Az Murder Goes...professional

Brief Description: Follow five writers--Joanne Dobson, John Dunning, Nicholas Kilmer, Nancy Pickard, and William G. Tapply--along the professional paths that led to their books and the creation of characters who live on in the mind once the book's covers are closed. Review Quotes: "Mystery fans and would-be scribes will welcome two slim but excellent reference works, AZ Murder GoesArtful (Poisoned Pen, $13.95 paper 220p ISBN 1-890208-26-4), revised from its original 1998 appearance, and AZ Murder GoesProfessional ($14.95 paper 127p 1-59058-003-6). In the former, edited by Susan Malling and Barbara Peters, writers such as Nevada Barr and Aaron Elkins reflect, respectively, on the art treasures of national parks and the mystery of forgery; in the latter, edited by Peters, Lee Childs introduces a lineup that includes Nancy Pickard, who considers what it feels like to carry on the tradition of Virginia Rich, and John Dunning, who ponders how his various jobs-as a glass cutter, as a racetrack peon-have informed his writing." -Publishers WeeklyReview Quotes: ""Mystery fans and would-be scribes will welcome two slim but excellent reference works, AZ Murder GoesArtful (Poisoned Pen, $13.95 paper 220p ISBN 1-890208-26-4), revised from its original 1998 appearance, and AZ Murder GoesProfessional ($14.95 paper 127p 1-59058-003-6). In the former, edited by Susan Malling and Barbara Peters, writers such as Nevada Barr and Aaron Elkins reflect, respectively, on the art treasures of national parks and the mystery of forgery; in the latter, edited by Peters, Lee Childs introduces a lineup that includes Nancy Pickard, who considers what it feels like to carry on the tradition of Virginia Rich, and John Dunning, who ponders how his various jobs-as a glass cutter, as a racetrack peon-have informed his writing."" -Publishers WeeklyMarc Notes: The scholar sleuth: or, Death in a literary context / Joanne Dobson -- Writing from my life / John Dunning -- Not at any price / Nicholas Kilmer -- But what do they do for a living? / Thomas Perry -- Writing with ghosts / Nancy Pickard -- The lawyer as amateur sluth / William G. Tapply. Review Citations:

PW Notes and Reprints 05/13/2002 pg. 56 (EAN 9781590580035, Paperback)

Publishers Weekly 05/16/2002 (EAN 9781590580035, Paperback)