Paul McGoran

Male

Newport RI

United States

Profile Information:

Hometown:
Newport, RI (since 2000)
About Me:
I began writing crime fiction in late 2005 under the aegis of NaNoWriMo, which I have completed five times.

Noir is my preferred mode of self-expression, but some of my work is merely medium-boiled. I've created a part-time P.I. name of Stafford Boyle as a means of self-preservation, figuring that a pee eye is one of the few ways to get firmly established in the crime fiction trade. He's a lot like me: somewhat neurotic, awkward socially, smart but not bright - if that makes sense.

In addition to my first novel Made for Murder (New Pulp Press-August 2015), I've completed a sequel entitled The Breastplate of Faith and Love. A collection of my short fiction is called Paying for Pain(New Pulp Press-Dec. 2015). At present, I'm in the middle of my third novel, a Stafford Boyle mystery called Sooner or Later, Delicate Death.
I Am A:
Reader, Writer
Website:
http://www.paulmcgoran.com
Books And Authors I Like:
Lawrence Block, Richard Stark (Donald Westlake), Elmore Leonard, George Pelecanos, Robert Crais, Dennis Lehane, Franz Kafka, Henry James
Movies And TV Shows I Like:
Born to Kill, The Maltese Falcon, The Band Wagon, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, Dark Passage, In a Lonely Place, Chinatown, L.A. Confidential, The Rockford Files, MAD TV, Reno 911 (so sue me)

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  • Patricia Abbott

    Paul-You can send it to me at aa2579@wayne.edu
    And thanks!

    Jul 21, 2008

  • A. N. Smith

    Oh yes yes yes! Those Gold Medals are the Holy Grail. I've got a copy of SWAMP BRAT here, and I'm always on the lookout for Whittingtons or John Faulkner.

    Plus, the more recnt practioners: Larry Brown, Daniel Woodrell, James Crumley, etc etc (and even though he's British, I'd say Charlie Williams does a helluva job of writing UK rednecks...)

    Jul 25, 2008

  • Ed Lynskey

    Hi Paul,

    Sorry to respond to your comment so late. I'm still learning my way around. Per your question, Mundania is a small press out of Cincinnati. I think Bob Sanders is the main acquistion editor now. (You can probably find more current info. from their web site.) They seem to do more speculative fiction than mysteries on their list. Good luck!

    Aug 1, 2008