John Duncan has been one of my favorite painters ever since I happened across this rather constipated-looking Tristan sharing the Love Potion with Isolde, while I was teaching a course in Arthurian romance. John Duncan (1866-1945) was born in Dundee, Scotland to a cattleman father. John, however, had no interest in farming and turned to a career in […]
What They Made at Byrdcliffe: John Duncan
I admit I had my snark cannon loaded for camelid when I first got wind of the NYS Sheep and Wool Festival. (So to speak. Barns smell like barns regardless of whether they are inhabited by horses, cows, goats, or alpacas.) But then I gave ear to the insidious little voice in the back of
Hudson Valley Hipster Watch #3: Admit it. You Want to Pat a Llama Too.
Saturday, October 15, from 11 am until 4 pm. Please stop by and say hi — and you just might get a sneak peek at The Brooklyn North Murder.
So Excited to be Returning to the Hoboken Library Festival
Remember summer camp? Remember reveille at 6:30? Remember the swim instructor who wouldn’t let you go to lunch until you jumped into the icy water over your head? Remember arts and crafts and the various mysteries of beads, lariats, and decoupage? Remember the communal toilets and showers? Most of all, remember those tents set up
Hudson Valley Hipster Watch #2: Glamping — So Old It’s New
Whenever I’m asked to describe my new Watson & Doyle series, I begin “No-one ever said ‘I want to write a detective series based on Tsvetan Todorov’s literary theories’… but I did.” So imagine my pleasure when I discovered Lawrence Block had long since beat me to it with his Bernie Rhodenbarr series. Todorov argued
What I’m Reading at Byrdcliffe: The Burglar who Met Frederic Brown
Yeah, really. That’s what it says. Destination Hamburgers of the Hudson Valley. Because who among us doesn’t crave peanut butter on their pork belly burger?r The fictional town of Morgansburg, where The Brooklyn North Murder is set, is on the other side of the Hudson from where I live in Woodstock, but neither shore has
Hudson Valley Hipster Watch: Destination Hamburgers of the Hudson Valley
Please come over to Shepherd.com to find five traditional mysteries, old and new, that inspired The Brooklyn North Murder. And while you’re there, you can preorder a copy of the first Watson & Doyle full-length adventure (hint, hint).
Come Find Five Books that Inspired Watson & Doyle
Elizabeth von Arnim was not a garden writer, but she was a writer whose garden made her famous — as well as being the source of her name. She is now most famous for her novel The Enchanted April, which was made into a 1991 movie featuring Joan Plowright, Polly Walker, Miranda Richardson, and Josie
A hedge fund billionaire dives into a lake in full view of witnesses watching a triathlon — and disappears. Can this possibly be connected to his plans to turn sleepy Morgansburg, N.Y. into a tech hub to rival Silicon Valley? It couldn’t possibly be that he was snatched by Morgansburg’s own answer to the Loch
Now Available for Pre-Order: The Brooklyn North Murder
Please come join me and my fellow MWA-NY writers for a reading at the Asbury Park Book Coop this Wednesday, July 20, at 7 p.m. I’ll be reading from my first Watson & Doyle adventure, The Brooklyn North Murder, which is slated to come out in February, 2023. And if you aren’t able to travel,
Reading LIVE in Asbury Park This Week!