Thanks so much!

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@Steve_Goble Thanks, Steve, and congrats to you!

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@bentleydonb Thank you! 😊

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@Loudmouthkid62 Thanks, Maura!

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@EJH5192 Thank you!

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@reporterestes Thanks, Christina!!

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@RobSmith3 Thank you!

[Samantha Jayne Allen @samallenwrites]

@GValjan @MinotaurBooks @Steve_Goble @oceanviewpub @sujatamassey @soho_press @LevACRosen @ForgeReads @CLFayman @levelbestbooks @LizMilliron @LibbyCudmore @JSWalkerAuthor @eqmm @Tough_Crime 🎉 Thanks for sharing, Gabriel, and congrats to you on your nomination!

[Samantha Jayne Allen @samallenwrites]

@sam_wiebe @JimThomsen Thank you both!

[RBmediaTopAuthors @RBmediaAuthors]

Limited Time Offer: Save 50% on the "Next of Kin" audiobook. Offer ends 05/28 @samallenwrites https://t.co/5ePzNsZIwK

[Minotaur Books @MinotaurBooks]

Here's a recap of last Wednesday's Edgar Awards banquet, where authors dined, confabbed, posed, and looked amazing. It was a grand occasion hosted by a great community, and we'll see many of you again at Thrillerfest!

[Samantha Jayne Allen @samallenwrites]

Congratulations @LindaCastillo11 on a well-deserved win! 🎉 And so lovely meeting you!!

[Mystery Writers of America @EdgarAwards]

Congratulations to @LindaCastillo11, winner of THE G.P. PUTNAM’S SONS SUE GRAFTON MEMORIAL AWARD for An Evil Heart (@MinotaurBooks) #Edgars2024

[Mystery Writers of America @EdgarAwards]

The Edgar Awards are tomorrow and that can only mean one thing! @CrimeReads annual The State of the Crime Novel roundtable with our nominees. #Edgars2024
https://t.co/mWHArs3Wb4

[Samantha Jayne Allen @samallenwrites]

@JimThomsen @CrimeReads Glad to hear! It kind of reminded me of Olive Kitteridge but a crime novel. Loved it.

[Samantha Jayne Allen @samallenwrites]

Making reading recommendations is one of my favorite things (used to be a bookseller!) Thanks for having me, @CrimeReads

[CrimeReads @CrimeReads]

Five novels—and one short story—that use a small-town setting to explore complex issues and existential questions. From Samantha Jayne Allen (@samallenwrites). https://t.co/7iZjPjlRfL

[Samantha Jayne Allen @samallenwrites]

@pjmthewiz thanks so much for your kind words!