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BlogTalkRadio Interviews Author Lawrence Block

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...

Lawrence Block takes it a Step by Step

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...

Donald Westlake, 1933 – 2008

(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...