Meredith Anthony

Female

United States

Profile Information:

Hometown:
New York City
About Me:
I'm a copywriter for a major NYC ad agency. Author of humor (MAD magazine, HYSTERIA, 101 Reasons Why We're Doomed, etc) and mystery (LADYKILLER, short stories in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine). I live in Manhattan and take boxing lessons.
I Am A:
Reader, Writer
Website:
http://www.meredithanthony.com
Books And Authors I Like:
Lawrence Light (TOO RICH TO LIVE; FEAR AND GREED)
Jim Fusilli (the excellent Terry Orr series)
Giles Blunt
Lee Child
Janet Evanovich
Peter Blauner
Barry Eisler
JA Konrath
Robert Fate
Denise Mina (I LOVE this woman)
Julia Spencer Fleming (she's just fabulous!)
Ken Bruen (the Jack Taylor books, the Brandt series, everything!)
Duane Swierczynski
Troy Cook
Robert Fate
Christa Faust
Movies And TV Shows I Like:
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Friday Night Lights
Entourage
Lost
24
Mad Men
Trust Me
The L Word
The Nine (Bring it BACK!)
Daybreak (DITTO)
Fat Actress (LOVED IT)
Historically, Twin Peaks, Dynasty, Six Feet Under, Sopranos

The Big Chill
Blade Runner
Romancing the Stone (a guilty pleasure)
The Big Lebowsky (of course!)
Fargo
Blood Simple (maybe the most perfect movie ever made!!!)
Deer Hunter
Apocalypse Now
Outrageous (the Craig Russell classic)
Basic Instinct
early Woody Allen
Pulp Fiction
Rashomon
Animal House
All the President's Men
Conan the Barbarian
American Beauty
Patton
Legally Blonde
Miss Congeniality
all the Grisham movies -- The Firm, The Client, The Pelican Brief
Kill Bill
Frozen River

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  • Sara Reyes

    Thank you for adding me. I'm new and enjoy reading crime fiction -- and thrillers.

    Jun 21, 2007

  • Meredith Anthony

    Hey gang! We had a great reading and signing at the Greenwich Village Barnes & Noble last night. Thanks to all who came, listened and bought!

    Next stop: Deadly Ink, the thriller convention in New Jersey June 29 - July 1. Should be fun! Let me know if you're going.

    Jun 22, 2007

  • Billie A Williams

    Hi Meredith -- what a fun life you lead - all the writing you do and the challenges you charge into..go girl! Looking forward to reading more of your work. Good luck with your book signings.
    Billie

    Jun 30, 2007

  • Wolf Wootan

    Thanks for the invitation. Ladykiller sounds great!

    Jun 30, 2007

  • Meredith Anthony

    The Deadly Ink mystery conference in New Jersey was a lot of fun! It was great to meet so many CrimeSpace buddies!

    Jul 2, 2007

  • Declan Burke

    Hi Meredith - Just left a message on Lawrence's space saying how grateful I am he took the time to make me feel welcome, and the same goes out to you ... here's hoping Ladykiller takes off in a big way. Fair play for collaborating like that, I find it hard enough to get the balance right when my wife and I are washing the dishes ...! Best of luck,

    Declan

    Jul 2, 2007

  • Brenda Chapman

    Hi Meredith! Thanks for including me in your list of friends. My husband and I were Twin Peaks fans too - a show that got creepier and weirder as it went, but one we couldn't stop watching.

    Brenda

    Jul 3, 2007

  • Ajit Mishra

    hey thnx

    Jul 3, 2007

  • Gammy L. Singer

    Thanks, Meredith,
    How long have you been on Crime Space? I've just found out about it.

    Jul 4, 2007

  • Regina Williams

    Thank you for the invite, Meredith.

    Jul 4, 2007

  • sue neale

    Delighted to accept you as a friend. Always keen to communicate with other enthusiasts as their suggestions can broaden your reading and take you places you never knew before.

    Jul 4, 2007

  • PulpStar

    Meredith, thanks for the invite. Best wishes.

    Jul 6, 2007

  • Sheri Fresonke Harper

    Thanks for the invitation, Meredith! So very pleased to meet you!

    Jul 6, 2007

  • Meredith Anthony

    Hey gang! Anyone going to ThrillerFest this next weekend in New York? It would be fun to meet!

