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"I TRIED TO USE THE GAME AS A WAY TO HOLD A MIRROR TO THE CULTURE.": ALANA MEIKE INTERVIEWS MISSISSIPPI BLUE 42'S ELI CRANOR
Eli Cranor uses the murder mystery to delve into college football and the relationship with the south. When a young player dies from a...
"I THOUGHT SOMEONE SHOULD WRITE A BOOK ABOUT THEM AND THEN THOUGHT- WHY NOT ME?": BLESS YOUR HEART'S LEIGH DUNLAP
Leigh Dunlap took time off as a working screenwriter for her debut novel Bless You Heart. It puts a homicide Detective Shay Claypool and...
NEW TAKES ON THE OLD WEST: SILVERADO PRESS PRESENTS VOLUME 1 edited by JEFFREY J. MARIOTTE
Recently a new western imprint, Silverado, began. Silverado Press Presents Volume 1 an anthology appears to be a declaration of what to...
"BIG SELLERS AND SONG TITLES YOU CAN HAVE FUN WITH": BAT OUT OF HELL'S DON BRUNS
Author Don Bruns has been doing and interesting anthology series with stories all coming from the songs on a certain album. The latest is...
CARS, CRIME, & PEOPLE WITH TOO MUCH MONEY: STAYTON BONNER'S THE MILLION DOLLAR CAR DETECTIVE
My favorite kind of true crime takes us into something bigger than the crime itself. Whether it's T.J. English looking at organized...
GOD BLESS THE CHILD: JAMES WADE'S NARROW THE ROAD
Whether he meant to or not, James Wade's Narrow The Road takes the setting of his previous novel, Hollow Out the Dark and looks at it...
A TARNISHED ENGLISH KNIGHT: PHIL LECOMBER'S MIDNIGHT STREETS
Phil Lecomber gives us a fresh take on the private eye yarn in with Midnight Streets. It has the hardened, wisecracking detective,...
"IT WASN'T UNTIL SHE STARTED SMOKING THAT I REALLY GOT A HANDLE ON LOVING HER." : THE GOOD LIAR'S DENISE MINA
I'm always excited when Denise Mina has a new book because not only is she a great writer, she's an entertaining interview. Just like her...
HANGING WITH THE BOYS: JOE LANSDALE'S HATCHET GIRLS
One thing you can count on in one of Joe R. Lansdale's Hap & Leonard books is that no matter how weird it starts out, it will get...
"HE WAS, IN EVERY WAY, A ROCK STAR TO ME!": COOLER THAN COOL-THE LIFE AND WORK OF ELMORE LEONARD'S C.M. KUSHINS
C.M. Kushins is mainly known for writing about music. His biographies about Warren Zevon and John Bonham are much lauded. However, to...
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