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Austin S. Camacho
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Good work, Austin. Enjoy the traffic in Va. Beach?
We just call it a water heater. I've never heard it called a hot water heater. That would be redundant.
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- Hometown:
- Saratoga Springs, NY by way of Springfield VA
- About Me:
- I'm the author of 5 detective novels in the Hannibal Jones series - Blood and Bone, Collateral Damage, The Troubleshooter, Damaged Goods and Russian Roulette, plus two action adventure novels, The Payback Assignment and The Orion Assignment. I'm active in several local writers organizations and I'm a past president of the Northern Virginia chapter of the Virginia Writers Club. I teach writing courses at Anne Arundel Community College. By day I'm a public affairs specialist for the Defense Department. For more than a decade the American Forces Network carried my radio and television news reports.
- I Am A:
- Writer
- Books And Authors I Like:
- Anything David Morrell, Elmore Leonard, Ken Bruen, Libby Hellman, Bill Pronzini, James Ellroy, Laura Lippman, Lee Child, Harlan Corben or Paula Woods.
- Movies And TV Shows I Like:
- MY BOOKS should be movies...starring Shemar Moore!:
In BLOOD AND BONE - An eighteen-year-old boy lies dying of leukemia. Kyle's only hope is a bone marrow transplant, but no one in his wealthy Virginia family can safely supply it. His last chance lies in finding his father, a man who disappeared before he was born. Police and private investigators can find nothing on a trail eighteen years cold.
Kyle's family has nowhere to turn until they learn of a certain troubleshooter, a self-styled knight errant in dark glasses named Hannibal Jones. He has two weeks to find the missing man, but his search turns up much more: A woman who might be Kyle's illegitimate sister, the woman who could be her mother, and the man who may have killed Kyle's father.
Hannibal follows a twisting, winding path of deception, conspiracy and greed, from Washington to Mexico, pursuing the truth. But with each step closer to it he gets, the danger grows.
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It's never too soon to laugh
I was on track for an on-time arrival at Borders Express Saturday but an accident shut down the beltway – all lanes. Like a contestant on Who Wants to be a Millionaire I used one of my lifelines, a friend who worked map magic to guide me to an alternate route. I was grievously late, but it was the kind of situation I knew would make a funny story some day, so I just laughed it off.
After all, if you’re going to be able to look back on something and laugh about it, you may as well laugh about it… Continue
After all, if you’re going to be able to look back on something and laugh about it, you may as well laugh about it… Continue
Posted on November 23, 2009 at 9:20pm —
It's never too soon to laugh
I was on track for an on-time arrival at Borders Express Saturday but an accident shut down the beltway – all lanes. Like a contestant on Who Wants to be a Millionaire I used one of my lifelines, a friend who worked map magic to guide me to an alternate route. I was grievously late, but it was the kind of situation I knew would make a funny story some day, so I just laughed it off.
After all, if you’re going to be able to look back on something and laugh about it, you may as well laugh about it… Continue
After all, if you’re going to be able to look back on something and laugh about it, you may as well laugh about it… Continue
Posted on November 23, 2009 at 9:20pm —
The Latest
The last couple of days have been busy but very good for promoting my writing. It started Friday at the Waldenbooks in Chesapeake, VA. After that book signing I took a short drive to Virginia Beach where I had a particularly good evening book signing at Barnes and Noble.
After taking some time to enjoy the sights of Virginia Beach I moved north Sunday to the Borders Express in the Owings Mills Town Center. After two nice Virginia signings, it was nice to have a good one in MD to round out my we… Continue
After taking some time to enjoy the sights of Virginia Beach I moved north Sunday to the Borders Express in the Owings Mills Town Center. After two nice Virginia signings, it was nice to have a good one in MD to round out my we… Continue
Posted on November 23, 2009 at 9:16am — 1 Comment
Meet Me in Virginia Tomorrow
This will be a very busy weekend as I continue to take my book signings to new places. Friday I’ll drive down to Chesapeake, VA for a book signing at the Waldenbooks at the Greenbrier Mall. From 10am to 2pm you’ll find me there, at 1401 Greenbrier Parkway.
