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Ep:024  Dal Maclean comes from the north of Scotland. Her background is in journalism, and she has an undying passion for history, the more scandalous the better. Dal has lived in Asia and worked all over the world, but home is now the UK. Her first book, 'Bitter Legacy' was a 2017 Lambda Literary Award finalist for Mystery, and was chosen by the American Library Association for their 2018 Over the Rainbow Recommended Books List.

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Website = www.dalmaclean.com

Link to Blue on Blue = https://tinyurl.com/vj8woxc

Facebook = https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100010371585020

Twitter = https://twitter.com/MacleanDal 

Instagram = @dalmaclean

Requeered Tales = http://www.requeeredtales.com/

The Quarter Boys by David Lennon = https://tinyurl.com/s5u5yvq

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Ep:023 Mark McNease chats with Brad Shreve about his new Marshall James Thriller, his Kyle Callahan Mysteries, podcasting, living senior, and more.

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Mark McNease is the author of nine novels, six produced plays, and dozens of short stories. Two of his Kyle Callahan Mysteries were best sellers on Kindle in the LGBT mystery genre, and his short story 'Stop the Car' was selected for the Kindle Singles program. He won an Emmy and Telly as a co-creator and writer for the children's program 'Into the Outdoors.' He’s the host of the One Thing or Another podcast, and he currently lives with his husband and two cats in rural New Jersey.

Websites:
https://markmcnease.com/

One Thing or Another Podcast:
http://onethingoranotherpodcast.com/

Facebook author page:
https://www.facebook.com/MarkMcNeaseWriter/

Twitter:
https://twitter.com/markmcnease

Marshall Thornton's Boystown 13: Fade Out:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B082PHVTG4/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_-QAzEbXC0K8XD

Requeered Tales:
http://requeeredtales.com/

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Ep:022 Librarian and scholar Matt Lubbers-Moore collects and examines every mystery novel to include a gay or queer male in the English language starting with the 1909 Arthur Conan Doyle short story “The Man with the Watches,” which is included in its entirety. Authors, titles, dates published, publishers, book series, short blurbs, and a description of how involved the gay or queer male character is with the mystery are all included for a full bibliographic background.

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Murder and Mayhem Link: https://tinyurl.com/yx2vmc7j
Requeered Tales: http://requeeredtales.com/


Murder and Mayhem will prove invaluable for mystery collectors, researchers, libraries, general readers, aficionados, bookstores, and devotees of LGBTQ studies. The bibliography is laid out in alphabetical order by author for the ease of the reader to find what they are looking for and be able to read the blurb and author notes to determine if the book is what they are looking for whether a hard boiled private eye, an amateur cozy, a suspenseful romance, or a police procedural. All subgenres within the mystery field are included within including fantasy, science fiction, espionage, political intrigue, crime dramas, courtroom thrillers, and more with a definition guide of the subgenres for a better understanding of the genre as a whole.
 
A ReQueered Tales Original publication, this 2020 edition contains a bonus story by Arthur Conan Doyle.

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Ep:021 Best Selling Author Amy Tasukada writes Japanese influenced gay fiction. Her works span a wide range -- from gritty mafia thrillers to fluffy to contemporary romance. Amy uses her deadly, but delicate writing style to weave exciting tales of suspense, love, and gore. When Amy is not writing she can be found drinking tea in a frilly dress. She talks about The Yakuza Path thriller series.

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Amy Tasukada's Website:
www.amytasukada.com
Amy's Newsletter
https://www.amytasukada.com/free-stuff/
Free first in series book: The Yakuza Path: Blood Stained Tea:
https://books2read.com/yakuza
Pre-order: The Yakuza Path: Flowers of Flesh and Blood
https://books2read.com/yakuza5
YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/user/amytasukada
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/amytasukadaofficial/

Justene's Review:
Long Shadows by Kate Sherwood
https://tinyurl.com/velnyos

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Ep:020 AJ Sherwood believes in happily ever afters, magic, dragons, good men, and dark chocolate. She’s often dreams at night of delectable men doing sexy things with each other. In between writing multiple books (often at the same time) she pets her cats, plays with her dogs, and attempts insane things like aerial yoga.
 
She currently resides in Tennessee with aforementioned cats, dogs, fish, and her editor/best friend/sister/partner in crime.

AJ discusses with Brad Shreve the difference between mystery and suspense, and her Jon's Mystery series, plus its spin-off. She also shares tips for aspiring writers.

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AJ Sherwood Links:
Website
Newsletter Sign-Up
Facebook Group

Justene's Review Links:
Grave Decisions by Claire Highton-Stevenson

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Ep:019 Tal Bauer discusses the extensive amount of research that goes into his novels, living without a personal Facebook account, and finding his niche in gay fiction.

