Michael Z. Lewin
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I look in at this site most days and frequently change or add bits here and there. Which is not to say I never let things get out of date... Don't you be rude now and say I'm talking about myself. MZL
 Odd to think that after the first Albert Samson novel I wrote almost all of the others while living in this English town, Frome (pronounced to rhyme with broom.)  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/biblio page. If you scroll down it, see if you can spot the mystery writer.
 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. |
Welcome The snowmonster is very cwoss about the weather 2010 has delivered to Bath so far. Huh! However, let us move on. 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. 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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