Here's Rick at Bouchercon '98 in Philadelphia just after we heard his name announced as winner of the Anthony for Big Red Tequila (best original paperback). Two nights before, BRT had won the Shamus Award at the same conference.

He is surrounded by the four happy women in his life - from left to right, Gina Maccoby, his agent; Becky, our wonderful-daughter-in-law; the author himself; his proud mother; and Kate Miciak, Rick's editor at Bantam.

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