To celebrate the six-month anniversary of the launch of the second novel in my Santa Barbara Suspense series, Partners in Crime Tours is hosting a Rafflecopt...

A big thank you to BooksbyWomen.org for featuring an interview with two of the “difficult” female protagonists found in my Santa Barbara Suspense thrillers, ...

Many thanks to Tony at NFReads.com for featuring my author interview. Here’s a sample: What is/are the real-life story(ies) behind your book(s)? Growing up i...

When I was a child, I dreamed of becoming a writer. I was the kid who had a passion for books. Wanted to travel with Stuart Little. Chat with Charlotte benea...

For the month of December, the Kindle version of my twin thrillers What She Gave Away and What She Never Said are on sale in the US marketplace for only $.99...

So appreciate blogger/author Elena Hartwell’s ongoing support of debut and established thriller writers. Here’s a taste of the interview she conducted with m...

Heading to Bouchercon next week? Hope to see you there! I’ll be participating in an entertaining panel, a couple of signings and a publisher giveaway. All ev...

Love this Mystery Scene Magazine review of my new thriller, What She Never Said https://www.mysteryscenemag.com/article/6633-what-she-never-said In the secon...

What's one myth about being an author you'd like to debunk? See my response and join in on this week’s Thriller Roundtable at http://www.thebigthrill.org/thr...

A benefit for The Friends of the Santa Barbara Public Library will be held on Thursday September 26 from 5-7:30 at the downtown library's Faulkner Gallery. P...

Please join me for two upcoming book launch events to celebrate the launch of my new thriller, What She Never Said. The first will be held on Sunday Septembe...

Appreciative of today’s insightful review of What She Never Said on the “That’s What She’s Reading” blog. https://www.thatswhatshesreading.com/2019/08/PICT-...

Enter the 'What She Never Said' Goodreads 100 Book Giveaway! Entries close September 9. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41741462-what-she-never-said “Peo...

I’m excited to announce that Thomas & Mercer has put together an amazing trio of narrators for my new thriller, What She Never Said. (Sept. 2019) I couldn’t ...

It’s been a couple of weeks since the wrap-up of Thrillerfest 2019 and I finally have a chance to reflect. For a suspense writer, the International Thriller ...

Excited to share this 'hot off the press' Publishers Weekly Review of my upcoming thriller, What She Never Said.: "In Riggs’s clever second suspense novel s...

Interesting article by Melinda Burns of the Santa Barbara Independent revealing two recent (as in geologic time) events that preceded the 2018 Montecito debr...

In my upcoming novel WHAT SHE NEVER SAID (Thomas & Mercer - September, 2019) my protagonist, Ruth Mosby, is fixated on walking a minimum of 10,000 steps a da...

Wanted to share this April 29, 2019 LitHub article on Leila Slimani, author of The Perfect Nanny. Highly recommend to anyone who writes about, or enjoys read...

I once attended a ThrillerFest conference featuring author John Sandford, who offered some basic advice: “Write. Just write.” I’m paraphrasing here but essen...