Douglas Quinn

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Profile Information:

Hometown:
Northeastern North Carolina
About Me:
Douglas Quinn is a resident of North Carolina where he lives with his wife, two dogs and four cats. He is the author of the critically acclaimed mystery and suspense thrillers The Catalan Gambit (2004) , The Spanish Game (2006), and Blue Heron Marsh: a Webb Sawyer Mystery (2007) His current novel Pelican Point: a Webb Sawyer Mystery was released in July 2009. His fifth novel Cornelius: The Orphan will be published in 2010.
I Am A:
Writer
Website:
http://www.douglasquinn.com
Books And Authors I Like:
James Lee Burke, Carl Hiiaasen, Jonanthan Kellerman, Walter Mosley, Kathy Reichs, John Sandford, Randy Wayne White and Stephen White
Movies And TV Shows I Like:
Bones, CSI (sometimes), the Law and Order shows and several reality shows: American Idol, The Apprentice, Last Comic Standing, So You Think You Can Dance and a few others. Never got into Survivor, The Amazing Race, Big Brother, etc.

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  • Betty Ann Harris

    Douglass, thanks for the info. on iUniverse. I think I'm going to check that out before I put any more sweat into this. Thanks, Betty Ann

    Aug 29, 2007

  • Kim Howell

    I'm looking forward to the Book Launch this weekend, and am really excited about what a GREAT read "Blue Heron Marsh" is. I had such a hard time trying to put it down, once I'd started, that I found myself seeing the sun rise and the final page completed before I put it down. Now I'm looking forward to seeing the series continue and getting to know Web Sawyer even better. :-)

    Aug 30, 2007

  • joe miller

    Douglass,
    I am at that stage. I have the characters and the storyline and now just seeing where the story leads me. We have three dogs, Lab,Golden and a hound dog, and recently a neighbors cat has selected my girls as his best friend.
    Joe

    Sep 1, 2007

  • Kim Howell

    Thanks for the invitation to the Book Launch Party at your home yesterday. I added a blog with a photo of us that was taken by your son Chris. I've read the book though and totally enjoyed it both times. I'm looking forward to reading the next one when you've got it ready to roll. :-)

    Sep 3, 2007

  • Betty Ann Harris

    Hi. I enjoyed the pictures from your Book Launch Party and also very much enjoyed reading the excerpt from your "Blue Heron Marsh". It sounds like a very intriguing story. I think I may just have to read it! Best wishes, Betty Ann

    Sep 5, 2007

  • Cheryl Norman

    Good to see you hear, Douglas!

    Cheryl

    Sep 5, 2007

  • Karyn J. Powers

    I read the first one and it's a doozy. I like the driver's response to the tail gater. Lots of conflict and action. Glad I wasn't sitting on the guardrail where she hit the brakes!

    Sep 7, 2007

  • Northern Light

    Thank you for the recommendations!

    Sep 8, 2007

  • Kim Howell

    *WOW* GREAT JOB on the latest Event! I really wanted to be there too, but I had a major disaster with my computer when I got in the night before. I couldn't even get the power to turn on, so my PC is completely dead now. Not that it wasn't past it's life expectancy, but I wasn't really expecting to have to go out and buy a laptop this soon. Now that I have a laptop, I'm really getting into this wireless connection and enjoying the space and speed that's increased about ten fold or so from what I was used to. Now I'll be able to work on here faster than ever before:-)

    Sep 16, 2007

  • Clea Simon

    Hi Douglas!
    Any fan of "Law and Order" is a friend of mine. Also love the photos - congrats on the (relatively) new book! - Clea

    Sep 16, 2007

  • Mary Elwood

    hiya douglas! thanks for the invite and the comment! i am definitely looking forward to checking out your website and what your books are all about...i will also add my book preferences soon! meow says the CAT

    Sep 16, 2007

  • Mary Elwood

    PS Nice to read that you're a catperson like me! meow!!

    Sep 16, 2007

  • Maryann Mercer

    Thanks for the invitation. I'll definitely check out the website as well! I'm a great fan of narrative, and James Lee Burke is amazing.

    Sep 17, 2007

  • kristyn bernier

    Hello there...I think pets are the best consultants b/c they are always positive in their feedback!!!!! I actually have consulted with two writers regarding cybercrime and narcotics for their novels...it is alot of fun! My contact with one writer is what led me to this site!

