Authors Reed Farrel Coleman, Jim Fusilli, and S.J. Rozan, known to some as the "Blue mafia" will be touring Austin, San Antonio and Houston later this month.
Dallas, TX (PRWEB) February 19, 2005 -- Following the Left Coast Crime convention in El Paso February 23 – 27, 2005, a trio of award winning authors from New York has opted to spend some time in the wild west" before heading for Sleuthfest in Florida. For Reed Farrel Coleman and Jim Fusilli, its a first trip. S.J. Rozan is a favorite among booksellers around Texas.
When Reed Farrel Coleman was an undergraduate at Brooklyn College in the mid-Seventies, he found the idea of publishing his writing (especially poetry) a little intimidating. But about the time he convinced himself his writing would never amount to much and decided to enter the home heating oil business, his fourth novel, Walking the Perfect Square, which introduced the detective Moe Prager, was accepted for publication. A second book featuring Prager, Redemption Street, was published in 2004 and Moe will be back again in The James Deans, coming in February 2005. Coleman moved to Sea Cliff from Brooklyn twenty-one years ago. He and his family have lived in Smithtown, Nesconset, and currently own a home in Lake Grove. His wife is a senior occupational therapist at Suffolk BOCES, works with a population of physically and developmentally handicapped children.
Jim Fusilli is the author of the award-winning Terry Orr series, which includes his current novel Hard, Hard City, as well as Closing Time, A Well-Known Secret and Tribeca Blues. He also writes for The Wall Street Journal, for which he has served as a rock and pop critic since 1983, and is a contributor to National Public Radio's All Things Considered. In 2002 and 2003, Jim served as the mystery fiction critic for The Boston Globe.
Jim's crime series, which features private investigator Terry Orr and his teenage daughter Bella, has enjoyed glowing reviews from readers and critics.
Jim lives in New York City with his wife Diane, a public relations executive; their daughter Cara attends college in New York. In 2005, Jim's book on Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys' album "Pet Sounds" will be published by Continuum.
SJ Rozan, a native New Yorker, is the author of nine novels. She has won the the Edgar, Nero, Macavity, Shamus and Anthony awards for Best Novel and the Edgar award for Best Short Story. She is a former Mystery Writers of America National Board member, a current Sisters in Crime National Board member, and President of the Private Eye Writers of America. In January 2003 she was an invited speaker at the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. In February 2005 she will be Guest of Honor at the Left Coast Crime convention in El Paso, Texas. A former architect in a practice that focused on police stations, firehouses, and zoos, SJ Rozan lives in lower Manhattan.
Interviews and review copies available upon request.
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