by LB | May 17, 2016 | Likes to Read
5/27 #MyFavoriteBooks Just what the title says it is: A Short History of Nearly Everything, by Bill Bryson. A couple of years ago I was cruising the North Atlantic aboard Holland America’s Veendam. I was alone, working every day on what turned out to be The...
by Admin | Apr 16, 2014 | Commentary, Interviews + Guest Blogs, Likes to Read
In this article, originally published in Mystery Scene in 2010, LB talks about Charles Willeford. In the summer of 1985, Lynne and I moved from New York to Fort Myers Beach, Florida. Well, it seemed like a good idea at the time. After we’d been there a few months, I...
by LB | Dec 8, 2013 | Likes to Read
Last night my Frequent Companion and I attended the annual Black Orchid Banquet of the Wolfe Pack, an international organization of Rex Stout devotees. I had the honor of presenting the annual toast to the man himself. As I mentioned on Facebook, my remarks constitute...
by Admin | May 4, 2012 | In Collaboration with Donald Westlake, Likes to Read
Here’s a review I wrote for a new release by a cherished friend: First, full disclosure: Donald E. Westlake was one of my closest friends for over fifty years. Shortly after his death, I had the good fortune to play a role in Hard Case Crime’s publication...
by Admin | Oct 7, 2011 | Likes to Read
I’ve been neglecting this page lately. Other projects have been keeping me busy, and there’s also the fact that I haven’t been reading much lately. But I had dinner the other night with Dan Wakefield, whom I think of as an old friend I was meeting...
by Admin | Jul 31, 2011 | Likes to Read
In 1957-8 I was working at a literary agency and writing short stories for magazines like Manhunt and Trapped and Guilty. I was reading widely in the field, for pleasure as well as education, and the New York Mercantile Library was a great source of out-of-print crime...