    Good luck with your writing.
    Kristyn

    Sep 18, 2007

  • Cyndi Martin

    Thanks for adding me! I think we used to be neighbors. I lived in Roxboro, NC for awhile.

    Sep 18, 2007

  • Lisa Stiles

    Nice page. I'm glad the signing event went so well for you!

    Sep 19, 2007

  • Maryann Mercer

    I'll check in later tonight but am really interested in how things went :o) Thanks for letting me know it's out there!

    Sep 19, 2007

  • joe miller

    Douglas,
    It looks like your signing was a success by your pictures. I am new to Podcasting, but know someone in ATL that is working on a Podcasting site.

    Good to hear from you.

    Joe

    Sep 19, 2007

  • Kim Howell

    Douglas Quinn has been in my Favorite Authors/Books areas since I created my profile here. As for the banners and links, and the audio addition to the site, the answer is yes. But we're also looking at fees to increase the time spent on developing the changes. Just let me know via email or phone, and give me an idea of the specifics, so I can round of the cost amount for you. :-)

    Sep 20, 2007

  • Douglas Quinn

    I guess I need another cup of coffee. Of course Douglas Quinn is on your list. I guess I could have Kim Modler design/create a banner for me to use in link exchanges. In the meantime, what would you charge to do a links page where I could post a pic and one sentence blurb on an author where you could click on the author's pic to go to their webpage. Re the audio, I'd probably first use it here on Crimespace. We can get into that later.

    Sep 20, 2007

  • D K Gaston

    Hi Douglas,

    No, I didn't record my own voice. I had found someone with a much better one to record the audio for me. Thanks for the offer of a review, I might take you up on it.

    Sep 21, 2007

  • Patricia Foulk

    Hi, Douglas - Your book with the flashback to the Spanish Civil War sounds interesting. That's one of my favorite historical periods. I'll try to check it out.

    cheers

    Sep 25, 2007

  • Jack Maeby

    Yes, thank you, Douglas. I am clueless when it comes to the chat/group/blog process.

    Sep 26, 2007

  • Jack Maeby

    Thanks. Where do I add text, links etc?

    Sep 26, 2007

  • Douglas Quinn

    You already have your web link here. Just add the crimespace link on your web site. You can add pics and text in both the blog and activity areas on the crimespace page (see mine if you're not sure). You can add any vids and music here, too--just click on that area and follow the instructions.

    Sep 26, 2007

  • Morgan OReilly

    Funny, I feel the same about your last name . Love those Q names. Thanks for the add, my new friend!

    Oct 4, 2007

  • Jane Cleland

    Thanks for letting me know about your excerpts. I look forward to reading them.

    Oct 7, 2007

  • carole gill

    thanks so much for the invite! pleasure!

    Nov 26, 2007

  • Brian L Porter

    hi Douglas, good to know you. Your books look extremely interesting. do you have a natural Spanish connection?

    Dec 10, 2007

  • Larry Deibert

    Thanks, Doug. I wrote both of those novels over the course of one year. Been working on several others.

    Dec 11, 2007

  • John A. Roynesdal

    Hello Doug. I agree, it is wonderful to write focusing on where you live. But here out in the Pacific, it's hard getting to those signings that would be helpful. I have to coordinate vacation with signings.
    Keep up the good work

    John

    Dec 11, 2007

  • Jon

    Hi Doug,

    I'm afraid you misunderstood the term 'veteran'. I don't read any author who wasn't first published before 1960. As far as I can tell Ed Goldberg is much later than that.

    Regards,

    Jon.

    Dec 11, 2007

  • Daria

    Hi Douglas,
    Thanks for the message. My P.I. is a retired 9/11 hero forced into retirement from sustained injuries. Love the Spenser series. Your characters sound interesting. Daria

    Dec 11, 2007

  • Sarah M. Chen

    Hi Douglas, thanks for the invite. I like your excerpt from "Blue Heron Marsh." Looking forward to reading your work. And I see you're a fellow dog lover.

