Tony Black

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Hometown:: Edinburgh
About Me:: My first novel, PAYING FOR IT featuring Edinburgh hack turned PI Gus Dury was published by Random House imprint, Preface. The second, GUTTED, was followed by LOSS and then, LONG TIME DEAD. A new police procedural series featuring DI Rob Brennan begins with TRUTH LIES BLEEDING and will be followed by MURDER MILE in 2011.
I Am A:: Writer
Website:: http://www.tonyblack.net
Books And Authors I Like:: Ken Bruen, Jim Thompson, Horace McCoy, George Pelecanos, Andrew Vachss, Walter Mosley, JD Salinger, Nick Barlay, Duncan McLean, Albert Camus, Lawrence Block, James Ellroy, Ernest Hemingway, Alan Warner, Graham Greene, Irvine Welsh...and many, many more...
Movies And TV Shows I Like:: Just watched Killing Zoe again, nice work.
Angel Heart. Jackie Brown. Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (Oldie, but a Goldie). Carlito's Way. Reservoir Dogs. Bullitt.

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Julie Morrigan

I love the way you and Donna have written something good, and yet both deny responsibility! As for Mr Sheen and his polishing, was it Martin or Charlie? Name dropper! Thanks for the add, BTW, much appreciated. Looking forward to the book, too, congratulations on that. :o)

Jul 5, 2007
Paula R. Stiles

Hi Tony,

Just stopping by to say hi and thank you for commenting on my page.

Jul 5, 2007
Victor Gischler

So ... have you ever read any Ken Bruen?

Jul 7, 2007
Tony Black

I did read a short called Final Tally once...quite a tale.

Jul 7, 2007
Evil Kev

Congrats on the deal with Random House.

Enjoy your Pulp Pusher interviews, especially the recent Charles Ardai. I felt like I found out a few new things about him.

Jul 8, 2007
Tom Cain

Just realised I still owe you 500 words. On the way, pal, I swear ...

Jul 11, 2007
Tom Cain

Just the words, just the words ...

Jul 11, 2007
Declan Burke

Hi Tony, how's tricks? Cheers for the invite, really appreciated. I'm wondering about this Ken Bruen guy you mention ... is he Irish or something? And he writes books, you say? Gentle fairytales about the wee people, no doubt ... congrats on Paying For It, by the way ... if you want to drop over to Crime Always Pays and fill out a Q&A, I'd be delighted to plug it ... Cheers, Dec

Jul 19, 2007
Tony Black

Hey John thanks...that's one sale then. Oh dang it, you're a buddy, you can have a free one...that's back to zero sales....what am I doin'?

Jul 20, 2007
Declan Burke

Kaption Kompetition:
"You'll send ME to the chair, punks? Ha, I AM the chair!"

Jul 20, 2007
Stephen D. Rogers

Caption --

"No, really, you should see the other guy."

Jul 21, 2007
Sandra Ruttan

Caption --

"Yes, my mother drank when she was pregnant."

Jul 21, 2007
Sandra Ruttan

Caption:

"Hey, you're the ones who told me to plant myself on that chair and not to separate myself from it!"

Jul 22, 2007
Donna Moore

"It's my parents' fault for calling me IKEA."

"The railings were full."

"I wanted to see what it felt like to be an arse."

They're crap, sorry Tony! I'm just back from Harrogate and suffering from too little sleep and an ankle the size of Liechtenstein.

Jul 23, 2007
Sandra Ruttan

Oh no Donna, those are hilarious. Especially #1. It's like some sort of "I didn't want to use the chair, I wanted to be the chair" crap.

Jul 23, 2007
Tony Black

Donna, Donna...they're top notch, what you on about!! Sorry to hear about the ankle the size of a small western European principality...a friend of mine once had an elbow the size of Gibraltar, not in itself a problem but the accompanying monkeys played havoc with his day job driving fork-lifts at Fyffes.

Jul 23, 2007
LC Fraser

What? You never saw anyone wearing a chair before?

This is the peak of style where I come from.

I wanted something more attention grabbing than Donna's crutches and Dad wouldn't let me wear Mom's Guccis.

Jul 24, 2007
Patricia

Next year I want to play the tree

Jul 24, 2007
Patricia

Fun idea Tony....and I must confess it was a lame thought but hey..I am just settling in with my first coffee so the brain is not quite....well connected yet.
I have also sent along an invite...from another Bruen fan

Jul 24, 2007
Merrill Young

Caption-
"Couldn't be like the other kids, could ya?
Couldn't put your head down on the desk....."

Jul 25, 2007
LC Fraser

Compliments of my son -- "you think I look stupid? Wait till you see the kid with the desk."

Jul 25, 2007
Sean Chercover

Tony,

You have excellent taste in books (Bruen, Bruen, and more Bruen) and I'm glad to meet you here on Crimespace.

