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- Hometown:
- Upstate New York
- About Me:
- I write crime/mystery novels, short stories, and occasionally, flash mysteries. My historical mystery short stories have been published in Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine and elsewhere.
- I Am A:
- Writer
- Books And Authors I Like:
- Too many to name. Anything by Alan Furst or Adrian McKinty or Kevin Wignall, An Instance at the Fingerpost, Berlin Noir, The Fig Eater, Robert Wilson, Boris Akunin, Fatherland, Elizabeth Eyre, Ruth Rendell/Barbara Vine, Simon Levack, Smilla's Sense of Snow, Gorky Park, Medicus, John Lawton.
- Movies And TV Shows I Like:
- Too many to name. Movies--The Third Man, Miller's Crossing, L.A. Confidential, Chinatown, A Very Long Engagement, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Blade Runner, Unforgiven, Saving Private Ryan. TV--Damages, Life on Mars, Foyle's War, Battlestar Galatica, Veronica Mars, The Wire, Rome,The Sopranos, Deadwood, Rescue Me.
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Soon to be Released North Country Press Anthology
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My latest short story "Mattie in the Middle"
The story's set in West Virginia during Prohibition. To save her wild kid sister from hanging for a mobster's murder, Mattie must turn to an annoying small-town newspaper man.
I starte… Continue
Posted on May 15, 2008 at 2:00pm —
Caught Stealing by Charlie Huston
I'm on a binge of discovering new authors. Never read any Huston before. I didn't realize what I was missing. Good stuff! Love a fresh take on a classic crime plot.
Posted on December 8, 2007 at 1:59am — 1 Comment
Drive by James Sallis
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Preetham Grandhi
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.
Best wishes for all your writing endeavors.
Beatitudes, has received 5 starred reviews! I am donating all royalties to the New Orleans Public Library Foundation to help rebuild the public libraries. I have posted Chapter I on my blog www.beatitudesinneworleans.blogspot.com. Please read and if you like it, help rebuild a library for NOLA. Thank you Lyn LeJeune
The short story is the first I've written since high school (a longer period of time than I'd like to admit) and I wrote it specifically for Dave Zeltserman's noir e-zine, Hardluck Stories (http://www.hardluckstories.com). I am overjoyed that it's been accepted for the upcoming issue (out in the beginning of September). The title is Convivium, and it takes place four years before the events of my novel. The experience was a lot of fun, so I'm working on another before settling down to a final edit of my second novel.
It's so great to meet you--someone else who combines a love of history with a love of noir! I'm putting together a list of orders for my next mystery book store visit, and Adirondack Noir is one of them. :)
Please let me know when the 1934 Virginia story comes out. Is it set in the impoverished parts of the state, or the more affluent section? Appalachia has been called the "Forgotten America", and in the Depression, it was (as was everything) even worse. I can't wait to read the story!
Take care, and please stay in touch!
Kelli
I completely sympathize about what era/culture to pluck for inspiration ... just within the Classics field there's the range of Bronze Age Greece to Late Antiquity. Beyond that, I've always been a Renaissance fanatic (a lot of research work on Elizabeth and Elizabethan England), the Middle Ages in Italy, France and England fascinate me, and I love the Neo-Classical and Regency periods as well.
My next series is set in 1939 San Francisco, as the '20s-50s is one of the most significant, interesting and accessible eras for me. Plus, I love the clothes. :)
Thanks for the chat, Gigi! I'll definitely look for the book!
Kelli
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