Duane Swierczynski

52, Male

United States

Profile Information:

Hometown:
The City of Brotherly Bloodshed
About Me:
You looking at me, punk?
Website:
http://www.duaneswierczynski.com
Books And Authors I Like:
Favorite dead writers: Goodis, Cain, Chandler, Hammett, Woolrich, McCoy, Marlowe, Willeford.

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  • Daniel Hatadi

    You've got nothing to meet about, Bill. Just relax, meet it easy.

    Mar 8, 2007

  • Bill Cameron

    I've been thinking about this, and I was wondering if you could do the left knee. It's been mucked up for years, but never quite bad enough that the doc was willing to actually go in and fix it. Maybe if it has a cap in it, Doc will finally be willing to do something. And if not, well, then at least I can say, "Yo, I'm a badass what got a cap busted in him." No one has to know the truth.

    Mar 10, 2007

  • MysteryDawg

    That's a damn big gun.

    Mar 10, 2007

  • Victor Gischler

    Chatter chatter.

    There. That should do it.

    Mar 12, 2007

  • Charlie Williams

    Hiya Duane you psycho.

    Mar 12, 2007

  • Charlie Williams

    Hey, I never said I wasn't a psycho. But do you know what? When I see your pic I think of Goodis and SHOOT THE PIANO PLAYER. You're about to shoot the player of a stringed instrument, aren't you? Who's the psycho now?

    Mar 12, 2007

  • Sean Doolittle

    I heard they had Yeunglings in here. Are they gone? Does anybody know whose room this is?

    Mar 13, 2007

  • Paul Guyot

    It's actually, Jungians, Sean. Not Yuenglings.

    And they're standing over by the pretzels.

    Mar 13, 2007

  • John DuMond

    Hey, I just read THE WHEELMAN last weekend. I couldn't put it down. Great book. Looking forward to reading THE BLONDE.

    Mar 13, 2007

  • Duane Swierczynski

    Thanks, John! So glad you dug it.

    Mar 13, 2007

  • Paul Guyot

    Parte hombre. Parte maquina.

    Todo un policia.

    Mar 13, 2007

  • Tiffany Leigh

    Duane -- nice to see you here, and thanks for the welcome. First Secret Dead, now here... coincidence? stalking? Maybe if you stopped writing and editing great stuff none of this would be happening!

    Mar 14, 2007

  • Steve Allan

    Awesome Robocop trailer. I wonder what the sequels would have been like if they had given Frank Miller all of the artistic freedom he wanted.

    And why hasn't Verhoven ever done another cop movie?

    Mar 14, 2007

  • Jon Jordan

    Ok Duane, you can put the gun down now...
    Just look at me, don't look over there, look at me..

    come on, just put the gun down, you don't really want to hurt anybody do you?

    Mar 14, 2007

  • Mary L. Wheeling

    Duane, my Philly Gun Guide. I mean FUN guide. Hope you're staying out of trouble. Ish.

    Mar 14, 2007

  • Duane Swierczynski

    Jon, I want a new car. Something that goes really fast and gets shitty gas mileage. And I want a recount. And no matter how it turns out, I want my old job back!

    Mar 15, 2007

  • Mary Reagan

    Love your approach to the favorite writers section.

    Mar 21, 2007

  • JackBludis

    How can a hardboiled writer go wrong with those favorites?

    Mar 21, 2007

  • Kevin Burton Smith

    Hey man, can I crash here? I brought beer...

    Mar 21, 2007

  • Dave White

    So I'm sitting here and I'm saying to myself, "Hey, I wonder what my mentor is up to." And what do I see?

    He's holding the fucking place up with a gun...

    All right, everyone stay calm. He really likes beer.

    And talk sports. If you talk sports, he'll go to sleep.

    Mar 25, 2007

  • Duane Swierczynski

    I love all of the books you mentioned, Judith. If you forced me to pick my absolute Fred Brown (and nice backwards reference, by the way!) favorites, I'd have to say NIGHTMARES & GEEZENSTACKS, his unbelievable collection of short-shorts, and HIS NAME WAS DEATH.

    I think you should run a French class here at Crimespace. There are at least 10 untranslated Jean-Patrick Manchette novels I want to read before I die, as well as this David Goodis biography I have on my shelf...

    Mar 26, 2007

  • Duane Swierczynski

    Judith, your English kicks the living hell out of my French.

    And Manchette was a myth? Say it isn't so!

    Mar 26, 2007

  • Allan Guthrie

    I heard someone say Manchette and I came running.

