Shall I read you a story? Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine has a free podcast and the March one has me, Liza Cody and Peter Lovesey all reading stories. We talk about how we came to write them and, as a bonus, you get to hear a piano piece written and played by my son.
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WelcomeI hope to have a little news about some of my writings soon but meanwhile here's a picture from a night out in Bath.
I went to the post office and ran into these blokes taking a picture of the football held in front of the Bath Post Office sign. It's for a friend, currently on his fourth tour in Afghanistan, and the football features in weekly emails to him from wherever they happen to be. It shows that they haven't forgotten him. And till he gets home the football will never touch the ground. Whatever one might feel about the current wars, the fortitude and strength of feeling of the people immersed in them isn't in question. Good luck to you, guys. ![]() But I guess that's now what you clicked on this site for, so let us move on. And, truly, thanks for clicking in.
2009 marked the 40th anniversary of many things - first men on the moon, the Miracle Mets, PBS, Woodstock, Monty Python, Nancy Banks-Smith's first wicked TV reviews, the forerunner of the internet, Sesame Street. And Albert Samson.
Albert Samson? you say. Although the first Samson novel was published in 1971, I began writing it in November of '69. Recently I discovered the manuscript of those first few pages. This is what page one looked like: ![]() Can you spot a line or two that survived intact in the published edition? If you don't have a copy of the book to compare this with, there are a lot available from second-hand sources. However before long it will also be possible to buy a new edition of ASK THE RIGHT QUESTION from backinprint.com. I'll put an accurate link here as soon as I know the book is out and available.
On 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. 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. |
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