Michael Z. Lewin
 My latest short story in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, Death Row, refers to a bench in a Bath pub where the oldest regular customers get to sit closest to the bar. This picture was taken for a local newspaper story about the fact and fiction of the bench. The real life pub, The Star, is down the road from where I live. There's been a pub on the site there for more than 250 years.  People sometimes ask me to sell them books - which is cool and I can now send books to people unable to pay in US dollars or UK pounds.
I now have an account with PayPal, the money transfer system associated with eBay. PayPal can be used to send money in almost any currency. I've put a new old picture from my British basketball days on the Bio/
 Why a website? Well, this writing’s a strange ol’ game. There is no natural place in the cycle of idea-write-publish to meet the people who read (and buy) what I do for a living. Or to tell them about anything that isn’t between the book covers. I hope that this site will fill a bit of that void, just as my occasionally visiting libraries, bookstores, universities, festivals and conferences already does. I can also be booked for weddings and children's parties... The Events page is where I’ll post details of my occasional venturings out in public, so you’ll know where to find me if you want to tell me in person how much better other people’s books are than mine. There’ll also be an occasional newsletter that will include updates along with whatever else takes my fancy at the time. There’s also a page for you guys to talk among yourselves - Chit & Chat. What more could you want? A way to contact me? Done! A way to buy books from me? That too. Help keep my grandchildren in shoes. I don't check these pages every day, but I haven't launched this project lightly. I consider a website to be a long term commitment. You may be fickle and never call to let me know when you’re going to be late, but I’ll be here. Well, they do call this the home page. |
WelcomeOn this site I hope to provide a combination of accurate information about my current and past writing along with some less work-focussed bits and pieces. I normally have a look at the site each day.
So, look around and then, if you care to, comment on the Chit & Chat page, sign up for a very occasional newsletter, or contact me with the links provided. And in any case, thanks for checking in. SHORT STORY OFFER
I am trying out a direct way to provide copies of short stories that are difficult for people to find. For details, click the blue bit in section A in the column on the right side of this page.  July 18th 2008 was the publication day for OH JOE in the United States. Set in Indianapolis the book is a gentle thriller that follows Joe Prince's struggle to become a better man, a better boyfriend and a better father to his baby. But self-improvement is a struggle for him. Especially when running into an old acquaintance in a bar results in Joe being accused of murder.
OH JOE doesn't revisit any of my other Indy characters. However Joe and his family do live in the Fountain Square area - home to Albert Samson.
For publication details, an early review, and a gen-u-ine reader's response check out the Works page.  My thanks to Yusuke Nakai for sending me images of the covers of the two volumes of the Japanese edition of CUTTING LOOSE. And to Nellie Bridge of the Author's Guild Web Services for contriving to put them side by side.
A special greeting to my Japanese readers:  I'm proud of the beautiful falcon that I was so fortunate to receive when I won the Maltese Falcon Society's award for Best Foreign Novel in 1987. It's here in my living room - along with another prized possession, my 1992 "Marlowe" from the Raymond Chandler Society in Germany. And some tulips from my patio garden. Try samples from The Ideas Experiment by clicking farther down this column.
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