by vjbooks | Feb 13, 2016 | We're Talking Books!
BlogTalkRadio Interviews Author Lawrence Block Lawrence Block (born June 24, 1938) is an acclaimed contemporary American crime writer who has been writing crime, mystery, and suspense fiction for more than half a century. He has published in excess of 100 books, and...
by vjbooks | Sep 20, 2014 | Books to Movies, Collecting, Movies
Read the Latest News about Lawrence Block What’s a AWATT – and what is Liam Neeson doing presenting it at the Zurich Film Festival? AWATT is the film industry’s abbreviated form of A WALK AMONG THE TOMBSTONES, a film based on Lawrence Block’s...
by vjbooks | Aug 31, 2011 | We're Talking Books!
Some forty years ago bestselling author Lawrence Block wrote a half a dozen books as Jill Emerson. They were trashy, they were sordid, they were explicit, and they were popular! With titles like Warm and Willing, these stories are now known as the sexy sleaze...
by vjbooks | May 16, 2009 | We're Talking Books!
Catch Lawrence Block on the The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson Monday, May 18! He’ll be promoting his new title Step by Step: A Pedestrian Memoir. Order your signed copy of Step by Step by Lawrence Block from www.vjbooks.com
by vjbooks | Apr 22, 2009 | We're Talking Books!
We are pleased to bring you great new titles by some wonderful authors. Larwrence Block, Greg Rucka, and James Huston have been some of our top selling authors for years, and what could we possibly say about a new Chuck Palahnuik title except “stand...
by vjbooks | Apr 17, 2009 | We're Talking Books!
Before Lawrence Block was the author of bestselling novels featuring unforgettable characters such as the hit man Keller, private investigator Matthew Scudder, burglar Bernie Rhodenbarr, and time traveler Evan Tanner, he was a walker. As a child, he walked home from...
by vjbooks | Feb 4, 2009 | We're Talking Books!
(The Weekly Standard, William Kristol, Jan. 19) The great Donald Westlake died of a heart attack on New Year’s Eve. When I heard the news, I did what I thought he’d want me to do: I reread a couple of his comic crime novels, dissolving several times into...
by vjbooks | Dec 1, 2008 | Children and YA, Collecting, We're Talking Books!
(marketwatch.com, Nov 20) Mystery Writers of America (MWA) has announced that the organization will name James Lee Burke and Sue Grafton its 2009 Grand Masters in honor of the Bicentennial of Edgar Allan Poe’s birth next year. Not since 1978 has the organization...