Ken Kuhlken

Male

La Mesa, CA

United States

Profile Information:

Hometown:
San Diego, CA
About Me:
After borrowing time from his youthful passions, such as baseball, golf, romance, and trying to make music, to earn degrees in literature and writing from San Diego State University and the University of Iowa, Ken got serious (more or less).

Since then, his stories have appeared in Esquire and dozens of other magazines, and anthologies, been honorably mentioned in Best American Short Stories, and earned a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship. He has been a frequent contributor and a columnist for the San Diego Reader.

With Alan Russell, in Road Kill and No Cats, No Chocolate, he has chronicled the madness of book promotion tours.

His Tom Hickey California Century novels include The Loud Adios, The Venus Deal, The Angel Gang, The Do-Re-Mi, The Vagabond Virgins, and The Biggest Liar in Los Angeles (May 2010)
I Am A:
Reader, Writer
Website:
http://www.kenkuhlken.net
Books And Authors I Like:
Nathaniel West, Ruth Rendell, Ross MacDonald, Feodor Dostoyevski, Charles Dickens, James M. Cain, Flannery O'Connor, Jane Austen are some.
Movies And TV Shows I Like:
Chinatown, Cabaret, Joan of Arcadia, Witness, Raising Arizona, No Country for Old Men, The Usual Suspects, American Beauty, Popeye

Comment Wall:

  • Preetham Grandhi

    Hi Ken , I want to introduce you to my debut novel "A Circle of souls" an Award-Winner in the General Fiction category of the National Best Books 2009 Awards. It is a murder, mystery, psychological thriller and a tale of justice and hope. Do visit www.acircleofsouls.com to read more about the book. Make sure you sign up to win an autographed copy of the book. You can also read more reviews by clicking on the More Reviews button at the website. Thanks for your time in advance.
    Best regards
    Preetham Grandhi

    Early Endorsements for “A Circle of Souls”
    Linda Fairstein, NYT Bestselling Author: "A fascinating debut - this novel takes the reader to the darkest places in the human soul, from a writer with the authenticity to lead us there. A stunning thriller and an important read."

    Judge Judy Sheindlin, star of the Judge Judy Show: "The seminal work of this fine author kept me glued to my chair until the adventure was over and the mystery solved. A great read!"

    Book Synopsis:
    The sleepy town of Newbury, Connecticut, is shocked when a little girl is found brutally murdered. The town s top detective, perplexed by a complete lack of leads, calls in FBI agent Leia Bines, an expert in cases involving children.

    Meanwhile, Dr. Peter Gram, a psychiatrist at Newbury s hospital, searches desperately for the cause of seven-year-old Naya Hastings devastating nightmares. Afraid that she might hurt herself in the midst of a torturous episode, Naya s parents have turned to the bright young doctor as their only hope.

    The situations confronting Leia and Peter converge when Naya begins drawing chilling images of murder after being bombarded by the disturbing images in her dreams. Amazingly, her sketches are the only clues to the crime that has panicked Newbury residents. Against her better judgment, Leia explores the clues in Naya s crude drawings, only to set off an alarming chain of events.
    In this stunning psychological thriller, innocence gives way to evil, and trust lies forgotten in a web of deceit, fear, and murder.

    Nov 21, 2009

  • Sunny Frazier

    I'm putting together a Mystery Cruise. Nov. 14-21, 2010. We're sailing from Los Angeles to the Mexican Riviera. Cabins start at $400. You can contact me for panels. You can contact Beverly@cruisingsmart.com for info.

    My sister lives in La Mesa. Nice town!

    Dec 29, 2009