Charles Kowalski & Simon Grey and the March of a Hundred Ghosts Charles Kowalski is making a dramatic switch in his writing, from contemporary political thrillers to middle grade fantasy set in 17th century Japan. Simon Grey and the March of a Hundred Ghosts, published by Excalibur Books in Japan, where Charles lives today, was…
Author: Mark Stevens
Mark Stevens is the author of the The Fireballer (Lake Union, 2023) and The Allison Coil Mystery Series including Antler Dust, Buried by the Roan, Trapline, Lake of Fire, and The Melancholy Howl. Trapline won The Colorado Book Award for Best Mystery. Stevens has also published short stories in Denver Noir (Akashic Books, 2022), Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, and Mystery Tribune, among others. Stevens is longtime member of Mystery Writers of America. In 2023, Stevens was named Writer of the Year by Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers for the second time. He lives in southwest Colorado.
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I’m in the process of cleaning up Gary Reilly’s ninth Asphalt Warrior novel before sending it off to our eagle-eyed editor for the thorough polish. If you don’t know, Gary Reilly was a close friend of mine who had one story published in his lifetime—in 1977. That story, The Biography Man, was published in The Iowa…
Rocky Mountain Writer #185
Anita Mumm & Writing Fiction Readers Can Taste We’ve got writer and editor Anita Mumm on the podcast this time for a sneak peek of her free October workshop—A Feast for the Senses, Writing Fiction Readers Can Taste. That workshop is Oct. 12, Saturday afternoon from 2 to 4 p.m. in Denver. Anita says the…
Rocky Mountain Writer #184
Marc Graham & Son of the Sea, Daughter of the Sun Marc Graham is in the middle of a busy book-launching year. Last Spring, Graham’s second novel Song of Songs, a novel about the Queen of Sheba, was published by Blank Slate Press and in a few short weeks Graham takes us to the age…
Rocky Mountain Writer #183
Writer of the Year Speeches A live recording of two speeches given Saturday, Sept. 7 at the annul three-day Colorado Gold conference. The first speech is by Writer of the Year Margaret Mizushima and the second is by Independent Writer of the Year Stephanie Reisner. The speeches were given in the giant ballroom at…