Recently I had the opportunity to speak with Bobby Mathews, an exciting up-and-coming author. His new novel Living the Gimmick ($14.95 paperback and $4.99 eBook) was released last spring and is getting rave reviews. His follow-up, Magic City Blues, is due later in the year—both from Shotgun Honey. J.B.: Bobby, thanks for speaking with me, it’s…
Recently, I had the honor of speaking with Peter Farris. Peter is a critically acclaimed crime fiction author and resident of North Georgia (scientifically proven to be the greatest region in the entire universe). He is a French literary juggernaut and is due to break out here in the United States. Peter’s latest release, The…
Hilary Davidson: Writers are often told to write what they know, and Secret Identity is set in the world of comic book publishing. That’s a world you know intimately, having worked for DC, Archie Comics, and now Oni Press. You’ve also written a number of comic books, including the superhero noir The Black Ghost. But…
Jamie Gehring has the uniquely unsettling distinction of having grown up sharing a backyard with Ted Kaczynski in Lincoln, Montana—which she recounts in her new true crime memoir, Madman in the Woods: Life Next Door to the Unabomber. The book is an expansion of the story she shared in Netflix’s popular mini-series, Unabomber—In His Own…
Carter Wilson is a USA Today best-selling thriller author and all-around interesting guy. He grew up out west, went to school back east, and now lives in Colorado. He started writing in 2003 and his first novel, Final Crossing, was published in 2012. His most recent work, The New Neighbor, comes out on April 12th from Source Books/Poison…
Congratulations on the publication of your new novel, Cold! Can you give us a little teaser as to what this book is about? Mariko Tamaki: Thank you! Cold is about two teens connected to a murder. One is the murder victim, Todd, and the other is a teenager, Georgia, who finds out about the murder…
Who or what inspired the character of Orphan X? Orphan X is the culmination of decades of writing and research. It took a lotta years for me to find my way to Evan. And fair enough. He’s a hard guy to find. He was yanked out of a foster home at the age of twelve,…
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I recently had the pleasure of speaking with Mark Westmoreland. He is a talented up-and-coming noir author. His debut book, A Violent Gospel, is available now from Shotgun Honey Books. About A Violent Gospel, the author writes: “The book is about two brothers, Mack and Marshall Dooley, who steal money from a snake-handling Pentecostal cult…
Tori Eldridge is the author of The Ninja Daughter, The Ninja’s Blade, and The Ninja Betrayed (a 9/14/2021 release from Polis Books, $16.95). Tori’s been nominated for the Anthony, Lefty, and Macavity awards. She was also a film and stage performer. Tori was kind enough to speak with me about her work. Q: Hello…
