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October 6, 2008

Meet the mystery authors

Dan FespermanTo mark the Bouchercon "Charmed to Death" conference in Baltimore, visiting (and local) mystery writers will be posting on Read Street all week.

Dan Fesperman (shown here), a former Baltimore Sun foreign correspondent  wihose novels have been set in Afghanistan, Yugoslavia and Guantanamo, will discuss writing about a distant place. Austin Camacho, who lives in Washington, will talk about African-Americans in mysteries. And many other writers will take a turn on Read Street.

Have a question about mystery writing? Post a comment here and we'll ask our guests. And stay tuned all week to learn secrets from the masters of mystery writing.

Photo from danfesperman.com

Posted by Dave Rosenthal at 5:00 AM | | Comments (1)
        

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I just wanted to say that I'm flattered to be included on Read Street and I look forward to any questions that readers might ask about the process of writing mysteries.

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Dave Rosenthal came to The Baltimore Sun as a business reporter in 1987 and now is the Maryland Editor. He reads a wide range of books (but never as many as he'd like), usually alternating between non-fiction and fiction. Some all-time favorites: A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole; Wind, Sand and Stars by Antoine de Saint-Exupery; and anything by Calvin Trillin or John McPhee. He belongs to a book club with a Jewish theme.
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