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An Interview With George Shuman, Author of Last Breath, Part Two
"Truth lends a lot of authority to a story, just as ... truth lends a lot of authority to a lie."
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"The Trigger Episode [is] in the first person [to] help a reader empathize with a guy doing basically despicable work as a paparazzo."
Read More »The Five Best Books I’ve Read This Year
"She and I agreed the best description of her style was "“Nancy Drew after a bottle of Jack Daniels.”
Read More »This Intrepid Reader Love Airports and Airplanes
Tip: Try not to drool or stare while waiting.
Read More »The Mystery Of The Mystery Story
It is the mystery story which gives us the assurance of good eventually winning.
Read More »Book Review: The SFWA European Hall of Fame Edited by James and Kathryn Morrow, and Literature from the “Axis of Evil” Edited by Alane Mason, Dedi Felman, Samantha Schnee,
Seeing the world through two foreign literature anthologies that captivate, educate and enlighten.
Read More »An Interview With Patrick Anderson, Author of The Triumph of the Thriller: How Cops, Crooks, and Cannibals Captured Popular Fiction, Part One
"Time is on our side. Lehane and Connelly and Pelecanos and some others will live long enough to be accepted as modern masters."
Read More »Interview With John Burnett, Author of Uncivilized Beasts and Shameless Hellions: Travels with an NPR Correspondent – Part 1
"The Pentagon implicitly understood what happens when journalists are inserted into war-fighting units. People who share adversity grow closer."
Read More »In Praise Of The Small Press
There are numerous other small presses out there. Check them out - you might discover a gem of your own.
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