May 2013
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MY BOOK, THE MOVIE: Bill Loehfelm's "The Devil in... →
It’s always a fun game to play, who would you cast if… My favorite for Maureen Coughlin, a small cop with a big brain and a bigger ambitions, came as a surprise.
May 18th
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Musical Confession? A Hot Fuss and a Cold Case →
You know the band The Killers? What about Deep Purple? Are they really singing about killing? I ponder these things so you don’t have to.
May 10th
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A Series I Never Planned to Write →
Looking at Maureen Coughlin’s long road to the streets of New Orleans and THE DEVIL IN HER WAY
May 9th
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May 1st
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April 2013
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Apr 30th
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New Orleans is the backdrop for author Bill... →
“… the story of Maureen Coughlin in New Orleans – the most engaging cop to battle the bad guys of the Crescent City since James Lee Burke’s Dave Robicheaux – has just begun.
Apr 24th
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Behind The Book: THE DEVIL IN HER WAY →
I’ve written all of my novels in New Orleans. Not long after I got here, I tried writing a novel set in Louisiana, which went nowhere until I reset it on Staten Island. Fifteen years later, my latest novel stalled until I moved it off Staten Island and reset it in New Orleans. Maybe now, long after I thought I’d arrived, I’m home.
Apr 17th
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March 2013
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Mar 16th
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February 2013
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Feb 25th
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Indie Bookseller Friday! →
Just for kicks, every Friday for the next few weeks, I’ll be featuring on of my favorite independent booksellers. Kicking it off, the Garden District Book Shop in New Orleans. Specializing in local author events and in signed copies of the best new titles out there.
Feb 15th
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Feb 13th
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Feb 11th
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January 2013
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December 2012
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November 2012
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Real as Love
I had dream last night I was drinking a beer on a wintry evening at Donovan’s in Sea Bright, NJ. I was standing on the seawall, looking out over the ocean. There was snow on the beach. Inside, the news was on the TV, running a story about Dizzy Dave, the town drunk, who’d gone missing. I haven’t lived in Sea Bright since 1997. Funny how a place can live inside you as powerful and...
Nov 19th
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Nov 14th
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To my Staten Island friends & other Sandy...
I grew up on Staten Island. I’ve written three novels about the place and people who live there. I lived in Sea Bright on the Jersey Shore for the better part of five years before moving to New Orleans in 1997. Here’s what little I have to offer for the long road ahead. As the recovery grinds on, and it is a grind, take time to socialize, even in the midst of the worst of it....
Nov 3rd
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October 2012
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Maureen and More
A few fun things are happening My next book, THE DEVIL IN HER WAY, the new Maureen Coughlin novel and my first set in New Orleans, is scheduled to be published on April 30, 2013. It’s already available for pre-order at Amazon and at Barnes & Noble. For other shopping options, including my favorite independents, hit up the BOOKS page on this very tumblr. You can find THE DEVIL SHE...
Oct 18th
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Oct 16th
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Saints Break Through as Brees Breaks Record
“Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over.” — F. Scott Fitzgerald Congrats to Drew Brees, who we often forget was at one point not long ago a too-short, has-been QB with a bum shoulder, whose only job offer was from a wrecked team in a wrecked city, on smashing yet another record. And also to Marques Colston, once the second-to-last pick in the entire NFL...
Oct 8th
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September 2012
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August 2012
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Aug 21st
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Rep. Todd Akin and the evolution of a phrase like...
A statement like the one Rep. Akin made comes from a message the far-right GOP has been trying to communicate for some time without saying out loud for fear of political backlash: If abortion bans have rape/incest exceptions, all a woman has to do to get an abortion is show up at a clinic and claim rape or incest. The exception is a loophole. Any woman who wants an abortion is a moral failure...
Aug 20th
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Aug 15th
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“I arrived on my first night, and i walked into the Maple Leaf Bar and Earl King...”
– British-born Jon Cleary, on his first night in New Orleans. (via americanroutes)
Aug 13th
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July 2012
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Out now in paperback
“THE DEVIL SHE KNOWS is nothing short of terrific. An absolutely original voice, and a story that grabs you by the throat. ” —John Lescroart, author of DAMAGE and THE HUNTERS “The conspiracy [in The Devil She Knows] is on a smaller scale—and is all the more menacing for being so intimate.” —The Wall Street Journal “As complex and dirty as politics can be. And as scary.” —New York Daily News ...
Jul 27th
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kerijohannessen-deactivated2012 asked: Where did you find the statistic in "Fresh Kills" that Staten Island has the largest cancer rate per capita in the world?
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June 2012
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Jun 23rd