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Austin S. Camacho
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This is the time of year that I increase my marketing activity, because this is when people are looking for gift ideas and I don’t want them to forget how much their friends and family love good books. Web sites and e-mails are fine, but nothing tak…
Those who want to ease into the Hannibal Jones mysteries, and those of you who are Hannibal completists, will want to read my holiday short story, “Mystery on Capital Street,” in e-book form from Echelon Press! http://www.echelonpress.com/index.php?…
Sad to hear. I was wondering if, as these larger stores are closing, are they being replaced by the small mom and pops?
Today I am mourning the impending loss of Waldenbooks and Borders Express stores on my main blog - http://ascamacho.blogspot.com/
Saturday, when everyone is getting their holiday shopping started, I’ll be at the Borders Express in Wheaton. I’ll sign books for those who want to give a truly personal gift from 1 pm to 5 pm, at 11160 Viers Mill Rd, Wheaton, MD
Profile Information
- 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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LAST minute book push
This is the time of year that I increase my marketing activity, because this is when people are looking for gift ideas and I don’t want them to forget how much their friends and family love good books. Web sites and e-mails are fine, but nothing takes the place of being out in public. I go to the readers becau… Continue
Posted on December 14, 2009 at 11:24pm —
Meet Me Tomorrow in PA
Saturday I’ll make a trip up north for my first visit to Waldenbooks in Hanover PA. From noon to 4 pm I’ll have a chance to introduce myself to some new faces and hopefully make some new fans. That store is at 1155 Carlisle Street, Hanover, PA.
Posted on December 11, 2009 at 9:01pm —
Author Update
First, a reminder of tonight's book signing at the Borders Express in Dulles Town Center, at 21100 Dulles Town Cir, Sterling, VA, from 5 pm to 9 pm.
Since I updated you last I had my last book signing at the Borders Express in Wheaton Mall before it closes. If you’re near there, stop by and pick up the last few copies of my novels at a nice discount.
I also signed some novels at the Borders Express in Ronald Reagan National Airport. Traffic was down from last year, but we still had fun greetin… Continue
Since I updated you last I had my last book signing at the Borders Express in Wheaton Mall before it closes. If you’re near there, stop by and pick up the last few copies of my novels at a nice discount.
I also signed some novels at the Borders Express in Ronald Reagan National Airport. Traffic was down from last year, but we still had fun greetin… Continue
Posted on December 10, 2009 at 9:21pm —
Meet Me Tomorrow in VA
Thursday I’ll make a rare evening appearance at the Borders Express in Dulles Town Center, which will be gone in about a month. My farewell book signing at that store will be from 5 pm to 9 pm. If you need to Mapquest, it’s at 21100 Dulles Town Cir, Sterling, VA.
Posted on December 9, 2009 at 9:10pm —
Meet Me Tonight in VA
It’s a busy time of year for book promotion. Tonight I’ll join two other authors whose work is featured in the holiday mystery anthology, “The Gift of Murder” at the Reston Regional Library. Starting at 6:45 we’ll spend an hour or so talking about our holiday short stories, how we got involved with this project to help the Toys for Tots foundation. We’ll also answer questions about mystery writing and anything else pertinent that comes up. And of course, we’ll sign copies of the book for anyone… Continue
Posted on December 8, 2009 at 11:36pm —
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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