Members of the media may schedule an interview with Ace or request information about an upcoming event by contacting michael.barson@us.penguingroup.com.
On the Road
Buy personalized first editions at any tour stop.
The Lost Ones Tour, Summer 2012
- Thursday, May 31: Oxford, Mississippi | Square Books
- Friday, June 1: Birmingham, Alabama | Books-A-Million
- Saturday, June 2: Houston, Texas | Murder By The Book
- Sunday, June 3: New Orleans, Louisiana | Faulkner House
- Tuesday, June 5: Memphis, Tennessee | The Booksellers at Laurelwood
- Wednesday, June 6: Austin, Texas | BookPeople
- Thursday, June 7: St. Louis, Missouri | Library Event
- Friday, June 8: Nashville, Tennessee | Parnassus Books
- Saturday, June 9: Montgomery, Alabama | Capitol Book & News
- Wednesday, June 13: Jackson, Mississippi | Lemuria
- Thursday, June 14: Tampa, Florida | Inkwood
- Thursday, June 14: St. Petersburg, Florida | Haslam’s
The Latest
This news is hot off the press:
- May 20, 2012 | Outgoing Signals:
SIBR: Lullaby: A Spenser Novel by Ace Atkins
- May 19, 2012 | Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel:
Authors may die, but the cases live on
- May 17, 2012 | Library Journal:
Xpress Reviews: Fiction | First Look at New Books
- May 7, 2012 | WBUR Boston:
Spenser returns, but without Robert B. Parker
- May 6, 2012 | Tampa Bay Times:
Ace Atkins gets it right as he reprises Spenser in ‘Robert B. Parker’s Lullaby’
- May 1, 2012 | Kirkus Reviews:
You Just Can’t Keep a Good Sleuth Down
- April 30, 2012 | Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
An Interview with Ace Atkins about his Spenser Book, Lullaby
- April 29, 2012 | Sacramento Bee:
Between the Liness
- April 29, 2012 | Chicago Sun Times:
‘Robert B. Parker»s Lullaby’ by Ace Atkins
- April 26, 2012 | USA Today:
May’s Biggest Books
- April 25, 2012 | Ft. Worth Star-Telegram:
It’s no mystery why Ace Atkins was picked to keep Robert B. Parker’s series going
- March 22, 2012 | The Boston Globe:
Atkins, for hire, helps keep detective ‘Spenser’ on the case
- March 18, 2012 | New Orleans Times-Picayune:
Crime novelist Ace Atkins to highlight Tennessee Williams literary festival
- January 19, 2012 | Publishers Weekly:
2012 Edgar Award Nominees Announced
- September 12, 2011 | USA Today:
Spenser and Jesse Stone live on through new series’ authors
- August 4, 2011 | ABC News:
2 Series, 2 Times the Fun for Author Ace Atkins
- April 28, 2011 | Wall Street Journal:
‘Spenser’ and ‘Jesse Stone’ Survive Writer’s Death
- April 28, 2011 | New York Times:
Despite Author’s Death, Crime Series To Continue
- April 27, 2011 | Publisher’s Weekly:
Parker Series to Continue at Penguin With New Writers

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