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JOHN MORGAN WILSON'S CRIMESPACE PAGE FOR THE ADVENTUROUS READER
Profile Information
- Hometown:
- West Hollywood, CA
- About Me:
- I'm a mystery novelist, short story writer, print journalist, and TV documentary writer. I've written ten mysteries, eight in the Benjamin Justice mystery series, which has won the Edgar for best first novel and three Lambda Literary Awards for best gay men's mystery. I live in West Hollywood, CA. My web site is www.johnmorganwilson.com, where you can read the first chapter of my latest mystery, Spider Season, just published by St. Martin's Minotaur.
- I Am A:
- Writer
- Website:
- http://www.johnmorganwilson.com
- Books And Authors I Like:
- As a kid, I devoured mysteries, everything from the Hardy Boys to Agatha Christie, G.K. Chesterson and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. More recently, in the crime field, I would say George Pelecanos, Ruth Rendell, Walter Mosley, James Lee Burke, and Dennis Lehane and (from the past) Graham Greene, Ross Macdonald, and Raymond Chandler. The Talented Mister Ripley is an enduring favorite from Patricia Highsmith. These days, I read much more non-genre fiction than genre fiction. Pete Dexter (Paris Trout, Train) is a big favorite.
- Movies And TV Shows I Like:
- I'm a longtime fan of COPS (I've written several scripted documentary series produced by John Langley, the COPS creator and executive producer). Among dramatic series, NYPD Blue, the Sopranos and Six Feet Under, but nothing current. I'm a sports and news junkie and don't watch much else on the tube. As for film, I lean strongly toward character-driven pictures and watch a lot of foreign and indie films. In the American crime genre, Chinatown, Silence of the Lambs, L.A. Confidential, and the French Connection are favorites, and I still enjoy some of the film noir classics I loved as a kid on late night TV.
SHAMELESS SELF-PROMOTION AND OTHER HYPE
MY LATEST MYTERY IS OUT AND MY EARLY TITLES ARE BACK IN PRINT!
SPIDER SEASON, the eighth novel in my Benjamin Justice mystery series, which has won an Edgar and three Lambda Literary Awards, has just been published by St. Martin's Minotaur. It can be read on its own or as part of this dark, character-driven series. If you'd like to read the first chapter of SPIDER SEASON, use the link on the home page of my author web site, www.johnmorganwilson.com.
In August, Bold Stroke Books reissued SIMPLE JUSTICE, my first mystery novel, which won the 1996 Edgar for best first novel and launched the Benjamin Justice mystery series. SIMPLE JUSTICE has been out of print for seven or eight years but has continued to sell through Internet used book sales, that nefarious practice that is killing the careers of so many authors by robbing us of sales, limiting our original printings, and making it difficult to get our books back into print. (If you are buying used books on the Internet, please stop. Every Internet used book sale hurts the author, who gets no credit for it, while it cuts into further printings or the need for a paperback edition.)
Bold Strokes has also reissued the next three Benjamin Justice mysteries in the series (REVISION OF JUSTICE, JUSTICE AT RISK, and THE LIMITS OF JUSTICE). If you can't find these early mysteries at your local bookstore, please ask the manager to order them through Bold Strokes Books (www.boldstrokesbooks.com).
SPIDER SEASON, the eighth novel in my Benjamin Justice mystery series, which has won an Edgar and three Lambda Literary Awards, has just been published by St. Martin's Minotaur. It can be read on its own or as part of this dark, character-driven series. If you'd like to read the first chapter of SPIDER SEASON, use the link on the home page of my author web site, www.johnmorganwilson.com.
In August, Bold Stroke Books reissued SIMPLE JUSTICE, my first mystery novel, which won the 1996 Edgar for best first novel and launched the Benjamin Justice mystery series. SIMPLE JUSTICE has been out of print for seven or eight years but has continued to sell through Internet used book sales, that nefarious practice that is killing the careers of so many authors by robbing us of sales, limiting our original printings, and making it difficult to get our books back into print. (If you are buying used books on the Internet, please stop. Every Internet used book sale hurts the author, who gets no credit for it, while it cuts into further printings or the need for a paperback edition.)