    Jul 7, 2007

  • Gammy L. Singer

    What I like so far--it truly seems to be a congregate of mystery people--more defined than "My Space" and I'm not bombarded with "dating messages" and singles hookups.
    Be sure to let us know how ThrillerFest is? Are you doing the whole thing? or selected events?

    Jul 7, 2007

  • Suzanne

    Thanks. Gald to be your friend. Suzanne

    Jul 7, 2007

  • Joan Merrill

    Hi,
    I’m looking forward to sharing writing experiences with all of you.
    I have “finished” a mystery novel, still needing some fact checking and editing. My plan is to hire an editor and then put it on a print and demand website such as lulu.com.
    Reason: I don’t want the hassle of trying to sell and promote it. Yet don’t want it to land in a drawer, as some kind of hobby product.
    Any thoughts? Any suggestions for an editor? Your opinions are welcomed.
    (My icon has no meaning; it was the only graphic I had stored in my computer.)
    Thanks,
    Joan

    Jul 8, 2007

  • Ken Isaacson

    Hi Meredith:

    Thanks for finding me here on Crimespace. I've only just arrived, so am feeling my way around...

    Best,
    Ken Delete Comment

    Jul 10, 2007

  • Michael Allan Mallory

    Hi Meredith, I'm a little too new to comment much but I appreciate the invitation.

    Jul 10, 2007

  • carole gill

    Hi thanks!
    I'm from Manhattan! And I used to work at J. Walter Thompson about a hundred years ago. Fate took me to UK to marry an abusive alcoholic, but then my second husband more than made up for the first who was sent by Satan or WAS Satan?! Just read your fav books, I'll
    have to enlarge my list. I sound boring.
    Tell me a little bit about this site. I'm so new to it.
    all the best,
    carole
    All the best for now.
    All the best.

    Jul 12, 2007

  • Meredith Anthony

    Happy ThrillerFest week, everyone! Larry and friends signed WALL STREET NOIR last night at Mysterious Books and a large bunch of us went to Little Italy for dinner. Lots of chianti, red sauce and fun. Our panel is Friday, July 13 at 3 at the Grand Hyatt. It's titled: PSYCHO: Thrillers that haunt you. We will be signing books following the panel from 5-5:30pm. Wish us luck!

    Jul 13, 2007

  • carole gill

    thanks, I'm sure I'll love it.

    Jul 13, 2007

  • Meredith Anthony

    We just got back from ThrillerFest and it was really great this year! Loads of authors, readers, reviewers, publishers, agents and booksellers! I think these conventions are really worth while. Next stop, Alaska!??!!

    Jul 16, 2007

  • Regina Williams

    Thank you for inviting me. I'm just back from vacation and have been slow to say thanks--but that doesn't mean I appreciate it any less.

    Jul 17, 2007

  • Meredith Anthony

    ThrillerFest was really great! Everyone should sign up for next year -- it will be in New York again! It was the bomb!!

    Jul 18, 2007

  • Corona Rivera

    Thanks for the invite, I look forward to getting to know your work!

    Corona

    Jul 18, 2007

  • Dave Keel

    Hi Meredith,

    Thanks for the invite to be friends. You appear to be one of many accomplished people here. I'm looking forward to getting to know everyone.

    Jul 19, 2007

  • Tina

    I just finished one too, for Llewellyn's Pagan Short Story contest. And I have a mystery novel I am putting through another edit for sending out to agents.

    Glad to see you're a fan of Ken Bruen. I met him at the Love is Murder conference in Chicago -- lovely, funny man.

    Thanks for the invite!

    Jul 20, 2007

  • Camilla Trinchieri

    Bonnie and Joeof Balck Orchid are good friends. And Linda Fairstein is great! I have to get a copy of LADY KILLER. I hope it sels tons. Glad to be your friend. Thanks.

    Jul 23, 2007

  • Krystal Waters

    Thank you for the your friends request! I am new to the site so I was excited to see I had a friend. =)


    Kris

    Jul 25, 2007

  • bruceforester

    Thanks and keep on typing away on all those blank pieces of page that wind up as pearls. bruce Forester

    Jul 26, 2007

  • Meredith Anthony

    Team-- Larry Light has a short story in WALL STREET NOIR, the new anthology from Akashic! It also has great stories by Jim Fussilli, Reed Coleman, Peter Blauner, Megan Abbott and more... Edited by Peter Spiegelman -- it's terrific!

