Remember The Collection? The first installment in my new DeWitt Agency art-crime series? Yeah, maybe not so much. What happened to that, anyway? What happened is that I started querying agents, a process that hasn’t improved since the last time I did it (for Doha 12). I got one request…
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Hairy Raising: Cleverman
Another entanglement with the Criminal Element led me to discover Cleverman, a limited-run series on the Sundance Channel: We Homo sapiens have gotten pretty used to being the only humanoid species on Earth. So, what would happen if we somehow ran across a cousin species—perhaps a somewhat better design? What…
Your Room is Ready: The Night Manager
While running with the Criminal Element, I checked in with The Night Manager. Here’s what I found: If you’ve made your name writing about Cold War espionage, what do you do when the Cold War ends? If you’re John le Carré, you take a vacation, and then you turn your attention…
On the Air: Rated G Radio, 17 May 2016
I’ll be a guest on Garrett Miller’s RATED G Internet radio program on Tuesday, 17 May at 7:00 p.m. PDT. We’ll talk about my books, careers, and whatever else he comes up with. Garrett interviews authors every Tuesday night. While I’m not thrilled with most promotions, personal appearances are my…
In the (Pale) Pink: The Last Panthers
In another brush with the Criminal Element, I introduce the new Sundance limited-run series The Last Panthers. They really existed, you know. The Pink Panthers. The Panthers were a confederation of Balkan thieves, many with military experience in the Bosnian and Kosovar wars of the 90s, who in 2000 started pulling…
Come the Revolution: The Sympathizer
Once again, I’m entangled with the Criminal Element, this time with a review of Edgar-nominated war story The Sympathizer. While it’s likely that the Vietnam War spawned many bookshelves full of novels written by Vietnamese authors, an awfully small number of these are in English. Viet Thanh Nguyen’s The Sympathizer is…
Murder U.S.A., a mystery anthology
Excerpts from both Doha 12 and South are featured in Murder U.S.A., a new anthology of excerpts from new and established mystery/thriller authors now available free wherever ebooks are sold. In Washington, D.C., an image on the screen of a cell phone connects a nationwide terror threat with an unknown anthrax…
Appearance: LIT UP! 22 Mar 2016
I’ll be one of three authors featured in the March LIT UP! A Conversation with Orange County Readers and Writers on Tuesday, 22 March, at 7:00 p.m. at Kean Coffee in Tustin. If you haven’t been before, this author event features readings and an open dialog between the authors and the…
Appearance: Fullerton Public Library, 19 Mar 2016
I’ll be one of five local authors featured at Fullerton Public Library’s Local Fiction Author’s Day on Saturday, 19 March, 1:30-5:00 p.m. The event will include short readings, a panel discussion, and time to mix and chat with the authors. Yes, you can also buy books and get us to…
Vive la Résistance: Colony
I’m abetting the Criminal Element again, this time with a consideration of the USA Network series Colony. Alien invasions on the big and small screens have rarely been about aliens. They’re usually metaphors for whatever the scare-of-the-year happens to be: Nazis, communism, religion, lack of religion, race, colonialism, etc. Today’s…