It's always that time in our home:

It's book o'clock somewhere.

Mary Lee Settle, on writing:

I start with a question.
Then try to answer it.
- Mary Lee Settle.

            

Recommended reading - The Longman Anthology of Detective Fiction:

The Longman Anthology of Detective Fiction

The Longman Anthology of Detective Fiction

by Deane Mansfield-Kelley and Lois A. Marchino.

 

Paperback.

Published by Pearson.

Published in 2004.

 

ISBN 13: 9780321195012

ISBN 10: 0321195019

 

Description:

A detective fiction anthology filled with award winning short stories, information on the authors who wrote them, discussion about the history and evolution of the genre, and important literary criticism.

Born on this day – Mary Hunter Austin:

 

Mary Hunter Austin

Writer

September 9, 1868 – August 13, 1934

Credits:

California, Land of the Sun (1914); Earth Horizon: An Autobiography (1932); Earth Horizon: An Autobiography (1934); Everyman's Genius (1925); Fire (1912); Isidro (1905); Lost Borders (1909); One Smoke Stories (1934); Out-land (1910); Starry Adventure (1931); Taos Pueblo (1930); The American Rhythm: Studies and Re-expressions of American Songs (1923); The Arrow Maker (1911); The Flock (1906); The Ford (1917); The Land of Little Rain (1903); The Man Jesus (1925); The Man Who Didn't Believe in Christmas (1916); Woman of Genius (1912).

Born on this day – Marguerite Snow:

Marguerite Snow

Actress

September 9, 1889 – February 17, 1958

Born on this day – Cliff Robertson:

Cliff Robertson

Actor

September 9, 1923 – September 10, 2011

Born on this day – Jane Greer:

Jane Greer

Actress

September 9, 1924 – August 24, 2001