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- www.josephfinder.com
- About Me:
- I wrote the bestsellers KILLER INSTINCT, COMPANY MAN, and PARANOIA, as well as four earlier novels (THE MOSCOW CLUB, EXTRAORDINARY POWERS, THE ZERO HOUR, and HIGH CRIMES). My next book, POWER PLAY, will be published on August 21, 2007. My novel COMPANY MAN won Gumshoe and Barry Awards for best thriller, and my novel HIGH CRIMES became a hit movie starrring Ashley Judd and Morgan Freeman. I'm a founding member of the International Thriller Writers Association, and active in PEN/New England and the Association of Former Intelligence Officers. You can read more about me at www.josephfinder.com.
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- http://joefinder.blogspot.com/
- Favorite Books:
- Favorite authors: Jeff Abbott, Peter Abrahams, Lee Child, Harlan Coben, Michael Connelly, Michael Crichton, Nelson DeMille, Barry Eisler, Janet Evanovich, Tess Gerritsen, Malcolm Gladwell, Gregg Hurwitz, Joseph Kanon, Andrew Klavan, Dennis Lehane, Ira Levin, David Liss, Brian McGrory, Chris Mooney, David Morrell, Tom Perrotta, Jason Pinter, Douglas Preston, Christopher Reich, M.J. Rose, Lisa Scottoline, Daniel Silva, Peter Spiegelman, Mark T. Sullivan
- Favorite Bookstores on land or cyberspace
- The Poisoned Pen, Scottsdale, AZ; Book Passage, Corte Madera, CA; M is for Mystery, San Mateo, CA: Mysteries to Die For, Thousand Oaks, CA: Mysterious Galaxy, San Diego; The Mystery Bookstore, Los Angeles; Vroman's, Pasadena, CA; Warwick's, La Jolla, CA; Books & Books, Coral Gables, FL; Brookline Booksmith, Brookline, MA; Kate's Mystery Books, Cambridge, MA; The Black Orchid Bookshop, Manhattan; Book House, Albany, NY; The Mysterious Bookshop, Manhattan; Partners and Crime, Manhattan; Joseph Beth, Cincinnati, OH; Books & Company, Dayton, OH; Powell's City of Books, Portland, OR; Murder by the Book, Houston, TX; Seattle Mystery Bookshop, Seattle, WA; Third Place Books, Seattle, WA; Mystery One Books, Milwaukee, WI
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Win a POWER PLAY paperback!
POWER PLAY will be available in paperback in the United States on March 4! To celebrate, I'm giving away five copies to U.S.-based readers. If you live in the United States and would like to win a copy, send your full name and complete mailing address to Claire@josephfinder.com between now and February 29 with the subject header "POWER PLAY paperback giveaway." We'll draw five names at random. (Sorry, but you must have a U.S. mailing address in order to win.)
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Posted on February 27, 2008 at 10:40am —
The Thriller Award
I haven't been here for a while -- all of this social networking is starting to overwhelm me, and I'm trying to make some progress on the next book before POWER PLAY launches on August 21 (35 days and counting...).
But I feel the need to express some public gratitude to my professional association, The International Thriller Writers (ITW), for the Thriller Award I won last Saturday. It was an honor to be nominated -- really -- and I hadn't let myself think too much about it, given the l… Continue
But I feel the need to express some public gratitude to my professional association, The International Thriller Writers (ITW), for the Thriller Award I won last Saturday. It was an honor to be nominated -- really -- and I hadn't let myself think too much about it, given the l… Continue
Posted on July 17, 2007 at 3:32pm —
The POWER PLAY trailer
Big surprise, I know, but I love thrillers in all forms: novels, movies, TV (although I have issues with this last season of “24,” but don’t get me started).
Thinking about ways to promote POWER PLAY, the idea of a movie-style trailer seemed not only obvious, but exciting and challenging. Could a 400-page novel (okay, 384 pages) be distilled into 90 seconds?
I’m a writer, not a filmmaker, so I enlisted some high-level talent to help. Award-winning Boston filmmaker Ed Slattery… Continue
Thinking about ways to promote POWER PLAY, the idea of a movie-style trailer seemed not only obvious, but exciting and challenging. Could a 400-page novel (okay, 384 pages) be distilled into 90 seconds?
