I met my pal Duane Swierczynski at a pub on East 36th Street yesterday (he picked the place, called The Ginger Man, because it was a.) good and b.) the unofficial hangout of his pals at Marvel Comics, which are two fine reasons, although it meant passing up the chance to visit the bar’s compellingly …
Regular readers of this blog (and Ken Smith, you know who you are), will recognize the name of my friend, the writer Duane Swierczynski. Duane has just published his latest novel Severance Package, a funny and exciting tale of mayhem that updates the Ten Little Indians idea, subtracting some of the whodunit, adding several vats …
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I had the pleasure of helping my friend Duane Swierczynski launch his new novel Severance Package last Thursday, at a party held for him at The Mysterious Bookshop on Warren Street. Duane (pictured above, sighting land) was in good form, holding forth on the genesis of this, his third novel (following The Blonde and The …
Very happy to see that Duane Swierczynski‘s interview with me has been posted at Author Interviews.
Thanks to the folks at Robin’s Bookstore in Philadelphia for holding a reading for me. Ray Garman (below left) and his colleagues were very helpful. He has promised to send a recording of the event–which I hope captures the sound of what can only be described as a mini-festival–cheers, applause, horns–that broke out in the …
I’m delighted to report that the special host for the Robin’s reading in Philadelphia will be Duane Swierczynski. Duane not only happens to be the editor-in-chief of the Philadelphia City Paper, and is not only a fellow graduate of La Salle (I’m so much older than Duane that when I graduated from the school, it …