Congratulations to Jennifer Clement (Jennifer Clement) on her new memoir The Promised Party: Kahlo, Basquiat, and Me just published in the US by Canongate.

Poet, novelist, essayist Jennifer has led and leads the life of an activist artist and writer. In her journey she’s

Former White House Fellow Elliot Ackerman says he sees a widening strain between the US and allies on their stances with Israel bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Looking forward to gathering with fellow writers and friends including Deborah Goodrich Royce, and Adam Sikes at Thriller Fest in New York City this week and joining the panel on Developing a Unique Voice along with Lee Matthew Goldberg Lauren Ling Brown , Jennifer Moorhead and

Congrats to the authors whose books were named finalists and winners in the 2024 American Legacy Book Awards!

⭐The Lost Concerto by Helaine Mario
⭐Second Term by J.M. Adams
⭐Burning Distance by JoanneLeedomAckerman
⭐Saving Myles by Carl Vonderau
⭐Shadow Music by Helaine Mario

Greetings to all on this Memorial Day of remembering and honoring as well as heralding the beginning of a new season of summer in the US. #MemorialDay

Happy Memorial Day and weekend in the US. Sharing some favorite water scenes!
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What a fun event with Elliot Ackerman sharing our novels 2054 and The Far Side of the Desert at Ocean House with talented novelist and interviewer host Deborah Goodrich Royce. Thank you to all, including Bank Square Books and a lively audience!

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With 2.6 billion people voting this year in 81 counties, the International Center for Journalists focused on the importance of preserving accurate news and news sources, discerning fake news, and understanding the perils and the legitimate uses of ever-growing AI at its annual

I hope you’ll enjoy my May Substack from “On the Yellow Brick Road,” featuring this month’s blog “Bridges Through Literature,” information on a Writer at Risk from China, two outstanding novel recommendations and more. This substack is free!
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Looking forward to Elliot Ackerman and my program Ocean House Wednesday May 22. Hope you’re in the neighborhood to come!
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Under the whale at New York’s American Museum of Natural History,  PEN America celebrated writers and the freedom to  imagine and to write and challenged the banning of more than 4000 books in states across the US and the imprisonment of writers and journalists worldwide.

The largest of PEN International’s 150

We condemn #Georgia ’s parliament’s decision to approve a Russia-style ‘foreign agents’ law despite mass protests marred by police violence and brutal assaults against peaceful protestors. All those responsible must be held to account and the repressive legislation urgently

We hope friends and new readers in the area can join us at the charming Ocean House in its reading series hosted by Deborah Goodrich Royce. The only one Elliot Ackerman and I are doing together.
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Presenting a report on
'Transnational Crime in Southeast Asia: A Growing Treat to Global Peace and Security' the United States Institute of Peace- U.S. Institute of Peace highlighted kidnapping, extortion, money laundering in a $64 billion criminal enterprise spanning countries and continents.

Thank you to indie bookstores Vroman's Bookstore in CA and Tattered Cover Book Store in CO for hosting me and fellow thriller writer Adam Sikes in lively discussions of our novels The Far Side of the Desert and The Underhanded, both books from Oceanview Publishing. And thank you to the family and