    Mar 27, 2007

  • David Magayna

    Hey Duane, bonjour (the limit of my French). I guess I inhaled THE WHEELMAN is about three breaths. Great book. I'm thinking of looking up that earlier work of yours and sampling one of everything you mixed up there (151, was it?), but then maybe, I'll just stay topical and grab a case of Dead Guy Ale.

    Apr 9, 2007

  • Dave White

    Wow. Just wow.

    Apr 16, 2007

  • Jordan Dane

    Thanks for gracing my blog with your greatness. I hope some of your writing talent rubs off by sheer association.

    Apr 24, 2007

  • Duane Swierczynski

    Greatness? Talent? Jordan, are you sure you're on the right crimespace page? : )

    Apr 24, 2007

  • Tony Black

    Duane - thanks for stampin' my pass to this page! Now my pester campaign can start on behalf of The Pusher . . .c'mon, I owe the, bruddah! We gonna see some of your fine, fine prose on The Pusher's pages soon?

    Apr 25, 2007

  • Duane Swierczynski

    Ah, there's the Pusher Man. Good to see you here. And don't worry--I'm cooking up something special for you.

    Apr 25, 2007

  • Tony Black

    Great stuff. Thought you might be, but a little needle does no harm now and again, eh?

    Apr 25, 2007

  • JackBludis

    You're not that creepy in real life.

    Apr 27, 2007

  • Simon Wood

    Duane,

    Good meeting you in LA, but boy, are you an expensive date? :-)

    Simon

    May 1, 2007

  • Duane Swierczynski

    Simon: But I didn't pick the place! I swear!

    Em: So glad you liked the first 50. Don't worry--I'll make sure you get an ARC in a month or so!

    May 7, 2007

  • Simon Wood

    I know you didn't pick the place, but the rest of decided someone needed to be the red shirt and you won. Sorry about that...

    May 9, 2007

  • Kent Gowran

    Hey Duane - Loved The Blonde. Your best one yet, and I'm definitely looking forward to Severance package.

    Jun 5, 2007

  • Bryan Smith

    I'm currently reading The Wheelman and holy crap, but this mother *smokes*. Every bit as good as the amazing The Blonde so far.

    Jun 11, 2007

  • Harry Shannon

    Howdy, Duane

    Jul 28, 2007

  • Birgit Roger Pratcher

    Hi Duane, great to meet you.

    Jul 29, 2007

  • Richard M. Johnson

    Duane - I gotta say "The Blonde" has one of the best openings I have read in years. Really enjoyed the Wheelman too. Really dark and twisted.

    Aug 2, 2007

  • Kent Gowran

    The delay on Severance Package is a bummer, but, hell, the trade paperback route really might be the better way to go. It's worked well for Charlie Huston, and Mr. Gischler seems mighty pleased to be on that road himself now. So... I wait. And grumble. Just a bit.

    Aug 2, 2007

  • Laura Benedict

    Hi, Duane!

    Aug 6, 2007

  • Jay Stringer

    Hi Duane, never got round to thanking you for the ad.
    (or is thats just on myspace? i dunno)
    I'm told you've been enjoying Ed Brubakers criminal. Did you like Bendis' JINX aswell?

    Aug 8, 2007

  • Duane Swierczynski

    Hey, James--

    I read JINX years ago, and really enjoyed it. (I'm a Bendis fan, too.) If it's a comic, and it has a crime in it, I'll most likely pick it up.

    Aug 8, 2007

  • Dave Richards

    Hi Duane. Yes talking with you this afternoon was a blast. Thanks again for your time. I forgot to mention another book you might like, Hack/Slash from Devils Due Publishing. It's a horror/humor book for people who like good horror movies and love bad ones. There's currently two trades out.

    Aug 15, 2007

  • Duane Swierczynski

    Great suggestion, Dave. I just read the synopsis and, bam, sold. Ordered a copy.

    Aug 15, 2007

  • Julie Morrigan

    Hi Duane - just finished The Wheelman and absolutely loved it! Thanks for a great read. Jools

    Sep 16, 2007

  • Clea Simon

    Hey - got here via the links in Sarah's column. Sorry about the surgery. That stuff just all sucks. Read some Willeford (the one place, i think, we come together). Unless laughing will make it hurt more.

    Sep 19, 2007

  • Jimmy Callaway

    Thanks, man. And I'm looking forward to that Moon Knight Annual.

    Sep 30, 2007

  • DaRk LeA

    Thanks for the add =)

    Dec 5, 2007

  • L.J. Sellers

    Just saying Hi.
    Janet Reid has been raving about your novels, so there on my list now.

    Sep 8, 2008