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Jamie Mason

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Mystery & Thrillers, Literature & Fiction, Crime

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November 2011

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Jamie Mason was born in Oklahoma City, but grew up in Washington, D.C. She's most often reading and writing, but in the life left over, she enjoys films, Formula 1 racing, football, traveling, and, conversely, staying at home.

Jamie lives with her husband and two daughters in the mountains of western North Carolina. ...more

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I just finished Monday's Lie - brilliant! I also wrote a novel, and we have some similarities of style - descriptive (too much for some people), a bit twisted, psychological suspense. I'm wondering about your experience getting published (your first novel, my next read for sure). Did you just pound out the query letters until you found an agent? I tried some, and then self-published. Thanks!

Jamie Mason So sorry to have left this for so long! I didn't realize the question was here.

I did just keep pounding out query letters until I found my match. Ther…moreSo sorry to have left this for so long! I didn't realize the question was here.

I did just keep pounding out query letters until I found my match. There was a first novel out there that never quite caught, so Three Graves Full was actually the second book I'd written, first to get picked up.

All the best to you and your work! Thank you for the kind words.(less)

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Hi Jamie :) I'm about to start Monday's Lie and will eventually (hopefully soon) post a review on my Plum Report site. Anywho, I was curious to know why the two different covers? I have the hardcover, but then noticed the paperback cover was different. They're both very well done and draws me in...but just thought I'd ask what your thought process was for the two different designs. -Kimberly (plumreport.com)

Jamie Mason Kimberly! I am so sorry. I don't get notifications of questions here and I had no idea that you'd asked it.

So the original artwork, with the ribbon an…moreKimberly! I am so sorry. I don't get notifications of questions here and I had no idea that you'd asked it.

So the original artwork, with the ribbon and the rings, is for the hardcover. It's gorgeous. I loved it. They only ever did one cover design and I was on board with no suggestions.

But a review that came up for Monday's Lie had them rethink it. The reviewer loved the book (yay!) but he thought that the cover looked too exclusively like women's fiction, which, he noted, the book was not.

So the people over at Gallery saw this review and decided to do a redesign for the paperback release.

That cover is also gorgeous. I love it.

But they sent me a big, beautifully mounted poster of it and it's too creepy to actually hang in my office. I can't figure out what to do with it. : )

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Average rating: 3.3 · 5,950 ratings · 1,301 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors

	Three Graves Full 3.22 avg rating — 3,696 ratings — published 2013 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Monday's Lie 3.43 avg rating — 1,266 ratings — published 2015 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Hidden Things 3.44 avg rating — 989 ratings — published 2019 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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There’s only ever been one magic: the will.

Those first ripples that complicated our smooth little lizard brains into gray matter canyons of possibility—that’s what did it. In the Void, The Way Things Are was forced to deal with an upright monkey that had managed to vault mere animal observation into the idea that maybe it could all be somehow different. Abracadabra.

The very first magic spell was,

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A must-have for writers who don't know what they don't know about those action scenes. Excellent resource -- well-organized, thorough, and engagingly written. ...more
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Nina Simon delivers a knockout debut with wit, heart, and all the twists a mystery lover could want. Great writing. I am instantly a fan!
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“Most nightmares are caged in their realm by implausibilities. The sleeper slogs through quicksand in a fun house of frightening nonsense and disjointed mumbo jumbo. But everything’s all better once the bedside lamp is back on, because reality, even when it’s bad, is easily distinguished from night terror. Except for the trying-to-scream dream. That one’s pretty much spot-on.”
― Jamie Mason

tags: night, night-terrors, nightmares, scream, terror

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“Guilt wears track shoes. Sprint, marathon, or cross-country, it doesn’t matter. It runs tireless to catch you, and it carries a sledgehammer.”
― Jamie Mason

tags: guilt, guilty, sledgehammers

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“If home is where the heart is, Jason has lived in his throat for a long time.”
― Jamie Mason

tags: clever, home-is-where-the-heart-is

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February Side Read Nominations ~ Final Poll

The Secrets We Kept

by Lara Prescott

12 votes, 26.7%

The Water Dancer

by Ta-Nehisi Coates

11 votes, 24.4%

Red at the Bone

by Jacqueline Woodson

8 votes, 17.8%

The Ten Thousand Doors of January

by Alix E. Harrow

7 votes, 15.6%

Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love

by Dani Shapiro

4 votes, 8.9%

The Hidden Things

by Jamie Mason

3 votes, 6.7%

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