Behind the Mystery
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| Rating | : | 4.62 (539 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0975524526 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 237 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-01-13 |
| Language | : | English |
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Many of the best are included: Sue Grafton, Elmore Leonard, Donald Westlake, Jonathan and Faye Kellerman, Martin Cruz Smith, Robert B. Edgar award winner and past President of the Mystery Writers of America Stuart Kaminsky brings mystery fans into the living rooms, offices, and gardens of his talented friends and fellow writers in this tribute to the mystery genre. Parker, Lisa Scottoline, James Lee Burke, Tony Hillerman, Ann Rule, Mickey Spillane, Michael Connelly, Evan Hunter, Sara Paretsky, Joseph Wambaugh, Lawrence Block, and John Jakes.. Professional photographer Laurie Roberts captures the writers, their families, homes, and pets while Kaminsky probes into their personal lives and writing to go "behind the mystery" to meet the writer
Bill OttCopyright © American Library Association. The roster of authors--including Tony Hillerman, Elmore Leonard, Robert Parker, Michael Connelly, and Sue Grafton, among many other, equally celebrated names--is an attraction in itself, but Kaminsky and photographer Laurie Roberts manage to take fans inside their favorite crime writers' personal lives with a combination of casual chat and revealing images of homes and offices. All rights reserved. That interviewer Kaminsky is an acclaimed mystery author himself--and friends with all of his subjects--lends these conversations an air of relaxed informality that is very different from the tone of most similar collections. Perhaps most interesting are the interviews with veteran genre writers--Leonard, Spillane, Donald Westlake, Lawrence Block--who have worked up from the pulps to the best-seller lists and understand the business and craft of fiction writing at every level. From Booklist Mickey Spill
degree in Journalism, an M.A. He now lives in Sarasota with his wife and family and finds time to play a lot of softball. STUART M. Originally from Sarasota, Florida, Roberts currently resides in Los Angeles, California where she photographs for a poster design company and does freelance photography. in Photography at Drexel University in Philadelphia. KAMINSKY is the author of more than sixty published books, forty short stories, and five produced screenplays. LAURIE ROBERTS r
Illuminating "Mystery" through words and images Ransom D. Riggs It is not often that we get a chance to truly delve beyond the prepackaged, for-your-viewing-pleasure, sound byte approved persona of the Famous Personbe they actor, musician, or in this case, writer. Most "behind the scenes"-style biographies or profiles ring false, offering a merely superficial glimpse beneath the mask of fame.Behind the Mys. Rises to the level of the authors interviewed If you are looking for insights on writing or even on the impact of the giants on modern mystery writers, don't buy this book. Unless you want to know how Sara gardens or how brilliant Jonathan's children are, or how forgetful Tony is, there's not much to be had here.Maybe my expectations were wrong. I've been re-reading the masters of America. Enter the mystery on a personal level Jeremy Chrzan This text presented various facets of these mystery writer's lives and included interesting anecdotes and witty words of wisdom that worked wonders in pulling each writer back into the realm of the norm. The accompanying photographs presented these writers in their most vulnerable environment in a realistic and touching manner and ultimately s