Jeff Markowitz

United States

Profile Information:

Hometown:
Monmouth Junction, NJ
About Me:
I am the author of the Cassie O'Malley Mysteries, an amteur sleuth series set deep in the NJ Pine Barrens. For more than 30 years, I have worked in the non-profit sector, developing programs that enhance quality of life. Recently, I discovered that I also have something of a flair for killing people.

I love to write early in the morning. You can usually find me at my computer at 5:30 in the morning, plotting someone's murder.
I Am A:
Writer
Website:
http://jeffmarkowitz.com
Books And Authors I Like:
Megan Abbott, James Sallis, Elmore Leonard, Jack Getze, Ken Bruen, Jason Starr, Dashiell Hammett, Michael Chabon, Jack Kerouac, Kurt Vonnegut, Charles Dickens, Dr. Suess

Comment Wall:

  • LC Fraser

    I am betting you met Bev and Pam and John at the Murder on the Beach signing. Are you another 4MAer? You bear an uncanny resemblance to an old friend here in Toronto.

    Apr 12, 2007

  • Meredith Anthony

    Jeff-- Thanks for your note. I'll look for your Cassie books -- my husband writes a series with a female business journalist (Karen Glick) who becomes embroiled in murders on Wall Street. I think female reporters are becoming the thinking man's sex symbol... Meredith

    Apr 12, 2007

  • Jeff Markowitz

    Meredith - Perhaps you are right. Even if she works for (especially if she works for?) a barely reputable tabloid.

    LC - Do I reveal my ignorance and admit that I do not know what a 4MAer is?

    Apr 12, 2007

  • LC Fraser

    Gasp! 4MA is only the best mystery reading email list in the world. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/4_Mystery_Addicts/
    Great place for fans and there are a fair few writers there too. We actually discuss books. Lots of books. And we even have our own pub but that is another story

    Apr 12, 2007

  • Jason Starr

    Thanks, Jeff. Will you bve at Edgar events this year? Unfortunately Ken won't be at the Hard Case reading we're doing on the Sunday prior to Edgars at KGB bar in NYC, but he will be at the signing we're doing at Book Expo.
    Cheers, J

    Apr 13, 2007

  • Jeff Markowitz

    Jason -

    I'm going to the symposium and probably to the cocktail party. I hadn't heard about the Hard Case reading, but since Bust, I've been working my way through the Hard Case paperbacks, so I'm gonna try to make it to KGB.

    Apr 13, 2007

  • Deb Baker

    Jeff, so great to run into your again. Our paths rarely cross.

    Apr 13, 2007

  • Deb Baker

    I hate short sentences! Checked your website and you need to update your appearance page. what are your plans for this year?

    Apr 13, 2007

  • Jeff Markowitz

    You're right Deb. I do need to update my appearance page, but most of my recent "appearances" involve chauffering my son around and I'm not sure the world wants to hear about all that. I plan to spend time in NYC during Edgar Week catching up with people and I'll be at Deadly Ink this summer.

    Apr 13, 2007

  • LC Fraser

    Jeff --- you never know - maybe your son goes somewhere interesting. Not that mine do, come to think of it...

    Apr 15, 2007

  • Morgan Mandel

    The good thing about Crimespace is you don't have to do everything at once. You can go whereever you feel like going and explore another cranny when you want to.
    Morgan Mandel

    Apr 15, 2007

  • Austin S. Camacho

    Hey, Jeff!

    Always glad to give you a shout-out, buddy. I'm sticking close to home this year, so no BEA or most others, but I AM looking at Deadly Ink for next year. I can make Jersey in 4 hours if I drive like Hannibal Jones. ;-)

    May 16, 2007

  • Dennis Leppanen

    Thanks much, for the invite, Jeff.

    May 30, 2007

  • Glen C. Allison

    Thanks, Jeff, for the comment. Was just in The City last week, but thought i'd save the "hot dog in Time Square" celebration for the next trip. Sounds like you have the same early-rising writing schedule as me. (Just after grinding the coffee beans and setting the brew.)

    Jun 4, 2007

  • Jack Getze

    Sorry I missed your signing at BEA, but was up to my butt giving away books myself. I'll try to pick one up soon.

    Jun 16, 2007

  • carole gill

    I got into hardboiled fiction not too long ago. And I do enjoy pulp. Glad to see you do. I understand it's making a comeback?
    Any way, that's what I'm writing now. Just joined. all the best.

    Jul 14, 2007

  • Kelli Stanley

    Hi, Jeff, and thanks for the invite! The BEA sounds like it was a lot of fun (as does the book!)

    I'm planning to attend our regional independent book dealer's expo in October. Any plans for Bouchercon?

    Jul 27, 2007

  • Chip DePew

    Hey Jeff, Rosie had a smash-up interview with ya a little while back, you are quite a character!

    Have a great day!

    Aug 3, 2007

  • Jack Getze

    Thanks, Jeff, for the kind words. I hope you got a few laughs. I'm hoping to catch up on my reading at the end of September.

    Aug 7, 2007

  • Michael Allan Mallory

    Jeff, it was great to meet you in Waterville. It was a fun day. Best of luck to you, too!

    Aug 9, 2007

  • Eddie Vincent

    Hi Jeff,
    Hope all is well, I'm looking forward to next book in the Cassie O'Malley Mysteries series.
    I loved the one I read.

    Nov 7, 2007

  • Jackie Tritt

    Wow, Jeff, that must be the fastest acceptance on record. Hoping I can find Cassie O'Malley in the wilds of Oz.

    Jackie

    Dec 19, 2007

  • L.J. Sellers

    Hi Jeff
    I write first thing in the morning too . . . before all the other responsibilities kick in.
    Sounds like a fun series.

    Apr 4, 2008

  • Jennie Spallone

    How's it been going since LIM?

    Apr 4, 2008

  • Earl Merkel

    Jeff:

    I thoroughly enjoyed the LIM interview also.

    Thanks for the good wishes about VIRGINS AND MARTYRS. Pub date is April 15, but the wait was eased somewhat when, earlier this week, I was informed that the April 1 issue of Library Journal gave a "starred" review to V&M, in the book's first national review. T'was a nice way to start 'er off.

    I'll check in on your website, and urge others to do likewise.

    Best,

    --Earl Merkel

    Apr 4, 2008