Michael W. Sherer

Male

United States

Profile Information:

Hometown:: Near Seattle
About Me:: Famous (in my own living room) author of the Emerson Ward mystery series, featuring a Chicago-based freelance writer and reluctant amateur sleuth who has been called "a modern-day knight errant" (Barbara D'Amato), "Travis McGee in Chicago" (Jeremiah Healy), and "as complex as the issues with which [he] wrestle[s]" (Wes Lukowsky, Booklist
I Am A:: Reader, Writer
Website:: http://www.emersonwardmysteries.com
Books And Authors I Like:: Mysteries, mysteries, mysteries, from Nancy Drew and Judy Bolton to Jeff Parker, Robert Parker, James Lee Burke, Michael Connelly, Chris Grabenstein, Rick Riordan, Laurie King, Carl Hiaasen, Elmore Leonard Jonathan Lethem, Jess Walter, Sean Doolittle and everything in between.
Movies And TV Shows I Like:: Law & Order (the original), Boston Legal, Studio 60, Brothers & Sisters.

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Angie

Howdy, welcome & yes, I'm way late to the party. Best o' luck with the book dealio & have fun here at Crimespace!

Apr 15, 2007
Sheri Fresonke Harper

Thanks for the invite, Michael. Good luck with your book, it looks intriguing. :-)

Jul 8, 2007
Joan Conwell

Thanks for the invite, Michael! What is the significance of the stone angel on the cover of DEATH IS NO BARGAIN?

Jul 8, 2007
Darwyn Jones

Hi, Michael. So tell me, do you miss Chicago?

Jul 8, 2007
Alan Sinder

Thanks for thinking of me.

Jul 8, 2007
Jeff Sherratt

Hi Michael,
I read your "Favorite Books and Authors I like." You said, after naming the great ones, "...and everything in between." I guess that includes me. Thanks!

Jul 8, 2007
Dorien Grey

Hi, MIke:

Glad to join your Friends list. Nice website, and interesting sounding books. I see we share mystery writing, Northern Illinois and life in Chicago. Hope to find out more about you (and I would hope vice versa here.

Best,

Dorien

Jul 8, 2007
Billie A Williams

Hi Michael,
Thanks for the invite - Your pair sounds positively wonderful - looking forward to seeing more of your work. Like your author choices too - true mystery buff - WTG
Billie
www.billiewilliams.com

Jul 8, 2007
Doug Wood

Hi Michael, thanks for the invite. We actually met at Left Coast Crime in Seattle. I was the book dealers with a copy of your first hardcover novel.

Jul 8, 2007
Wolf Wootan

Michael, thanks for adding me. My book "Crown's Law" was also a finalist in the Reader Views 2006 Lit Awards. Great website! Wolf

Jul 8, 2007
Elaine Flinn

Hi Michael!
Thanks so much for the invite! I'm flattered and look forward to saying hello in person one of these days. Maybe at ThrillerFest?

Jul 8, 2007
Amanda Stevens

Hi Michael--Love the cover of Death is No Bargain. Very cool.

Jul 8, 2007
Tom Cain

Thanks for the invite - you sound about as famous as I am, living room-wise!

Jul 8, 2007
Jordan Dane

Hey Mike--Thanks for the cyber-friendship. I used to live in Alaska and visited Seattle many times. I tend to write about that area of the world too. Best wishes with your writing!! I've got my eye on you.

Jul 8, 2007
Shirley Wells

Hi Michael, and thanks for the invite. I'm reasonably well-known in my living room, too.

Jul 9, 2007
Charles Kelly

Michael, thanks for the invitation. The answers to your question about how to promote your book on the Internet were very interesting. It's a real problem getting the word out, but it's certainly easier to do so than in pre-Internet days.

Jul 9, 2007
LJ Roberts

Hi Michael. Thanks for the invitation.

Jul 9, 2007
Brenda Chapman

Hi Michael, Thanks for the invitation - I'm hoping to make a trip along the west coast next year - I've never been and am looking forward to the scenery and cities.
Brenda

Jul 9, 2007
Penny Rudolph

Hi Michael,
Nice to meet you. Interesting that you set your novel(s) in Chicago, yet live in Seattle. I'm a native Chicagoan, but haven't been back in many a year. Do you find that you have to wait a while after leaving a place before you can write about it?

Jul 9, 2007
Debbie Behrens

Hi, Michael, thanks for the invite. We've had so much rain here in OK, I was just thinking last week that this is what it must be like to live in Seattle.

Jul 9, 2007
Rosemary Harris

Hi Michael,
Thanks for friending. Read one of your posts about finding readers and started to craft a longwinded answer, then deleted becasure I didn't want to get nailed for being too promotional. Are you on Murder Must Advertise? Some good tips..also feel free to email me directly if you want to compare notes. Not that I'm any kind of expert...my first book comes out in Feb. 08

Jul 9, 2007
Jordan Dane

I sure have fun with this eye-brand of mine. I adapted the image from my website header and have been using it ever since. Welcome aboard, Mike. I LOVE Seattle. If it weren't so damned expensive, I'd be living there.

