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Maggody series by Joan Hess. I love the Brother Verber parts!
Charlie Williams' 'Deadfolk'.
Here are a few humorous mystery/PI novelests I enjoy.
Steve Brewer
Joe Lansdale
Rick Riordan
Lawrence Block's The Burglar Who... series
Tim Dorsey (a bit whacky)
And it may not be crime writing but Christopher Moore is one of the funniest author...
Thanks so much for all this information. The past agents I have had have all been a mystery to me. Both were very highly respected and both buggered off when they fell into selling movie rights to their books. 6 months passed and I was without an ...
Who are these hungry young new agents? I've had two agents in the past. Both for 'literature' Now I have a crime novel finished and am about to start looking for a new agent. Is there some way to find out who has just joined an agency? Or is activ...
I just started the Myron Bolitar series by Harlen Coben, and I really like those.
Others that I like are the Toby Peters series by Stuart Kaminsky, the Monk series by Lee Goldberg, the Psych series by William Rabkin (the last two would probably r...
I think Carl Hiassen, Donald Westlake and Laurence Shames all write with the same delightful humor, all set in Florida.
I'm not sure if Shames is still writing, because I notice that Amazon has quite a few of his books released in 2007, but they ...
Westlake's - Somebody Owes Me Money and The Fugitive Pigeon.
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- Hometown:
- Ottawa, ON
- About Me:
- Writer, professor, living in Ottawa, ON.
- I Am A:
- Reader, Writer
- Books And Authors I Like:
- Michael Connelly, Peter Robinson, Giles Blunt, Lee Child, Mo Hayder, Thomas Pynchon, Haruki Murakami, David Mitchell, Tom Robbins, Rick Taylor, Denis Johnson, Ian McEwan, Ian Rankin, Roddy Doyle, J.D. Salinger, Tim Winton, Peter Cary T.C. Boyle
- Movies And TV Shows I Like:
- Life, The Wire, Law and Order series, Prison Break, Weeds, I teach scriptwriting for TV so this list could certainly go on
Jeff Ross's Blog
Bloody Words Ottawa
Had an excellent time at Bloody Words in Ottawa this past weekend. The organizers did a good job. Great panels. I even got to sit on one about PI's and Police. A great dinner as well. sat with the prolific and funny Rick Mofina as well as Rhys Bowen and Kate Jamet. This conference has really become something great. Lousie Penny and Denise Mina were hilarious during their talks.
Looking forward to Bloody Words X in Toronto next year now.
Looking forward to Bloody Words X in Toronto next year now.
Posted on June 10, 2009 at 1:19am —
Comment Wall (15 comments)
- At 11:24pm on August 31, 2009,
Libby Cudmore said… - Probably a good plan . . . it makes you look very introspective!
- At 7:09am on August 31, 2009,
Libby Cudmore said…
- Your picture intrigues me. What are you looking at?
- At 12:13am on July 16, 2008,
carole gill said… - astute man!
not surprised you're a professor.
What I was feebly trying to discern you hit on in one sentence.
thank you.
- At 10:50pm on June 25, 2008,
Donna Carrick said… - Hi, Jeff, are you by any chance a fellow Canadian? I LOVE Giles Blunt -- have read them all. Just met Sandra Ruttan on line yesterday, so I'm going to order her book as well, especially after your note on it. I also dig what you said about the crime not being the only key point in a novel, I like when the focus is on the real situation as well.
All the best in writing!
Donna Carrick www.donnacarrick.com
- At 7:38am on June 11, 2008,
Sandra Ruttan said…
- Hope you enjoy the book. I attended the print journalism program at Loyalist. Ended up going in a different direction, but a lot of those grads move on to Carleton.
Teaching scriptwriting must be quite interesting.
- At 5:17am on June 11, 2008,
- Hi Jeff, thanks for the invite. Do you teach at Carleton? I stayed there when I was on a field trip for grade 8 graduation, which feels like a lifetime ago! Always liked Ottawa.
- At 10:28am on May 28, 2008,
Lee Lofland said…
- Hi Jeff. I'm glad you're enjoying my blog. We must have been in North Carolina at the same time. The Outer Banks is a favorite spot of mine.
- At 1:18am on March 26, 2008,
L.J. Sellers said… - Hi Jeff
Michael Connelly has made many of the author lists on this site. He's an inspiration to the trade.
Good luck with your writing.
- At 7:35am on March 1, 2008,
Gordon Harries said… - Frankly, I’m not sure how to take that remark. Hopefully it was meant with good humor, but it’s not always easy to tell on the interwur. : )
Oh well, back to work.
- At 7:21am on March 1, 2008,
Susan Whitfield said… - Jeff, if you get a chance, please look at the video trailer for Just North of Luck and let me know if you find it as compelling as the cover. All feedback is appreciated.
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