The Birth of Cork O’Connor

More and more lately, I’ve been getting asked this question: How did I come up with Cork O’Connor as the protagonist for my series? So here’s the answer. Long before I began to think about writing a mystery, a character began to take shape in my imagination. The first thing I knew about him was … Read more

Vermilion Drift

Vermilion Drift, the 10th in the Cork O’Connor series, goes on sale in bookstores everywhere tomorrow. This is a book that has surprised the hell out of me. I don’t know about most authors, but me, I’m almost never a good judge of the quality of what I’ve written. Except for one or two rare … Read more

Stumbling

When you read the work of a fine author, what you see, generally speaking, appears flawless and flowing, as if it came naturally and without a lot of struggle.  Don’t you believe it.  Every author battles to get a work from their imagination onto the page. I’m working on a novel right now.  When completed, … Read more

Exploring Lake of the Woods

Tim O’Brien, one of my favorite authors, published a marvelous book several years ago titled Into the Lake of the Woods.  It is, in many ways, a mystery, one that frustrates a lot of readers because at the end, the protagonist heads off into the labyrinthine archipelago of Lake of the Woods and is never … Read more