Jul 9, 2007
Robert Fate

Thanks for the invite, Michael. Best of luck to you. Bob

Jul 9, 2007
Matthew Ogborn

Appreciate the heads up, Michael, and look forward to chatting in the coming months.

Jul 9, 2007
Karen Dionne

Hey, Michael - thanks so much for the friend add. Island Life sounds wonderful - I'll be sure to check it out!

Jul 9, 2007
Declan Burke

Hi Michael - Thanks for the invite, I really appreciate the welcome ... as soon as I find my feet on Crime Space, I'll drop back again to say hi ... Cheers, Dec

Jul 9, 2007
Dennis Leppanen

Thanks, Much for the invitation. I'm looking forward to reading your stuff, Michael.

Dennis

Jul 10, 2007
david boggis

Thanks for the invitation, Michael. Have you written anything using Seattle or the Olympic Peninsula as background? I've visited the area - still have friends in Seattle, and love the city.

Jul 10, 2007
Dave Zeltserman

Michael, thanks for the invitation--Dave Z.

Jul 11, 2007
david boggis

Do let me know when it's out! Best, David

Jul 11, 2007
PulpStar

Thanks for the invite, Michael. Here's pulp in your eye!

Jul 12, 2007
Regina Williams

Thanks for inviting me. Sorry I haven't replied sooner--on vacation--now trying to catch up with everything!

Jul 17, 2007
Gemma Halliday

Yes, the TV possibility is fun! I'm very excited to see what they do with my characters. Not rolling in cash over it yet :) but still excited.
Love the cover of your latest book!

~Gemma

Aug 15, 2007
Harry Shannon

Howdy

Aug 15, 2007
carole gill

thank you so much. and yes, every man should be famous in their own living room! you sound great!

Aug 18, 2007
Maryann Mercer

thanks so much for the invitation. I love crime fiction set in Chicago(I grew up in the 'burbs) so I'll definitely look for your series.

Aug 27, 2007
Timothy Hallinan

Hi, Mike --
Thanks for the invitation. You've got a very thought-provoking blog going. Oh, and great photo.

Aug 27, 2007
Kevin Allman

Thanks for the friend-vite - and best of luck with ISLAND LIFE.

Aug 28, 2007
Russ Heitz

Hi Mike,
You sure have some GREAT reviews! I checked your website and now I MUST read one of your books! They sound great -- and so many of them! Keep 'em coming!
Russ

Aug 31, 2007
Darren Laws

Hi Mike - you book cover look fantastic and your reviews make this sound a must buy read! Seems we are both obsessing with Island life and crime.

Jan 8, 2008
Carol Exline

Thanks for befriending me and my lips in the pic.

Feb 28, 2008
L.J. Sellers

Hi Michael
Congratulations on your great reviews. I notice your character is named Jack, so I have to point out my blog on Bookbitch, The Power of K.
http://bookbitch.blogspot.com/

May 1, 2008
Doug M. Cummings

Hey, buddy! Nice to hear from you. It's been a bunch of years, hasn't it?
How's Seattle?
I'll be checking out your new one.

May 1, 2008
Jennie Msangi

Thanks for the invite! And good luck with everything.

May 1, 2008
Jessica

Thanks for the add, Michael!

May 1, 2008
Lia

Hi Michael

Thanks for the add . Another book for my list !

Lia

May 1, 2008
TJ Morris

Thank you Michael W. Sherer's for the friend list invitation. I like your website and see that you are on the same reader/writer path on earth that I investigate as well. Many speculate that my specialist field as an investigator lends my energy more toward humanities chances that we may catch a break and actually make it past 2012 and my sharing information with online seekers is a way of sharing knowledge with others. This Crimespace, a place for readers and writers of crime fiction to meet, I hope will welcome my type of crimespace genre writing of future crimes. My husband is Thomas Morris and he is also a wellknown artist and writer. He concentrates on military crimes and spy novels. But, we both have an eclectic lifestyle and write as a passion. Thank you for inviting me to this website. I salute you and recognize you as a fellow reader/writer.
I also do biographies and enjoy UFOlogy as a writer's craft/investigations of trace evidence.

May 4, 2008
Cynde L. Hammond

Hi, Michael! I am so honored that you have invited me to be your friend here on "Crime Space" and I look forward to getting to know you better. Congratulations on your new book, "Island Life!" Now that I know who you are and what your books are all about (they sound awesome, by the way!), I'm going to be sure to read them as soon as possible and let you know what I think. I believe it's important to always support your friends and now that you're a new friend of mine, please feel free to call on me if you need me, ok? Talk to you soon. Thanks again, ~Cynde

May 4, 2008
Colin Galbraith

Hi Michael,

I just checked out your video promo for Island Life - what can I say, it's fantastic. Hope it's doing well - I'll be buying a copy on the basis of that vid alone!

Cheers!

May 15, 2008
Stephanie Johnson

Hi Michael,
Thanks for filling me in on your association with Ed Goldberg. I'm glad to hear my uncle was instrumental in getting you published--that's awesome. Yeah, Ed is a pretty terrific guy! We're glad he's part of the family!

Best wishes,

Stephanie

May 21, 2008