Leighton Gage: Author of Crime Novels set in Brazil

Please visitCara Black, Yrsa Sigurdardóttir, Michael Stanley, Dan Waddell and myself at our new blog:
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http://murderiseverywhere.blogspot.com/

Saturday, the 24th of October, at 12:30 PM US Eastern time, I'll be hosting a program live on BlogtalkRadio.com. My guests will be Yrsa Sigurdardóttir, checking in from Iceland, Michael Stanley (actually the writing duo of Stanley Trollip and Michael Sears) checking in from South Africa, Cara Black (who writes about Paris, but lives in San Francisco) and Stuart Neville, from Belfast. Listeners can call in with questions. If you can't catch it live, the program will remain archived for a month. F… Continue

Bouchercon's most valuable panel (based upon the cost of the airline tickets it's gonna cost to get us all there) is the one I'm moderating on June 16 at 4:30 PM.
It's called "Murder at the Edge of the Map" and the participants will be flying in from -- well, the edges of the map.
I hope you won't miss a chance to see/hear Christopher G. Moore, Tamar Myers, Yrsa Siguroardottir, Michael Stanley the Stanley side of the duo) and myself as we hold forth on "foreign" (but not to us) mysteries.
Tamar… Continue

Readers have written to me a number of times asking about capoeira, the Brazilian marital art.
I have just embedded a trailer from a new Brazilian feature film showing the art being practiced.
Go to my videos to have a look.
Here's the story behind the art: Slaves in Brazil (and slavery was only abolished in 1888) were forbidden to carry weapons of any kind, including clubs. Accordingly, they developed a way of fighting that uses the strongest muscles in the human body, the thigh m… Continue

Readers of international crime fiction might enjoy the interview I recently gave to the folks at Mostly Fiction. You can find it here: http://www.mostlyfiction.com/authorqa/gage.html

When I was touring Blood of the Wicked people sometimes asked me if the book didn’t exaggerate the gravity of Brazil’s land wars and/or the impunity of the rich in Brazil. Anticipating that, and because there are aspects of it almost impossible to believe for someone who hasn’t lived here, I ended the book (author’s notes) with a reference to Dorothy Stang.
I’m in São Paulo at the moment and the media has been full, day after day, of coverage about the murder of a five year old, allege… Continue

Peter Rozovsky has a great blog in Detectives Beyond Borders.
And he did a great two-part interview with me on the subjects of crime and crime writing in Brazil.
Click here and learn about both:
http://detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/2008/04/leighton-gage-on-crime-and-crime.html

“…top notch… Gage smoothly expands his focus on the assassination of an ambitious bishop to encompass the controversial and entirely absorbing issue of whether the clergy should involve themselves in the politics of land distribution among the poor.”
New York Times

“Leighton Gage achieves both a powerful political thriller and gripping crime fiction in his fascinating debut…Gage proves himself a true storyteller.”
Florida Sun Sentinel

“a gripping and brutal tale of murder and ven… Continue

A gripping tale of murder and vengeance. Gage's inspector is a fascinating character. Highly recommended.