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  • ~G~

    I just finished CHERRY BOMB!!!!
    What a great book!! Thanks... I am going to start Afraid now!!!!!

    3 years ago
  • glamvamp

    p. 168. you're a goof! ;)

    3 years ago
  • Dawn Colclasure

    Hi there! Just wanted to say that I enjoyed reading your article on fiction collaboration in the July/August issue of Writer's Digest Magazine.

    3 years ago
  • INFERNAL FILMS LIMITED

    Hi friend! Our latest splatter and gore trailer of GRAVEYARD OF THE LIVING DEAD and NECRONOS - Tower of Doom are available on our MySpace account ;-) Have fun...

    Gory wishes
    INFERNAL FILMS

    3 years ago
  • Aim

    I have to say that I read the last Jack Daniels novel over the winter. I know out of the order they go in, but it was one the library had suggested. I LOVED it. I don't normally read mystery. It was awesome. Recently you visited the store I work at. I am sorry I missed you signing copies of the new book. The girl who got a copy seems to love it, maybe a little to bloody for my taste, but I will be backtracking to start with the first Jack daniels book soon. She is awesome. Thanks from a book store fan.

    3 years ago
  • John Everson

    Hi! Just wanted to make sure all my friends know that my 2nd horror novel SACRIFICE was released this month - and is in stores everywhere, including Amazon.com. I hope you'll check out the book! Here are a couple reviews it's gotten:

    “SACRIFICE is not for the timid or weak of heart, it is a full frontal assault on your senses. It is a dark, brutal, bloody and terribly frightening book. Everson went deep into some dark abyss to bring this book to the light of day.... I highly recommend Sacrifice.”
    —Famous Monsters of Filmland

    “John Everson manages in SACRIFICE to dispense buckets of blood, provide edgy perversity, and walk the tenuous tightrope of horror and sex without falling: It’s rather an amazing feat.” –Hell Notes

    3 years ago
  • Medusa Dusa

    Thanks for the friend add. Love your books, can't wait to read Afraid!

    3 years ago
  • Medusa Dusa

    I just finished "Serial". I loved it. You guys did a great job working together.

    3 years ago
  • Sharon Cullen

    A killer’s obsession could destroy their second chance for love.

    Hello! I hope everyone is gearing up for a fun-filled and relaxing summer. I wanted to let you know that my romantic suspense, Obsession, is now available and I’m very excited to announce that it is currently #6 on Samhain Publishing’s bestseller list! For more information please go to my website, www.sharoncullen.net.

    Do you need some reading material for the hot summer months? Then don’t miss out on a great contest that some of Samhain’s biggest and brightest authors put together. 50 books, 50 authors, 50 winners. You can enter the contest by going to http://moirarogers.com/?q=node/347 and entering there.

    Have a great summer!

    Sharon Cullen
    www.sharoncullen.net

    3 years ago
  • glamvamp

    ch ch ch ch cherry bomb.

    3 years ago
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About me:

I write thriller novels about a Chicago cop named Jack Daniels.

The first in the series is called WHISKEY SOUR.

The second in the series is called BLOODY MARY.

The third in the series is called RUSTY NAIL.

The fourth in the series is called DIRTY MARTINI.

The fifth in the series is FUZZY NAVEL, and it's currently available in a reasonably priced hardcover edition.

I also have a short story download available on Amazon.com for only 49 cents called A FOUR PACK OF JACK and another called A SIX PACK OF CRIME.


Buy my books. Please. I love this job. They're available as hardcovers, paperbacks, audiobooks, and ebook downloads. And they're really good. I promise.

Jack Daniels chases serial killers. Really creepy ones. The books are scary enough to make you lock all your doors and turn on every light in your room. They are a lot like James Patterson, Patricia Cornwell, Kathy Reichs, Stephen King, Dean Koontz, or Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal Lecter. My villains make Lecter look like a Boy Scout.

But the books are also laugh aloud funny, similar to Dave Barry, Janet Evanovich, Christopher Moore, and Carl Hiaasen. If you drink milk while reading, the milk will come out of your nose. If that's something you enjoy, rush right out and buy some of my books, and a gallon of moo joice, and spend an entire week squirting your brains out.

Plus, if you buy my books, we'll be Best Friends Forever.

Don't you want to be BFF with a bestselling author? Sure you do! Stop playing around on the Internet and go read a book. If you do, I'll love you for all eternity. If you don't, I'll start to cry. Please don't make me cry.

I'll tell you what... how about you try four of my books for free?

Click on any of the above book covers to learn how to download free copies.

Yes, I said free! Does Stephen King give you free books? How about James Patterson or Patricia Cornwell? And they can afford it, too. But they just don't love you like I do.

Speaking of love, I recently edited an anthology called THESE GUNS FOR HIRE. It's a collection of hitman stories from the top thriller writers in the business, including David Morrell, Max Allan Collins, Jeff Abbott, PJ Parrish, Ken Bruen, Reed Farrell Coleman, Ed Gorman, MJ Rose, Victor Gischler, Sean Doolittle, Jeremiah Healy, and many others. Get it. You'll love it.

Also, please check out my pics and my really stupid video. It's on the gory side, but pretty amusing.

And remember to visit JAKONRATH.COM for all of your JA Konrath needs, and A NEWBIE'S GUIDE TO PUBLISHING for all of your writing questions answered. There are hundreds tips, hints, and tricks about the creative writing biz, plus contests, freebies, tour dates, downloads, bad jokes, and information about my books.



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Who I'd like to meet:

Tom Clancy, to tell him I found the Red October and to call off the hunt. (It was under my bed.)

People I'd like to have a beer with:
Robert B. Parker (the reason I became a writer)
Gary Larson (still the best)
Cassandra Peterson (I still have the posters)
Invader Zim (fear the fist!)
Andrew Vachss (superhero)
Jackie Chan (incredible performer)
Janet Evanovich (the master)
Chow Yun Fat (Inspector Tequila)
James Patterson (the other master)
Laura Gemser (Emmanuelle forever)
Bill Mumy (Art for Artie's sake)
John Carpenter (best director ever)
Weird Al Yankovic (been a fan forever)
James Cameron (best director ever)
Miko Mido (La Blue Girl)
Sam Raimi (best director ever)
Robin Williams (funny as hell)
Tom Waits (genius)
Seth MacFarland (creative madman)
Leonard Cohen (genius)
Dario Argento (best director ever)
Bruce Campbell (the chin)
Bob Walkenhorst (The Rainmakers)
Neil Diamond (Hell Yeah!)
Master Shake (a brother from another mother)
Sigorney Weaver (that's who I picture when I'm writing Jack Daniels stories)
Stephen Lynch (Damn he's funny)
Thomas Harris (3 out of 5)
Groucho Marx (though he probably wouldn't have much to say)
Any and all booksellers (you rock!)

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  • Status: Married
  • Here for: Networking, Friends
  • Hometown: Chicago
  • Orientation: Straight
  • Body type: Average
  • Ethnicity: White / Caucasian
  • Zodiac Sign: Aries
  • Children: Proud parent
  • Smoke / Drink: No / Yes
  • Education: College graduate
  • Occupation: Writer

Schools

  • Columbia College Chicago

    • Chicago, IL
    • Graduated: 1992
    • Student status: Alumni
    • Degree: Bachelor's Degree
    • Major: Writing
    • Minor: Budweiser
    • Clubs: I was co-president of the Drinking Club, and a board member on the Creative Vomiting Squad.
    1988 to 1992

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