Monthly Archives: April 2013

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Brooklyn Book Festival – Criminal Intent

Posted on April 19, 2013 by Jonathan

Johnny Temple, publisher of Akashic Books and who runs the Brooklyn Book Festival,  asked me to put together a panel of crime fiction writers. I thought this diverse group would be fun and they were: Lawrence Block (multi-award winning writer of “A Walk Among the Tombstones,” just one of his 40 or so great novels), Read more…

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The Release of New Jersey Noir

Posted on April 18, 2013 by Jonathan

I was honored when Joyce Carol Oates invited me to contribute a story for this collection of noir tales. The first thing she asked was, “Do you have a connection to New Jersey?” and I do. For one, I am married to a Jersey girl. And two, after graduate school I rented a studio in Read more…

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Strathmore Artist’s Pad Cover and Interview

Posted on April 15, 2013 by Jonathan

Strathmore selected some of my work to be printed on the cover of their 400 Series Charcoal drawing pads.   To mark the occasion they also did a small interview with me on their website.  Here’s an excerpt: How did you interpret using the Strathmore Thistle for the pad cover artwork?  Anything else you’d like to Read more…

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Mary Higgins Clark Interviewed by Jonathan Santlofer at the Center for Fiction

Posted on April 1, 2013 by Jonathan

Mary Higgins Clark is smart, funny, down to earth and earthy. When I asked her to speak at Crime Fiction Academy she didn’t hesitate. She contributed a chapter to the serial novel I put together for Touchstone/Simon & Schuster, “Inherit the Dead” and was never a diva, though she could have been. As you will Read more…

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