Christopher J. Yates

You Don’t Need Quotation Marks (And You Can Quote Me On That)

On January 29, 2019 / Writing / 1,880 Comments

I’ve written a piece on why I hate to use quotation marks in fiction (and a […]

My Violent Friend

On January 19, 2019 / General, Grist Mill Road / 182 Comments

Here’s an article I wrote for Crime Reads, MY VIOLENT FRIEND: GROWING UP WITH THE PSYCHOPATH […]

GRIST MILL ROAD Best of 2018 in New York Post, NPR and Parade

On December 29, 2018 / Grist Mill Road, Lists, Uncategorized / 571 Comments

GRIST MILL ROAD has been named one of the best novels of 2018 in the […]

Playing With Fire

On August 17, 2018 / General / 156 Comments

It’s a cliché, I know, that men revert to their inner neanderthal when it comes […]

Grist Mill Road: out in UK

On August 9, 2018 / Grist Mill Road / 40 Comments

“Grist Mill Road” is published in the UK today. So now, seven months after American […]

With Respect

On June 28, 2018 / Black Chalk, Grist Mill Road, Interviews / 64 Comments

Here’s a radio interview I enjoyed very much with John Smietanka for his show “With […]

Where I Write

On April 20, 2018 / General, Writing / 157 Comments

Here’s an article I penned for the Crime Files website about where I write. Note: […]

Grist Mill Road in New York Times and Washington Post

On April 19, 2018 / Grist Mill Road / 74 Comments

Two more books reviews for Grist Mill Road. You can read the Washington Post review […]

Grist Mill Road in People, Us Weekly & Entertainment Weekly

On April 19, 2018 / Grist Mill Road / 26 Comments

It was thrilling to see ‘Grist Mill Road’ making the pages of three major magazines […]

How Russia Swung My Direction

On April 17, 2018 / Black Chalk, General, Grist Mill Road, Writing / 52 Comments

I’ve written a piece for Literary Hub about how, after almost ten years of writing […]

Love and Guns in ‘Grist Mill Road’

On April 3, 2018 / Grist Mill Road, Interviews / 36 Comments

I recently sat down for a fascinating chat (and breakfast) with Monica Parikh of School of […]

Might As Well Jump

On January 11, 2018 / Black Chalk, Grist Mill Road, Writing / 76 Comments

I just wrote an essay for the Powell’s blog on taking literal and creative leaps. (AKA, […]

Grist Mill Road Readers Guide

On January 10, 2018 / Grist Mill Road / 51 Comments

You can now read and download the Grist Mill Road Readers/Discussion guide here. However, spoiler […]

Read It and Weep

On January 8, 2018 / Grist Mill Road, Writing / 64 Comments

I’ve written an article for Read It Forward on why I want to make you […]

Grist Mill Road in Goodreads Best Books of the Month

On December 31, 2017 / Grist Mill Road / 27 Comments

Grist Mill Road has been named in Goodreads’ best six books of the month for January 2018. […]

Grist Mill Road Audiobook Clip

On December 30, 2017 / Grist Mill Road / 15 Comments

Listen to a clip of the Grist Mill Road audiobook here. I haven’t yet heard the […]

Black Chalk Audiobook in US

On November 29, 2017 / Black Chalk / 285 Comments

You can now listen to the audiobook version of “Black Chalk” in the United States. […]

Grist Mill Road: first reviews

On November 22, 2017 / Grist Mill Road / 12 Comments

There are four important trade publications that review novels prior to release. (Trade publications are […]

Grist Mill Road Excerpt

On November 15, 2017 / Grist Mill Road / 47 Comments

Now available via the Macmillan website, you can read the first chapter of ‘Grist Mill Road’ here. […]

Grist Mill Road, Krysten Ritter and the New York Times

On September 3, 2017 / Grist Mill Road / 15 Comments

My forthcoming novel, Grist Mill Road, was recently mentioned in a New York Times article […]

Coming January 9, 2018

On June 30, 2017 / Grist Mill Road, Next novel / Leave a comment

The highly anticipated new novel from the author whose debut was called “The smart summer […]

Book Signing, BEA

On April 8, 2017 / Black Chalk / 23 Comments

I’ll be signing books on June 1 at BEA (BookExpo America), from 11a.m. Please come […]

From Russia With Lag

On June 17, 2016 / Black Chalk / 20 Comments

In early February 2012, I’d been trying (and failing) for years to write something worthy […]

Short Story Reading – April 26, NYC

On April 20, 2016 / Next novel / 26 Comments

If you find yourself anywhere near the East Village, NYC next Tuesday (and why shouldn’t you?) […]

Short Story (And Second Novel Update)

On April 20, 2016 / Next novel, Writing / 157 Comments

Click here for a short story I recently had published in Honeysuckle Magazine. (It begins […]

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