John Valeri

John Valeri wrote the popular Hartford Books Examiner column for Examiner.com from 2009 – 2016. He can be found online at www.johnbvaleri.com and is featured in the Halloween-themed anthology Tricks and Treats, now available from Books & Boos Press.
Drew Barrymore in Scream

What’s Your Favorite Scary TV Show?: Scream Franchise to Hit TV

By John Valeri

July 31, 2012

After scaring up a new generation of moviegoers in Wes Craven’s savvy, rule-bending Scream (and its subsequent sequels), the killer(s) best known as Ghostface is now ready to slash his—her? their?—way into your living room. As Mark Ausiello reported for TVLine, MTV is developing a weekly series based on the feature film franchise. The project is…

O.J. Simpson prosecutor, Marcia Clark, turned crime author (Photo Courtesy of John Valeri)

The Case for Marcia Clark

By John Valeri

May 25, 2012

Recently, I had the opportunity to go on book tour with Marcia Clark as she ushered her second crime novel, Guilt by Degrees, into the world. (Translation: Marcia Clark went on book tour and I independently followed her as she traversed the East Coast—three states in four nights!) Seeing as she gamely refrained from taking…