We have winners! I’ve notified the first 5 by email. If any of them don’t respond, the next person with a correct set of answers will take their place, so it may be a few days before all the prizes are claimed. Here are the names of the winners:

Sara Will
Dave Feldman
Chris Hall
Lexi Cenni
Jason S. Cope

Congrats to all!

And everyone who didn’t make the top of the list can still get a signed bookmark if they send me their mailing address.

This was a tough one, I know. Some of the answers were a little tricky. Here they all are:

1.What is the real name of the ferret whose photo appears on the site?
Simon
2.What was my original field of study?
Vocal Music
3.Who is the POV character in the Labyrinth excerpt?
Quinton
4.What is the ISBN of the Polish book?
978-83-7574-044-8
5.Who really wrote The Bat?
Mary Roberts Rinehart
6.What was the date of the first News item on the site?
Jan 24, 2010
7.Who gave the quote that used the term “kicks ass”?
Jennifer Jordon pf Crimespree Magazine
8.Where did Harper travel in Vanished?
London, England (just “England” wasn’t specific enough)
9.Who was the editor of the anthology I contributed a non-Harper Blaine story to?
Charlaine Harris and Toni L.P. Kelner
10.Which character did Tom Sniegoski write about?
Remy Chandler
11.When will I be in San Francisco?
Oct 14-17 2010 (for Bouchercon)
12.Aside from my site, where else can you find calendar updates about my professional schedule?
On the Kat Richardson News Google group. (Just “Google Group” wasn’t specific enough.)

People said they had trouble with the ferret question, with my course of study, and with Tom’s character name. A few people had difficulty with the POV question, but most got it–it is tricky.

Thanks for playing with me and if you didn’t win one of the big prizes, you can still get a bookmark by sending me your mailing address and saying you want one. I’ll get them out as soon as the printer gets them to me.