by LB | Mar 26, 2013 | Keller
I’m appearing tonight on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, broadcast on CBS at 12:35 am Eastern, 11:35 pm Central. Himself and I will be talking about Hit Me, currently on bookstore shelves when it’s not flying off them, and also about A Walk Among...
by LB | Mar 1, 2013 | Commentary, John Warren Wells, Keller, Short Stories
It’s the first of the month, and it’s my habit to mark the occasion by making “Rabbits, rabbits” my first utterance of the day. This is supposed to bring good luck for the new month. I can’t say it doesn’t work; those months that...
by LB | Feb 27, 2013 | Catch and Release, Keller, Matthew Scudder
Okay. Ask me anything. How’s the new book doing? Sales are brisk, reviews are glowing. This Sunday, March 3, Hit Me will debut in the #28 slot on the New York Times Bestseller List. Strong advance orders led the publisher to order a second printing before the...
by LB | Feb 25, 2013 | Keller, Store
Hmmm. A quick glance at that headline would lead a lot of people to point out that this is nothing new, that Lawrence Block sold out years and years ago, as soon as he could find a buyer. But today’s news is rather more specific. It’s the Limited...
by LB | Feb 24, 2013 | Keller, Reviews
“Keller is a cold-blooded killer with no redeeming qualities whatsoever to make him worth reading about.” Someone felt the need to post that on my Facebook page. Fortunately some reviewers have had nicer things to say— Margaret Cannon, in the Toronto Globe...
by LB | Feb 14, 2013 | Commentary
This is just too good to keep to myself. An independent bookseller I know landed a major bestselling author for a rare in-store signing. He got the word out, took advance phone and internet orders for signed copies, and called his sales rep at the publisher to make...
by LB | Feb 13, 2013 | Books, Keller
From an email I just received: “…It is obvious to me why I love Bernie, Evan, and the Scudder ensemble, but not so much so why I love Keller. He is so calming yet fascinating, like Jane Austen. “And one cannot explain: ‘LB has this series about...
by LB | Feb 12, 2013 | Interviews + Guest Blogs, Keller
What do I do, just talk? And you’ll write down what I say? All right, just give me a minute to gather my thoughts. Well, hello. I’d like to begin by wishing a happy birthday to Abraham Lincoln, and a successful publication day to my son, Lawrence Block....
by LB | Feb 9, 2013 | Keller
Well, it’s been a long time coming. I finished writing Hit Me in November, 2011. I was booked for two events a week or so apart in Southern California, and I had about a week’s worth of work to do on the book, so I took my laptop along, holed up in a hotel...
by LB | Feb 3, 2013 | Keller
Here’s an email that came in yesterday: I surprised my best friend with a limited philatelic edition of Hit Me. My sister surprised me with a copy and she bought a copy for herself. (I’m thinking it’s rather unusual that 3 of the 500 copies of Hit Me...
