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About Me:: Former Executive Vice president of Mystery Writers of America, Reed Farrel Coleman was born and raised in Brooklyn New York. His sixth novel, THE JAMES DEANS, won the Shamus, Barry, and Anthony Awards. It was also nominated for the Edgar, Macavity, and Gumshoe Awards. He was the editor of the short story anthology HARDBOILED BROOKLYN. His essays and short stories appear in WALL STREET NOIR, THESE GUNS FOR HIRE, DUBLIN NOIR, DARKER MASK, DAMN NEAR DEAD, BROOKLYN NOIR 3, and CRIME SPREE MAGAZINE. He also publishes under the name Tony Spinosa. Reed lives with his wife and two teenage children on Long Island.

Books And Authors I Like:: Some of them:
Berlin Noir by Phillip Kerr
Winter's Bone by Daniel Woodrell
The Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler
The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes
The Maltese Falcon by Hammett
The Dain Curse by Hammett
The Long Firm by Jake Arnott
A Dance At The Slaughterhouse by Lawrence Block
Slaughterhouse Five by Vonnegut
Foundation by Asimov

Movies And TV Shows I Like:: Movies:
The French Connection
Touch of Evil
The Third Man
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Clockwork Orange
The Outlaw Josie Wales
Duck Soup
Stardust Memories
Casino Royale(Peter Sellers/David Niven, et al)
Save The Tiger
Godfather I, II
Taxi Driver
TV:
The Prisoner
The Avengers
Dr. Who(Tom Baker)
Secret Agent/Danger Man

At 6:11am on October 19, 2010, JackBludis said…: Reed--
Congrats to you and Ken Bruen on you Mcavity (sp) award for "Tower, a novel." A great book, great read, great heart. I'm waiting for Innocent Monsters from Amazon. I expect no less.
Jack

At 4:46am on October 8, 2009, Jonathan Woods said…: Hey Reed,

Looking forward to meeting you when you swing by Legacy Books in Plano in October 19th. Hope sales are brisk.

Cheers,

Jonathan Woods

At 3:30pm on July 9, 2008, Patricia Abbott said…: Hi Reed. I wonder if you'd be interested in contributing a brief review of a forgotten book to my blog project in early August. You can find samples of the previous weeks here: http://pattinase.blogspot.com

If you're too busy or it's not your thing, I understand and thank you for reading this. Best, Patti Abbott

At 2:21pm on March 30, 2008, Reed Farrel Coleman said…: Joan-
Yes indeed. Thanks you. It was a lovely birthday.

At 1:02pm on March 30, 2008, Joan Hiller said…: A little Judy bird told me it was your birthday. Have the happiest one yet. By the way, Christmas came early to the Hiller home. I received this box of books from Judy, 4 of them were yours! Yipeeeee.

At 12:33pm on February 29, 2008, M.G. Tarquini said…: Thanks! I'll check the newsletter.

At 9:08am on February 29, 2008, Meredith S. Cole said…: Dear Uncle Reed-
Ours went fine, too. It was a lot of fun to be on a panel with Chris Grabenstein, Roberta Islieb, Jonathan Santlofar, and Jeff Markowitz. I'm looking forward to my first library panel in March!
-Meredith

At 6:13am on February 29, 2008, M.G. Tarquini said…: It's fine, Reed! If you're ever signing at the Poisoned Pen in Scottsdale, drop me a message and let me know!

At 10:53am on February 28, 2008, Harry Shannon said…: Good lord, a writer promoting something! Alert the media! :)
Hell, if it was here in LA I'd come for the free food.
Best,
Hairy

At 5:20am on February 28, 2008, Lori G. Armstrong said…: See you next week at Left Coast Crime :)

Joan doesn't behave much either, do you Joan? You do have good taste though!