For Immediate Release Dear Editor, Port Angeles, Washington resident and award winning author, Elizabeth Sims, has a new book out! Below is the press release from St. Martin's Minotaur. THE EXTRA is a witty mystery set in gritty South Central Los Angeles, offering the following possible angles for an interview: - Writing a book about homelessness; - How an amateur sleuth can literally 'act her way' out of trouble; - Writing suspense novels; - Writing novels set in Los Angeles from a home in the Northwest. - How to get published with a big New York house. Elizabeth is a fun interview who loves to dish about Hollywood, acting, reading, and writing. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Publication date: June 25, 2009 Contact: Sarah Melnyk Senior Publicist 646-307-5662 sarah.melnyk@stmartins.com Advance Praise for THE EXTRA “A skilled actress proves a keen amateur sleuth in the second entry (after The Actress, 2008) in Sims’ newest mystery series… brisk prose and facile storytelling… [a] vivid portrayal of the seamy side of urban life, and engaging characters, notably the plucky protagonist.” —Booklist “The action builds to a satisfying conclusion. Appealing characters, amusing subplots and the steamy L.A. setting are a plus.” —Publishers Weekly THE EXTRA: A Rita Farmer Mystery Elizabeth Sims Part-time actress, student, and sleuth Rita Farmer returns in Elizabeth Sims’ follow up to her “page-turner” series debut The Actress, in THE EXTRA (Minotaur Books; On-Sale: June 23, 2009; Price: $24.95). Rita Farmer knows what it’s like to be down on her luck, and while she’s hitting the books to become a lawyer—quickly learning that she’s cut out to be more than just an aspiring actress—she’s still in debt up to her neck and so in order to keep herself and her son afloat, has to continue acting. Decked out in police riot gear for a low budget movie shoot, she wanders off set and directly into a rough part of town and is pulled into a vicious assault. Two men are literally clubbing a boy with a hunk of wood. Rita chases them off but doesn’t escape unscathed, and the boy may be paralyzed. Rita’s heart goes out to him and his grandmother Amaryllis B. Cubitt—known to her celebrity supporters as the Iron Angel. Amaryllis directs an urban mission that Rita turned to when she was barely scraping by, but the mission has changed. Flush with donations, there are guards at all the doors, and Rita can’t help but wonder if the Iron Angel is in trouble and too proud to ask for help. Smart and charming, it’s amazing that Rita isn’t in the movies already, especially now that all of the bright lights have followed her and author Elizabeth Sims on to THE EXTRA, the newest in this delightful series. Elizabeth Sims, a one-time bookseller, is also the author of the Lambda Award-winning Lillian Byrd mystery series, and a Contributing Editor at Writer's Digest Magazine. She'll be making appearances on the West Coast in July and August. THE EXTRA A Rita Farmer Mystery By Elizabeth Sims Minotaur Books Hardcover 978-0-312-37729-8 June 23, 2009 $24.95 CONTACT: Sarah Melnyk 646-307-5662 sarah.melnyk@stmartins.com High resolution images of Elizabeth Sims and THE EXTRA cover, to which you are granted full permissions may be found here: http://www.elizabethsims.com/images/Elizabeth_Sims.jpg http://www.elizabethsims.com/images/The_Extra.jpg Visit Elizabeth Sims at her website at www.elizabethsims.com!