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Andrew Klavan

A Klavan Christmas

July 27, 2010

Andrew’s Christmas story The Killer Christian will have yet another incarnation in this December’s anthology Christmas at the Mysterious Bookshop from Vanguard Press.  The volume also features Christmas stories by Mary Higgins Clark, Donald Westlake, Lawrence Block and others.  Andrew’s tale of a mob hit-man redeemed by a Christmas hoax had its first publication as [...]

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Notes on the Culture

July 26, 2010

INCEPTION
Well, it works, which, given the concept, is a small miracle in and of itself.  Plus, about two of its two and a half hours are really involving and entertaining and, in this summer of mostly crummy movies, that makes it feel like some sort of masterpiece.  But what Inception really is is a good [...]

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“Bury The Dead” Makes Its Way

July 13, 2010

This is kind of cool:  a mock one-sheet for Bury The Dead, the spooky screenplay of mine optioned by ShoulderHill Entertainment.  ShoulderHill’s Steven Addair is planning to direct the film as the company’s first feature.

Most of the preparation for this has been of the behind-the-scenes kind -  funding and location scouting – so there hasn’t [...]

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Mass Market Me

July 6, 2010

Hey, for those of you who have somehow neglected to pick up a copy of Empire of Lies in its hardcover or trade paper incarnation, it’s now out in a mass market version.  It’s one of my best novels, I think, and if you don’t believe me, listen to the terrific Wall Street Journal columnist [...]

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Glenn Beck Praises ID Man

July 6, 2010

The magnificent Glenn Beck has now read Andrew’s next adult thriller, The Identity Man, and had this to say:  “Andrew Klavan never disappoints.  The Identity Man is one of the best illustrations of the power of redemption that I’ve ever read.  There are a lot of great thrillers out there, but this [...]

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Double Dutch Shotgun

June 29, 2010

Shotgun Alley, the second in Andrew’s great Weiss/Bishop trilogy, will have a second publication in Holland as part of an Omnibus edition.  De Boekerij, Andrew’s Dutch publisher, will reissue Shotgun in a single volume with the The Hit List by British action writer Chris Ryan.  In Shotgun, private eye Jim Bishop joins a criminal motorcycle [...]

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Me on Ricochet Podcast Again

June 22, 2010

I got to sit with the smart kids again on Ricochet.com’s weekly podcast.  This time I shared hosting duties with Uncommon Knowledge’s brilliant Peter Robinson and the brilliant writer Rob Long–truly, one of the funniest people I know.  We were joined by the brilliant Jonah Goldberg and did I already say brilliant Tucker Carlson:

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Cannell Praises ID Man

June 22, 2010

Stephen J. Cannell–the man who created The Rockford Files, The A-Team and the bestselling Shane Scully mystery novels–has sent Andrew a blurb for The Identity Man, Andrew’s next thriller for adults.   The blurb says in part:  “I’ve just spent a perfect three days reading Andrew Klavan’s exceptional new novel, Identity Man.  Another Klavan winner.”  Identity [...]

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Newsmax and Human Events

June 15, 2010

Paul Bond did a nice interview with me for the June issue of Newsmax.  Not sure if there’s a link online, but the online version does feature this video interview with me:

The lovely Michelle Oddis (come back tomorrow for more on her) also interviewed me for Human Events on why Hollywood Jews aren’t speaking up [...]

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Anderson Saves The City

June 10, 2010

Brian Anderson, editor of the remarkable City Journal, (where, remarkably, I’m a contributing editor) has given an excellent and wide-ranging interview  to  the Atlantic.  Conor Friedersdorf (a highly intelligent interviewer who Q&A’d me once a while back) does the honors in a feature called The Future of The City.  The interview, called “Saving The City:  [...]

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