Congratulations!

To Gary Corby, an Australian author whose blog I follow. Today his first book, The Pericles Commission, was released (at least in many places. For some reason it's not available through Amazon here in the States in either hardback or Kindle format until November 9th, but I have it on pre-order. But it's definitely available here in the US--he's going to be in San Mateo, California tonight for the book launch.) There's a second one that's been sent to the publisher and a third one being written. I'm very excited for him, and he's starting a whirlwind book tour as a result.

The Pericles Commission is an historical murder mystery set in the ancient world, but unlike most of its genre it is not set in Rome but in classical Athens. It's supposed to have quite a bit of humour about it, too (among other things, the main character's annoying little brother is Socrates). It sounds really promising, and Gary Corby seems to have researched his facts well--I've been reading his blog for quite some time now and he has great posts both on the ancient world and into book publishing.

Anyway, I wish him luck on his trip and hope the book does really well.