by Crimespree Magazine | May 22, 2012 | Books
“In this country, the young are like the sunrise. They don’t last for long.” —Roque Dalton My latest novel—Do They Know I’m Running?—began taking form in 2006-2007 as I was wrapping up my third, Blood of Paradise, which is set in El Salvador. I...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jun 8, 2008 | Behind the Book, Features
When I signed my first contract with Midnight Ink, they said they loved my manuscript but they wanted to change the title. They said that they hoped it wasn’t a deal breaker because they were insistent. The title? Duffy’s Nuts. You see Duffy Dombrowski is a low level...
by Crimespree Magazine | Apr 14, 2008 | Behind the Book, Features
When I first started sending out my debut mystery, Death Will Get You Sober, to agents, I had read thousands of mysteries. I pruned my collection of 1150 books a couple of years ago without creating any visible space on my shelves. I had even had an agent in the...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jan 18, 2008 | Behind the Book, Features
A Community Laurie King thinks of her nineteenth novel, Touchstone, as a “country house political thriller”— Jack Reacher meets The Remains of the Day. She has been blogging about Touchstone since its beginning, and this month she is on tour with the book, both in...
