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2012 LA Times Festival of Books Crime Fiction Panel: Listening In

The crime fiction author panel discussion I was most interested in catching at the 2012 LA Times Festival of Books was very aptly named Listening In since it featured three masters of the crime fiction genre. I was really looking forward to getting their take on crime fiction as a genre. The moderator was Paula [...]

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2012 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books Fiction Panel: Bump in the Night

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How could anyone resist a fiction author’s panel at the Los Angeles Festival of Books titled “Bump in the Night”? I certainly couldn’t but I was very glad it was taking place during broad daylight since all of my friends know I’m a wuss at heart. No way would I go to a panel like [...]

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2012 Los Angeles Festival of Books Fiction Panel: World Building

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I was delighted to see that the 2012 LA Times Festival of Books was offering an author panel discussion on world building. World building is the process of creating an imaginary world, and is something all fiction authors do to one extent or another. For reality-based fiction, that world is already fairly well defined by [...]

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Virtual Book Tour & Giveaway: Primacy by J.E. Fishman

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For those of you who aren’t familiar with Virtual Book Tours, they work a bit differently than our normal reviews and giveaways: First comes the review, followed by a Q&A with the author, followed by the Giveaway rules and the Rafflecopter entry form. The Review: When I was approached about participating in a Virtual Book [...]

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The Millennium Series: Crime Thrillers by Stieg Larsson

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The Millennium series is made up of three novels: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,The Girl Who Played with Fire and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest. You can’t talk about the Millennium series without talking about Stieg Larsson (1954-2004). Larsson was a Swedish journalist, activist and author whose journalistic style lends intense credibility [...]

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