    Dec 11, 2007

  • Troy Nelson

    Thanks for adding me! Honestly, I haven't read Hannibal Rising yet. The movie came in the mail from Blockbuster before I had a chance to read it. I decided to wait a little while to read it, because I don't want the memories of the movie to conflict with the reading experience, as they always seem to do. I haven't read Black Sunday yet either. That's going to be one of the next ones I read. Anyway, I'll have to check out your books, too. Very soon. And, yes, I know that was an incomplete sentence.

    Dec 11, 2007

  • Ana Dziengel

    I'm a furniture designer....I'll definitely check out your books, I'm half Spanish so they look very intriguing!

    Dec 11, 2007

  • Olav Guldbrandsen

    Hello Douglas, and thanks for the request. Thrillers and crime novels are big in Norway, as it is in almost any other western country, I think. In fact it's been popular for a long time, some even argue that the very first crime novel wasn't E.A. Poe's Murder in Rue Morgue, but a norwegian book written a couple of years before, The Murder of Machine Builder Rolfsen, by Maurits Hansen ... i think that's stretching it a bit, though. Poe did something else that was new. He used cold logic to investigate the crime, and created the first modern detective. - anyway. There are also good new scandinavian writers of crime. some predict that Norwegian Jo Nesbø is going to break internationally with "Redbreast," others talk about swede Stieg Larsson and the trilogi he wrote and didn't even get to see published before he suddenly died. All of them good crime stories. Check them out, if you can find them.

    Dec 11, 2007

  • Matthew Hill

    Sir Arthur Conan Doyle fan, I'm impressed. "Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem".

    I am intrigued by synapsis of your latest book "Cornelius: The Orphan--The Pioneers of New England Book I"

    Dec 12, 2007

  • The Rural Writer

    Hello Douglas- yes rustic life has its advantaqges to writers!

    Dec 12, 2007

  • Alison Pearce

    Hi Douglas. I love Bones, I think it is a very unique and thoughtful insight into forensic anthropology. Kathy Reich has led an amazing life and I'm interested in all she does. Bare Bones is my favourite of her books.
    I read up on the novels you've written and can't wait to read them. Thanks so much for connecting.

    Dec 12, 2007

  • Shirley Kennett

    Hi, Douglas. Thanks for the invite. I'm a cat lover, too, so I was pleased to see your cat photos. I read all of the novel excerpts and reviews on your page, and I'm going to look for your books. It's good to hear from you.

    Dec 12, 2007

  • Daria

    Hi Douglas,
    Now that is a clever marketing tool, interviewing your own character. Great thinking!
    Daria

    Dec 12, 2007

  • Liz Mugavero

    Hi Douglas, thanks for the invite. It's always great to meet new cat lovers! I am a big fan of Kathy Reichs and Jonathan Kellerman as well, I think he's amazing!

    Dec 12, 2007

  • J L Wilson

    Hey there -- your town sounds like my hometown, which had 4000 people when I was growing up. I well remember 'walking the beans' in the summer -- what an awful job that was!

    Dec 13, 2007

  • Lu Yi

    Hi, Douglas, suspense is rising with the help of popular TV drama here. Some top suspense writers have become famous thanks to their works being adapted for such TV dramas that are later shown to the viewers

    Dec 14, 2007

  • Troy Nelson

    Have a great weekend!

    Dec 15, 2007

  • Pamela

    Hi, Douglas! Thank you for your comments on my post about my parents. I appreciate your kind words and excellent advice to use my feelings in my writing. I would have thanked you earlier but I've been offline most of December to focus on family, the holidays and my writing. I now plan to check out your page and learn more about my new friend and fellow cat lover! Have a great evening!

    Dec 27, 2007

  • S D Fiennes-Clinton

    Hi Douglas, Thank you for welcoming me to Crimespace. I'm hoping to have more of my work published in the future. Just have to learn to balance my time, like everyone else. I look forward to reading your work. Happy 2008. SDF-C

    Jan 2, 2008

  • Tanja

    Hi!

    I promise I will read the article as soon as I pass at least one exam (the first starting on February 5th and ending on February 8th). It's a miracle I even found time to take a look what's going on around here.... but that's all I'm doing for now.... just taking a look ;)
    So when that mess is over I will gladly read it.

    Jan 28, 2008

  • Troy Nelson

    Have a great weekend!

    Mar 8, 2008