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Hometown:: Decatur, IL

About Me:: J. D. (Dave) Webb resides in Illinois with his wife of over 40 years and their toy poodle, Ginger, losing all home votes 2 to 1. He spent 25 years in corporate management following a tour of the Philippines and Viet Nam compliments of the Air Force, then 11 years owning a shoe repair and sales store. All the while Webb wrote short stories, suppressing an urge to write a novel. When he switched occupations becoming a full time author in 2002 the novels began forcing their way out. Moon Over Chicago his second novel was released in March 2007 and was a finalist in the 2008 Eppie awards. His first book, Shepherd’s Pie, was awarded a Golden Wings Award for excellence in writing. A sequel titled Her Name Is Mommy is now available.

I Am A:: Reader, Writer

Website:: http://www.jdwebb.com

Books And Authors I Like:: Raymond Chandler, Mickey Spillaine, Alistair MacLean, David Morrell, Jeffery Deaver, William Kent Krueger, Barb D'Amato, Clive Cussler, John D. MacDonald, Tami Hoag and all the authors at Wings-press.com and...well you get the idea.

Movies And TV Shows I Like:: Movies: Bullit, Great Escape, Die Hard, Dirty Harry

TV: White Collar, NCIS, 24, Monk, Law and Order, and Hill Street Blues (R.I.P.), Barney Miller (R.I.P.)

Fulton Moon, crime fighting cobbler and all around nice guy.

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Award winning author

I am an award winning author. Originally I only wanted to claim to have written a novel. I progressed, fortunately, to wanting to be a published author. Oh my God, that happened. Never had I ever thought I would be an award winning author. Then in November my first book Shepherd's Pie received a Golden Wings award for excellence in writing. A pinnacle reached. What more could I ask? Then came an awful realization, I must do marketing. That nasty term. Being reduced to a book salesman from award… Continue

Posted on March 31, 2007 at 1:56am — 1 Comment

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At 12:03am on January 9, 2008, Dee Owen said…: Hi Dave,
Thank you for your good wishes with Mum's book. You're right..the maketing and promotion is hard... a real learning experience and I definately will look at your tips. Thanks. Dee

At 9:16am on January 8, 2008, Brian L Porter said…: Hi Dave,

Yss, fancy meeting you here, good to see you. Have you placed your votes yet?

Regards

Brian

At 9:20pm on December 18, 2007, Todd Robinson said…: I was wondering where that thug went. Fight on, my man. Fight on.

At 1:48pm on December 15, 2007, Pepper Smith said…: Hey Dave, congratulations on the Eppie nomination for Moon Over Chicago!

At 7:26am on August 16, 2007, Cyndi Martin said…: Thank you for adding me! I have friends in Decatur.

At 11:43am on June 11, 2007, Nikki Leigh said…: Hey JD

Good to see you too :) I've been hanging around at the Book Place, but I just discovered Crime Space today. Its been quite a welcome so far :)

Nikki Leigh

At 5:20pm on March 31, 2007, Merrill Young said…: Hey Dave!
A cobbler as a protag?
The thought intrigues.
Maybe I should write a novel about a millner!

At 3:25am on March 31, 2007, Morgan Mandel said…: J.D., It was nice to see you also at LIM. I'll be there next year. I haven't missed one yet.
Morgan Mandel

At 1:57am on March 25, 2007, J. D. Webb said…: I'm supposed to add a chatter here. Okay, I'll talk about my work in progress. My newest novel is a stand alone Titled The Smudge.
Paralegal Trisha Morgan only wants to use the ATM one nasty night and get home. She swipes a smudge from the screen and draws back a hand smeared with blood. She’s startled by a moan and finds a dying woman in the alley next to the bank. The woman thrusts a DVD into Trish’s purse while Trish is making a 911 call for help. The disk contains a video of a professional hit of a prominent Chicago businessman.
And the murderer wants it back.