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

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

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

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My Violent Friend

My Violent Friend

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

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

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

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

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Playing With Fire

Playing With Fire

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

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Grist Mill Road: out in UK

Grist Mill Road: out in UK

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

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With Respect

With Respect

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

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Where I Write

Where I Write

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

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Grist Mill Road in New York Times and Washington Post

Grist Mill Road in New York Times and Washington Post

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

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Grist Mill Road in People, Us Weekly & Entertainment Weekly

Grist Mill Road in People, Us Weekly & Entertainment Weekly

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

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How Russia Swung My Direction

How Russia Swung My Direction

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

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Love and Guns in ‘Grist Mill Road’

Love and Guns in 'Grist Mill Road'

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

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Might As Well Jump

Might As Well Jump

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

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Grist Mill Road Readers Guide

Grist Mill Road Readers Guide

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

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Read It and Weep

Read It and Weep

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

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Grist Mill Road in Goodreads Best Books of the Month

Grist Mill Road in Goodreads Best Books of the Month

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

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Grist Mill Road Audiobook Clip

Grist Mill Road Audiobook Clip

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

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Black Chalk Audiobook in US

Black Chalk Audiobook in US

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

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Grist Mill Road: first reviews

Grist Mill Road: first reviews

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

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Grist Mill Road Excerpt

Grist Mill Road Excerpt

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

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Grist Mill Road, Krysten Ritter and the New York Times

Grist Mill Road, Krysten Ritter and the New York Times

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

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Coming January 9, 2018

Coming January 9, 2018

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

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Book Signing, BEA

Book Signing, BEA

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

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From Russia With Lag

From Russia With Lag

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

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Short Story Reading – April 26, NYC

Short Story Reading - April 26, NYC

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

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Short Story (And Second Novel Update)

Short Story (And Second Novel Update)

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

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