I’ll leave there to drive to Virginia Beach, VA where I’ll sign my novels at the Barnes and Noble at the Columbus Village Shopping Center. That signing starts at 5 pm, at 4485 Virginia Beach Blvd.
I’ll leave there to drive to Virginia Beach, VA where I’ll sign my novels at the Barnes and Noble at the Columbus Village Shopping Center. That signing starts at 5 pm, at 4485 Virginia Beach Blvd.
Posted on November 19, 2009 at 9:14pm —
Meet Me in Virginia Tomorrow
This will be a very busy weekend as I continue to take my book signings to new places. Friday I’ll drive down to Chesapeake, VA for a book signing at the Waldenbooks at the Greenbrier Mall. From 10am to 2pm you’ll find me there, at 1401 Greenbrier Parkway.
I’ll leave there to drive to Virginia Beach, VA where I’ll sign my novels at the Barnes and Noble at the Columbus Village Shopping Center. That signing starts at 5 pm, at 4485 Virginia Beach Blvd.
I’ll leave there to drive to Virginia Beach, VA where I’ll sign my novels at the Barnes and Noble at the Columbus Village Shopping Center. That signing starts at 5 pm, at 4485 Virginia Beach Blvd.
Posted on November 19, 2009 at 9:14pm —
Comment Wall (43 comments)
- At 11:59pm on February 9, 2009,
Michael Phelps said… - Good Morning Mr. Camacho,
May I call you Austin?
I have been working away from my computer and out of town. Thank you for your friend request., I am honored. I am also going out to get your book, "BLOOD & BONE". It sounds like a book I will enjoy. That of course, will lead me to your other three.
Hope to have the honor of meeting you in the near future.
Sincerely,
Michael Phelps
(The WRITER . . . NOT the good looking-kid with all the Gold).
- At 1:23am on January 7, 2009,
Dana King said… - Austin,
Forgive me if I remember this incorrectly, but wasn't THE TROUBLESHOOTER originally self-published? There's a current discussion here about the pros and cons of self-publishing you may be uniquely suited to participate in, were you so inclined.
- At 4:58am on September 20, 2008,
David L. Hoof said… - Did you come up with Hannibal's given name before or after Harris's Hannibal Lecter? I ask only that Harris's villain's name casts some rather dark aspersions on any other character attempting to overcome the cannibal's stigma.
- At 5:03am on September 1, 2008,
Austin S. Camacho said…
- Oh, most assuredly a good thing. I guess the stories left her in a very pleasant mood when they were finished.
- At 3:49am on September 1, 2008,
Mitzi Szereto said… - Is that a good or a bad thing? :-D
- At 10:14am on July 21, 2008,
David L. Hoof said…
- Thanks. It was reassuring seeing at least one familiar face besides Geneva's. Otherwise, it would have been weird, Hollyweird or not. Nice reconnect.
- At 5:36am on May 17, 2008,
Joyce Tremel said… - Hi Austin! I'm a friend of Martha Reed. I hear she just lined you up to be a guest on Working Stiffs.
- At 12:40pm on May 8, 2008,
Naomi Johnson said… - The name of the bookstore is Foul Play, in Westerville, Ohio. Here's their website: http://foulplaybooks.com
- At 9:06am on May 8, 2008,
Naomi Johnson said…
- Serendipity rules!
I stopped by my local independent mystery bookstore today to pick up the latest John Sandford, and right there next to the register was a lonely, pristine copy of BLOOD AND BONE. No thanks to gas prices, I'm now budgeting for books more carefully than a year ago, but I swear that book was singing my name, softly but persistently. What other course was left open to this humane reader? I took the homeless book away with me. I showed it the shelf that eventually (post-reading) will become its permanent home. I won't go so far as to say the book smiled, but the pages sure did flutter.
- At 3:32am on April 14, 2008,
Persia Walker said… - I'm happy to discover your work, too. Best wishes for your continued success.
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