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The Start of Something Big
This is a book Ana and I have been dreaming of writing for 17 years. It is our love letter to the world.
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What I Do
I have a passion for great writing. Excellence is one of my most cherished core values.
The exquisite beauty of a powerful idea expressed in words, whether through a single sentence or a 700-page novel, is something that has stirred my soul since as long as I can remember.
So . . . What I do: I search out transformational ideas and stories and bring them to life in words.
P.S. To get monthly updates on my latest books, click here.
P.P.S. To have a peek at my wedding pictures from 8-8-08, click here (and to read our vows, click here).
The Start of Something Big
This is a book Ana and I have been dreaming of writing for 17 years. It is our love letter to the world.
My Dinner with José
I recently sat down with the accomplished Honduran author/screenwriter José H. Bográn for an interview for ITW’s monthly magazine, The Big Thrill. It was, as you will have already guessed … a big thrill.
On the Hot Seat
I recently sat down for an interrogation — I’m sorry, I mean INTERVIEW — with crime writer Elena Hartwell Taylor. Here’s the confession she pried out of me.
What’s a Nice Guy Like Me Doing in a Homicidal Place Like This?
We don’t live in a world of Great Men or Great Societies. We live in a world of Ordinary Men and Broken Societies. Crime writing taught me how to fall in love with that world.
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