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Links:
Executive Office Series
Whisper
Soul on Fire

Justene's Reviews
Murder at White Oak by Marko Realmonte
Some Kind of Love by Jack Dickson

Tal Bauer is an author of gay romantic suspense/thriller novels. Tal believes the world needs more gay heroes, gay love stories, and powerful women kicking ass and tries to write those stories. With a background ranging from law enforcement to humanitarian aid, the stories are global in scope and with diverse characters in all roles. Tal’s goal is to help normalize gay characters as action heroes and to bring to life strong, dynamic, holistic women in all of his novels. Tal is married to a wonderful husband and they live in Texas. 

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Ep:018 Jeffrey Round discusses his newest Dan Sharp novel, his music, and more.

Links:
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High Cotton Writer's Retreat
The Cuckoo is a Pretty Bird by LM Krier

Jeffrey Round is best known as the Lambda Award-winning author of two mystery series--the gritty Dan Sharp books and the comic Bradford Fairfax series. He is also an award-winning filmmaker, television producer and song-writer. His most recent books are "The God Game", fifth in the Dan Sharp series, and "Bon Ton Roulet", fourth in the Bradford Fairfax comic mystery series. His first novel, "A Cage of Bones", was published by GMP (UK), topping bestseller lists around the world. "The P-town Murders", first in the Bradford Fairfax series, was published by the Haworth Press (US). Both titles were listed on AfterElton's Top 100 Greatest Gay Books in 2008. Jeffrey's "Endgame" was called a "brilliant recreation" of Agatha Christie's best-selling mystery "And Then There Were None", giving the original what one critic called a "punk-rock reboot." It became a best-selling e-book in the US in 2016.

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Ep:017 John Copenhaver talks about his debut novel, Dodging and Burning, and the many literary organizations he has been involved with, including crime mystery reviews for Lambda Literary. Justene reviews Kill Game by Cordelia Kingsbridge.

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www.jcopenhaver.com
Purchase Dodging and Burning
Kill Game by Cordelia Kingsbridge

About John:
John Copenhaver’s historical crime novel, Dodging and Burning, won the 2019 Macavity Award for Best First Mystery Novel and garnered Anthony, Strand Critics, Barry, and Lambda Literary Award nominations. He writes a crime fiction review column for Lambda Literary called “Blacklight.” His work has appeared in CrimeReads, Electric Lit, Glitterwolf, PANK, and others. He chairs the 7-12 grade English department at Flint Hill School. He currently lives in DC with his husband, artist Jeffery Paul (Herrity).
 
 

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Ep:016: Joe Cosentino talks about his Nicky and Noah Series, and Drama Faerie, his latest release.

Drama Faerie, the 9th Nicky and Noah mystery, by Joe Cosentino:

It’s summer at Treemeadow College’s new Globe Theatre, where theatre professor Nicky Abbondanza is directing a musical production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream co-starring his spouse, theatre professor Noah Oliver, their son Taavi, and their best friend and department head, Martin Anderson. With an all-male, skimpily dressed cast and a love potion gone wild, romance is in the starry night air. When hunky students and faculty in the production drop faster than their tunics and tights, Nicky and Noah will need to use their drama skills to figure out who is taking swordplay to the extreme before Nicky and Noah end up foiled in the forest. You will be applauding and shouting Bravo for Joe Cosentino’s fast-paced, side-splittingly funny, edge-of-your-seat entertaining ninth novel in this delightful series. Take your seats. The curtain is going up on star-crossed young lovers, a faerie queen, an ass who is a great Bottom, and murder!

Links:
Web site
Facebook
Twitter
Amazon Author Page
Direct Link to Book

Justene's Review:
Bleeding Hearts by Josh Aterovis

About Joe Cosentino:
Joe was voted Favorite LGBT Mystery Contemporary Author of the Year by the readers of Divine Magazine for Drama Queen, the first Nicky and Noah mystery. He also wrote the other nine novels in the Nicky and Noah mystery series and many other LGBT-themed novels, which have received Favorite Book of the Month Awards and Rainbow Award Honorable Mentions. As an actor, Joe has appeared in principal acting roles in film, television, and theatre, opposite stars such as Bruce Willis, Rosie O’Donnell, Nathan Lane, Holland Taylor, and Jason Robards. He is currently Chair of the Department/Professor at a college in upstate New York, and he is happily married.

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Ep:015 Brad Shreve interviews Neil Plakcy about Neil's Mahu series and his latest edition, Deadly Labors. They also discuss two of his other series, plus how much sex is too much sex in a mystery novel. Can you have too much? Justene reviews Ring of Silence by Mark Zubro.
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Links for Neil:
Website
Neil's Amazon Author Page
Direct to Purchase Deadly Labors
Facebook
Pinterest
Twitter

Link for Mark Zubro
Ring of Silence

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The three year run of Queer Writers of Crime was fantastic but no new episodes are being made. Therefore, some links may not work. Be sure to check out Brad's new podcast, Queer We Are, where he interviews LGBTQ celebrities, athletes, activists, politicians, and more. You can find it at queerweare.com