I’m a writer, not a filmmaker, so I enlisted some high-level talent to help. Award-winning Boston filmmaker Ed Slattery… Continue
Posted on July 5, 2007 at 10:43am — 1 Comment
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I'm over at a few other blogs today. If you get a chance, come on over to see the Christmas Decorations at http://acmeauthorslink.blogspot.com/At http://bloodredpencil.blogspot.com/ the topic is Spoiled Milk. Ever sit down to read a good book and been disappointed?
If you haven't yet, check out the post below about the Paper War.
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Morgan Mandel
Paper War
I've been waging a war on paper the last few days. So far, paper is winning. The more I clean up, the more of it I find. The problem is, for much of it, I feel an obligation to do a thorough examination and decide whether or not it's worth keeping.The mailperson is my enemy. He, sometimes she, keeps leaving more paper in my mail box. I'm not talking about my Christmas cards, which I cherish, but all the other stuff dropped off for me to sort out. At times it's torture to come home and see the new pile the DH has set on the kitchen table.
I've discovered tons of magazines over a year old. They were trying to hide in a magazine holder on the side of the couch, but not doing a good job of it, since they were spilling over. Of course, I decided to check the headings on the covers to see if some of the information inside might prove valuable. Wouldn't you know it, I was right. Many articles seemed to good to give up.
I've already mentioned here before about how I also have a compulsion to print out emails that seem important to me. The result is I have lots of important pieces of paper. When there's an abundance, which is the most important? And, where's the one I really need? It is a quandary.
What about you? Is paper your enemy? Are you also waging a war against it? Who is winning?
Library Displays - See Make Mine Mystery Monday
Have you tried a library display? If you want to see mine, come on over to Make Mine Mystery on Monday.Thanks,
Morgan
Christmas Card Blues Is Up at Un:Bound Today
Hi Gang,I've written a short Christmas story which is being featured at Un:Bound today.
You may be able to relate to some of it.
I'd appreciate your going over to look and leave a comment.
Thanks,
Morgan
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My name is Chris Tusa, and I'm a writer from New Orleans. My debut novel, Dirty Little Angels, is now available for pre-order from Amazon.com, and I am writing because I was hoping you might be willing to read it and post your thoughts on Amazon.com (or some of the other book review sites). If you're interested, I'd be more than willing to send you an e-book version by e-mail. Just let me know. I've included a summary of the novel below:
Dirty Little Angels
Set in the slums of New Orleans, among clusters of crack houses and abandoned buildings, Dirty Little Angels is the story of sixteen year old Hailey Trosclair. When the Trosclair family suffers a string of financial hardships and a miscarriage, Hailey finds herself looking to God to save her family. When her prayers go unanswered, Hailey puts her faith in Moses Watkins, a failed preacher and ex-con. Fascinated by Moses's lopsided view of religion, Hailey, and her brother Cyrus, begin spending time down at an abandoned bank that Moses plans to convert into a drive-through church. Gradually, though, Moses's twisted religious beliefs become increasingly more violent, and Hailey and Cyrus soon find themselves trapped in a world of danger and fear from which there may be no escape.
If you'd like to read the first chapter before you commit, feel free to visit my web site:
http://christophertusa.com/blog/?page_id=894
Thanks so much,
Chris
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Christopher Tusa
Department of English
Louisiana State University
Editor, Poetry Southeast
http://www.christophertusa.com
mail@christophertusa.com
Have a great day and a successful year,
Lynda
I'm honored to meet you. The mystery/crime community raves about your work. Killer Instinct is making its way to the top of my TBR pile.
Thought I'd look through your website and found an interesting question from one of your readers about the use of profanity in your books. My reason for writing is to say that I liked your answer:
"Well, why do some people use profanity? I don't know, but they do."
I write crime mystery/suspense and had the same reaction from a few people to SILENCED CRY when it was released last April. As a new author I was and am concerned about reader reaction, but in the end, some characters in the book would be totally unrealistic if they weren’t allowed to cuss. As the story and characters developed I knew it was the right thing to do.
Look forward to reading Power Play next!
If there is anything you need please let me know and I will be happy to help. Just pop by my profile and leave a message any time or just come by to say hello. I have some great products that are life changing. I also own a website development and hosting company with a blog if your looking for anything in that line. My wife has a poetry site that I have linked to. Also check out my links to some other great communities.
Check out moneyspace its a great place like this too.
Joine me there at:
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Thanks again,
Kyle
Just curious; have you consider writing any sequels to any of your books? Have any of your characters crossover to other books?
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