we need to get Daniel Hatadi to America..........right

It's nice to see you here - so many people have had such wonderful things to say about you that now I, too, am looking forward to seeing more from you. Even if it's just here and there!

Ken Bruen, in crime and space -- yay!

Ken!!! Always so lovely to see you!

KEN! Glad to see you here, my friend.

Ken! Sto lat!

Ken, my photo can beat up your photo.

Ken, a cara...we meet again.

Ken, welcome aboard. Glad to have you here.

And umm, America. One of these days, for sure. :)

Hello Hello Hello!!!!

Welcome, Ken. What a pleasure!

Welcome, Ken. What a pleasure!

Hey Ken, great you're here. where's your pic?

Howdy & welcome! Great to see you here. Oh. Wait. You're kinda blank... Ah, come on!

Oh, thank GOD Bruen's here! Now we've got someone to say proper benedictions over the fallen...

Ken,

What are we all doing here? And why are you anonymous and why does Jason Starr look like Sterling Hayden - and Jim Winter looks just like George Clooney!

I'm off to get a face lift!
Slan go foill,
Pat.

Glad to see you finally got a picture up, though I was hoping you'd show off those boots you took off that Texan at Love is Murder

Ah Ken, they say you can see a man's soul through his eyes. I say look at his boots...

Congratulations on your Shamus nomination for THE DRAMATIST!

Hello, my friend!

Harry
Great to have you on board
Bheannacht
Ken

Thanks for letting me join in

Hi Ken, thanks for stopping by!

A Comment for Ken Bruen
(and stop accusing me of never following instructions exactly!)

What up with your bad-ass self?

Victor
I'm as usual fending off attacks........seriously, eamil yesterday telling me My books were .......disgusting and I was shame to my country.I have no idea what David Hoff means when he says I accuse him of not following instructions.........what accusation...........what instructions, this is the first I've heard from him and already, he's pissed.........at what
Jaysus wept
Victor, go win that damn award in alaska and I'll be smiling and when we 're on the mature panel..........I'll be one pissing people off without saying a fooking word
Video golf.........we'll ........CLEANUP.......... as will Sean D. at the awards
Best
Ken

Hi Ken :o) Are you able to paddle across the pond for LIM this year? I know it's a bit chilly, but we're such a warm group! :o)

When President Jimmy Carter's mother, the redoubable Mizz Lillian, was dispatched as a cultural ambassador to the Emerald Isle, her first question in Dublin when shown it, was "What's the Book of Kells?"' Well if that doesn't keep you in the pub late for many nights, I don't know what will. But here's another American curiousity" Do the folks in Limmerick really write limmericks, or were they just unlucky enough to have someone blame them for it. By the way, have been to Galway and nearly lost the wife to a mighty tailwind at the Cliffs of Mohr.
It's a lovely place.

Hiya! I started reading your books about a year ago and absolutely love them...can you say that about dark books? Anyway...looking forward to the next one. And love your collaboration with Jason Starr as well. Keep writing and I'll keep reading!

Congratulations on the Shamus for THE DRAMATIST. Very well-deserved.

Dear Tiffany
Thank you so much
I truly didn't think I had a snowball chance of winning the Shamus for a second time
Still can't believe it
Thank you so much
Love
Ken

Excellent news, Ken, and well deserved too. THE DRAMATIST is one of my faves. Congratulations!

I'm hoping you won't mind a mention of your name in a series of talks I'm giving in libraries here in Michigan. You're my "famous" writer in the subgenre and I chose Allan Guthrie as a "fledgling" example of note. Hoping it sells a book or two for each of you here across the pond.

Ken,
Congratulations on the Shamus Award. Fantastic and well-deserved news! Read the Cross this weekend. As usual, you completely blew me away. Thanks for the great read, and the couple of nights tossing and turning as I tried to get it out of my mind and get some sleep!
Deb

Hope you're feeling better, Ken!

David, Naomi, Daniel, Peg
You guys sure made me whole week, thank you, David, sorry about the nights sleep, I'll make it up to you in brews and Peg, god bless you, I finally get to be famous, wonderful
bheannacht to you all
Ken

I picked up SLIDE this afternoon, just finished chapter eight. Jaysus fooking Christ…lol.

Jeff
wait till you see part 3 which we've just finished, makes slide seem like a cosy
Best
ken

Jason did a good job getting the awards for you last weekend -but everyone missed having you at B'con-hugely!!! Congrats and wish I'd gotten to flash you as I did the other winners, but can send you a photo of Jason with your award.

Congratulations on your Shmus for THE DRAMATIST.

Karen, Jack
great to hear from you and thank you
I think I can safely retire and let Jason do the biz from now on, he even does an irish accent better than me
best
Ken

The Killing of the Tinkers was outstanding. I'll have to make another stop at the bookstore to get myself more of that.

Just to add to Poisonguy's comment, THE KILLING OF THE TINKERS happens to be my favourite of your works. Thanks for writing such a kick arse novel, Ken.

God bless yer wondrous hearts
I owe ye a crate of guinness and many bottles of Jameson
You guys rock
thank you ken

Reading American Skin right now....and loving it.

Bless you, Ken. I put the poetry books in the mail for you today. And I have to tell you that when I went down to Mysterious last night for the launch of Otto Penzler's Vicious Circle anthology, I told him FIRST that you loved my book and THEN about the Agatha--giving the antidote first, since he's well known to be allergic to teacups. (Do you Darksiders know that the actual Agatha is a teapot?) He still did a kind of double take, like a vampire confronted with garlic. ;) Liz