From the monthly archives:

November 2009

Dean Koontz

November 29, 2009

Best-selling author Dean Koontz has a new book out. But when is that not true? He’s one of the most prolific writers around today, averaging two books per year. The new one is called Breathless and I hope to read it–though it’s hard to keep up with his Koontz’s output.
Last year, I wrote an article [...]

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Signed Copies of The First Assassin!

November 29, 2009

Want a signed copy of The First Assassin? Now it’s easy. I have bookplates that fix to the first page of the book. I can inscribe them in any way you like.
Best of all, they’re free (minus the cost of a self-addressed, stamped envelope). If you’d like one (or more), please let me know through [...]

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O Canada

November 26, 2009

The National Post asked me for book recommendations, including my favorite recent Canadian book. I actually had one: Shakedown, by Ezra Levant. I also praised Elmer Kelton’s The Time It Never Rained, Bryan Gruley’s Starvation Lake, and Steve Hamilton’s Alex McNight mystery series.

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Western Lit

November 24, 2009

My article on Western author Elmer Kelton appears in today’s Wall Street Journal:
When Kelton died in August at the age of 83, many of the obituaries cited “The Time It Never Rained” as his finest achievement. The story of rancher Charlie Flagg and his struggles during a terrible drought in the 1950s is not just [...]

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Reading and Not Reading

November 24, 2009

Check out my contribution to a blog called Writers Read, where writers describe what they’ve been reading. Also, my interview with the Northern Alliance Radio Network is now online.
Separately, The First Assassin came under attack from a left-wing website that has encouraged people who haven’t read the book to trash it in customer reviews on [...]

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