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I'm going to need a bigger suitcase

The Consolation Tour: Fall 2017 I'll be hitting the literary highway in support of my new book, LOVE AND OTHER CONSOLATION PRIZES, but I'll also be doing community reads and a few high school visits....

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Best books of 2017

I'm finally back at my writing desk, with the dust of 38 cities on my suitcase, and a bit of glitter in my hair. I'm staring at the outline and early pages of a new book. So weird to be sitting down,...

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Please, judge this book by its cover

Good news for book clubs everywhere, the trade paperback edition of LOVE AND OTHER CONSOLATION PRIZES will be available June 19, 2018. Though it's available now for pre-order wherever you buy books....

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I have no tears and I must cry

When I was a sophomore in high school, Deathbird Stories by Harlan Ellison was banned from our campus library. So naturally I went to the public library, checked it out, and read it cover-to-cover....

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For years readers have asked for Keiko's story. Ask and you shall receive.

The Anniversary Edition of is on sale today. With an extra story, ONLY KEIKO.

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Pick your political poison

I’m writing this under quarantine and odds are you’re reading this under similar circumstances. While this is challenging and discomforting for a plethora of reasons, one good thing is happening during...

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George Floyd was murdered because of a $20 bill

A bill bearing the likeness of Andrew Jackson.Andrew Jackson was an unrepentant slave owner who had the US Postmaster General censor mailings from abolitionists. His wealth was borne of slave labor and...

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My Father's Ashes

Here's a very short story that was recently published in the Spokesman-Review. 

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My first in-person event in more than a year. Fellow humans, it's good to be...

My last in-person event was the night before covid was declared a national emergency. I was in Ketchum, Idaho, at Ernest Hemingway's former residence. For those who aren't followers of Hemingway...

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Good things come to those who wait

Coming June 2022. Now available for pre-order, wherever you do your pre-ordering.

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