June, 2008
Choke Point
named as a finalist
(1 of 6) for a BARRY AWARD as the Best Paperback Original in 2008. (Winner to be announced 10/9/08 at Bouchercon.)
July, 2007
LIVE WIRE
named as a finalist
(1 of 6) for a BARRY AWARD as the Best Paperback Original in 2007.
January 2007
Choke Point release.
March 2006
LIVE WIRE release.
Spring, 2005
BAGMAN
named as a finalist (
1 of 6, and the only softcover for:
Best Thriller in 2005
Fall, 2004
BAGMAN
named as a finalist
(1 of 6) for a BARRY AWARD as the Best Paperback Original in 2004.
August 1, 2004
BAGMAN release.
May 2004
"Courier" series to be extended:
Jay MacLarty has just signed a two-book, world rights deal with Simon & Schuster to extend the Simon Leonidovich series. The third book, LIVE WIRE, is expected to be released in April, 2006, and CHOKE POINT in January, 2007.
2004
Mustang Island, TX: research and work on A Child of Fate, a stand-alone mainstream novel.
Fall, 2003
The Courier finalist for a BARRY AWARD as the Best Paperback Original in 2003.
The Courier finalist for an ANTHONY AWARD as the Best Paperback Original Mystery in 2003.
June, 2003
The Courier release.
May 31, 2003
BookExpo, Los Angeles: Introduction of author and book signing for The Courier.
April 29, 2002
Publishers Weekly,
HOT DEALS – An entrepreneur turned thriller author, Jay MacLarty has just signed a two-book, six-figure world rights deal with Kevin Smith at Pocket Books for a debut called The Courier, starring a new series hero, Simon Leonidovich, and a sequel; his agent was Jane Dystel, and the first book will appear next year.
October, 1998
The Courier awarded FIRST PLACE honors at the Focus on Writers annual competition sponsored by Friends of the Sacramento Library.
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