    Jul 27, 2007

  • John Reisinger

    Thanks for the add on. Saw you at Deadly Ink. Good luck!

    Jul 27, 2007

  • Kelli Stanley

    Hi, Meredith, thanks for the invite! The book sounds terrific! I couldn't make it to Thrillerfest this year, but I'll be at Bouchercon if you're trekking to Alaska.

    I'd love to hear about what you wrote for Mad magazine. From a young age, it taught me to question authority, nurture skepticism, and develop a healthy sense of the absurd--all important life lessons. :)

    Hope to see you at a conference bar soon! ;)

    Kelli

    Jul 27, 2007

  • Michael Haskins

    Meredith, we share EQMM credits.

    Jul 29, 2007

  • Penny Rudolph

    Hi Meredith, I thought I'd stop by now that I have some clue how Crimespace works. I, too, have be an ad writer. Oddly it was one of the most creative things I ever did. Is that what your fiction is about? The Madison Ave. world? The ideas for two of my novels came from work I did as a journalist in LA.

    Jul 30, 2007

  • Jackie Houchin

    Thanks Meredith, and congratulations on the success of all the book tours. You sound like you are in 7th heaven. Is LADYKILLER your first joint venture with Larry Light? And boxing lessons??? Wow, what a gal - reminds me of Ali's daughter and "Dancing With the Stars."

    Jul 30, 2007

  • Geoffrey Proud

    Hi, Meredith. Thanks for the invite. I,too, used to be in the ad biz, but went into the doc business when I was asked to do a "polish" on a show and loved it. Thanks again.

    Jul 31, 2007

  • Cormac Brown

    Hello, Meredith and thank you very much for the invite.

    This isn't a comment about your looks, but I didn't recognize you without Lawrence Light or "The Ladykiller" cover, as that was my sole reference of you up until this point. I'm behind on reading of the reviews in "Mystery Scene" and I only glanced through that section.

    Aug 2, 2007

  • Karen J. Laubenstein

    Nice to see your page after working on your bio for the B'con program book. I'm green belt taekwondo but never tried boxing!

    Aug 6, 2007

  • Patrick Lee

    Hi Meredith, thanks for the invite! And congratulations on the success of Ladykiller. It sounds great!

    Aug 6, 2007

  • Jerry Sanford

    Meredith,
    I didn't get your message, but I'll be pleased to receive it when it comes through.

    Jerry Sanford

    Aug 6, 2007

  • James Houston Turner

    Great meeting you, Meredith! I love your spunky attitude and wit. Looking forward to getting to know you. Cheers from Down Up!

    James Houston Turner

    Aug 6, 2007

  • Penny Rudolph

    Hi Meredith, the more I think about the advertising world-cum-mystery-writing, the more I'm intrigued. You may find, as I have, that it's only after I've left a field of work, that l think of the dark things that could happen in it. I spent 10 years in the California water industry before writing Thicker Than Blood; it was fifteen years after working as a medical writer in LA that I wrote Lifeblood; and Listen to the Mockingbird wasn't written until years after I had left New Mexico. I think I was just too close to those areas before. Regardless, your serial murders in New York, and a mystery set in a small town in West Virginia sound really interesting. Best of luck.

    Aug 7, 2007

  • Cyndi Martin

    Thank you for adding me as a friend!

    Aug 9, 2007

  • Cass

    Hi Meredith...thanks for adding me!

    Aug 10, 2007

  • Patrice-Anne Rutledge

    Hi Meredith -- thanks for your comment on my page. Good luck with you book!

    Patrice

    Aug 13, 2007

  • Marcia Moore

    Thank you for inviting me to be your friend. WOW! Boxing lessons. That motivates me to move this body a little more.

    Aug 14, 2007

  • Meredith Anthony

    Marcia-- WOW! I'd fight for that great red hat!

    Aug 14, 2007

  • Clive Rosengren

    Hi Meridith. I was lured from LA in '04 to work at OSF, but unfortunately ran into an impenetrable wall of nepotism and was not asked back. Ah, well, life goes on, and I stayed in Ashland. A good choice, methinks.

    Aug 19, 2007