Bold Strokes has also reissued the next three Benjamin Justice mysteries in the series (REVISION OF JUSTICE, JUSTICE AT RISK, and THE LIMITS OF JUSTICE). If you can't find these early mysteries at your local bookstore, please ask the manager to order them through Bold Strokes Books (www.boldstrokesbooks.com).
John Morgan Wilson's Blog
JOHN MORGAN WILSON'S SHAMELESS PROMO FOR SPIDER SEASON
A healthy and hopeful new year to all. I'm celebrating a Betty Webb review in Mystery Scene for SPIDER SEASON, my latest Benjamin Justice mystery ,that includes this: "This exquisite novel is the finest yet in a powerful series..." Thank you, Betty! (My Benjamin Justice series has won an Edgar for best first novel and three Lambda Literary Awards). I'm also preparting for a launch party on Sunday, January 4 in West Hollywood, CA. Anyone in the vicinity, drop on by! Details… Continue
Posted on January 2, 2009 at 4:30am
Celebrating My Latest Mystery Novel
Sorry for the blatant self-promotion, but I'm celebrating the publication of my latest Benjamin Justice mystery, SPIDER SEASON, which goes on sale today from St. Martin's Minotaur. SPIDER SEASON is the eighth novel in the series, which has won an Edgar and three Lambda Literary Awards. It's on the dark and character-driven side, for more adventurous readers one might say. If you'd like to read the first chapter, go to the link on the home page of my web site:… Continue
Posted on December 10, 2008 at 7:00am
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Early Endorsements for “A Circle of Souls”
Linda Fairstein, NYT Bestselling Author: "A fascinating debut - this novel takes the reader to the darkest places in the human soul, from a writer with the authenticity to lead us there. A stunning thriller and an important read."
Judge Judy Sheindlin, star of the Judge Judy Show: "The seminal work of this fine author kept me glued to my chair until the adventure was over and the mystery solved. A great read!"
Book Synopsis:
The sleepy town of Newbury, Connecticut, is shocked when a little girl is found brutally murdered. The town s top detective, perplexed by a complete lack of leads, calls in FBI agent Leia Bines, an expert in cases involving children.
Meanwhile, Dr. Peter Gram, a psychiatrist at Newbury s hospital, searches desperately for the cause of seven-year-old Naya Hastings devastating nightmares. Afraid that she might hurt herself in the midst of a torturous episode, Naya s parents have turned to the bright young doctor as their only hope.
The situations confronting Leia and Peter converge when Naya begins drawing chilling images of murder after being bombarded by the disturbing images in her dreams. Amazingly, her sketches are the only clues to the crime that has panicked Newbury residents. Against her better judgment, Leia explores the clues in Naya s crude drawings, only to set off an alarming chain of events.
In this stunning psychological thriller, innocence gives way to evil, and trust lies forgotten in a web of deceit, fear, and murder.
Charlotte
Thanks. Appreciate your kind thoughts. It IS thrilling. I'd love to be able to publish in Ellery Queen. Would you share your secret on how it's done? Maybe I should set my sights higher? Getting published in Ellery Queen would be almost exciting as getting my first novel published.
Charlotte
Charlotte
You have an impressive resume. I feel honored to be among your Crimespace friends. One of my mystery short stories just got published in Women's Digest, so I'm really excited about that. You make what you do (and have done) seem so casual. That's a lot of work for one fella. I started on my writing career late in life, and I consider myself lucky to have had two novels published. I see more and more people over 50 starting on a new career, and I don't know if it's out of necessity, or begun as just a hobby-turned-new-career event. Whatever, it's fun and satisfying. I'm enjoying it.
Charlotte
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I'm well, thanks. Loving StL, but always missing things about LA.
How are these days? I heard there is a new Justice book out. I gotta get it, been too long since my last fix.
Death Will Get You Sober (St. Martin's, April 2008)
How nice to see you mention The Talented Mr. Ripley. That's my current read. A book club discussion of In A Lonely Place by Dorothy Hughes, which I thought was fantastic, reminded me I need to read Ripley, since they both have such interesting psycho narrators. Before Ripley, I tried to read The Killer Inside by Jim Thompson, another first person psycho story, but just couldn't handle his particular violent bend. I'm going to need a real good cozy after all these. :)
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