Jul 26, 2007
Declan Burke

Hey Tony ... just a quick one to let you know that email you sent back in '69 never arrived, Yahoo are obviously going for the Guinness Book of Records on this one ... drop on over to Crime Always Pays and leave a comment, we'll pick it up from there. Cheers, Dec

Jul 27, 2007
Declan Burke

Kaption Kontender - "What has six legs, two arms and no future?"

Erm, what happened the bag of Wotsits? You know there's no real crunch from a goldfish ...

Jul 27, 2007
Harry Shannon

Howdy Tony

Aug 16, 2007
Gemma Halliday

Okay, the dog in the shades - too cute! I hate it when animals have better accessories than I do. ;)

Nice to meet you!

~Gemma

Aug 18, 2007
BJ Bourg

Thanks for the luck wishes, Tony. I'm sure I'll need it!

Let me know when your book is about to come out. I can post some info on the "Announcements" page at MFOB.

bjb

Sep 16, 2007
Tony Black

Cheers, BJ...still a way aways on PAYING FOR IT, not out until June 2008, but I'll be sure to drop by MFOB nearer the time...might even manage to try a short on you some time soon...if I ever get out of the Pulp Pusher bunker!!
Later, and thanks for stopping by.
Tone

Sep 16, 2007
Craig McDonald

Hey, Tony: Really enjoyed the Andrew V. interview. Having interviewed the man once myself, I know what an engaging and stimulating exchange it can be. Very much looking forward to parts 2-4.

Sep 23, 2007
James

Tony, I'm pretty sure the pic was of a bignose puppy. Time for a change though...gotta find another one. Love the Pulp--keep it coming!

Sep 27, 2007
Charles Kelly

Tony, I've been absent from Crimespace for an incredibly long time, it turns out. Thanks very much for publishing Damien's interview with me on Pulp Pusher. I sent a copy of Pay Here off to you Friday. I'll keep an eye on Pulp Pusher. It's obviously a very hot hard-boiled site.

Nov 19, 2007
Cara Black

Happy New Year, Tony...
do you think we're distantly related??
Loved the interview w/Maxim on Paris Noir...I've got a story in there too called The Redhead
Cara

Jan 1, 2008
Russ Heitz

Thanks for the add, Tony. And congrats on the upcoming release of the book. Hope it sells a zillion copies. At least.
Russ

Jan 5, 2008
Rick Mofina

Tony, welcome aboard and thank you fo rthe very kind words. All the best to you in 08 and beyond

Jan 11, 2008
helen black

Another Black - maybe we're triplets separated at birth...
HB X

Jan 18, 2008
helen black

An interview would be great.
Shall I get the publishers to send you a copy of the book and whathave you?
HB x

Jan 19, 2008
Tony Berry

From one Tony to another, thanks for inviting me along. Taking a look at Pulp Pusher comes high on the agenda. All the best for 2008 ... Tonybee

Jan 19, 2008
George Wilder Jr.

Thanks for the invite. God Bless

Jan 20, 2008
Dave Zeltserman

Hi Tony, Thanks for the invite. Btw. Al's going to be doing the inteview. ST sent him a copy last week, and I'm waiting for him to do a reread fo the book first.--Dave

Jan 20, 2008
Grant McKenzie

Congratulations on the short story selection, Tony. Great stuf.

Apr 1, 2008
L.J. Sellers

Just saying Hi and congratulations on your first novel coming out. (Interesting assortment of favorite authors!)

Apr 2, 2008
Julie Morrigan

Hey - congrats on Daddy's Girl! Loved it, nice work, man! And in answer to the question you posed on my wall - I don't put family pics up on here. ;-)

Apr 4, 2008
Paul McGoran

Tony - just checked the contests tab and saw you won a prize. Congrats, pal. Just came on this site a few days ago. Counting down the days until Paying For It is available in the U.S.

Jul 1, 2008
Karen from AustCrime

Hi Tony - thanks for the friend invite. Is your book likely to wing it's way over here by any chance?

Nov 22, 2008
Sarah

Hi Tony, new to all this and just read your short "Australia" story, it felt Australian, I could see the sweat on the schooner!! Am now going to look for your novel and read. Thanks!!!

Nov 22, 2008
Karen from AustCrime

Excellent news on the book - I'll keep an eye out. And the mutt pictures are very cute! I don't know how you kept the sunglasses on - ours would have eaten them in under two seconds.

Nov 25, 2008
B.R.Stateham

Glad we hooked-up, Tony. Looking forward to reading your book.

Nov 26, 2009
Carol Bridgestock

Hi Tony!

Nice to meet you on Crime Space! Kind regards from the Isle of Wight, England.

Jan 23, 2011
sean

@thetrustnovel

Cheers from the States!

Great news on the book and I will run it down and look forward to reading it. I just published my first thriller and am taking a break from editing the sequel as I type this comment.

sean

Jan 24, 2011
Mark Porter

hi Tony, Many thanks for the add. I'll be adding you to my collection.

Take care, Mark

www.markporter.weebly.com

Jan 31, 2011