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Ep: 113 Philip recommends a book by an author Justene talked about before, but this is the first in a new series.

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Murder on Monte Vista by David S. Pederson
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Brad's Website: bradshreve.com

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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

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Ep: 112 Jeffrey Round reads from Threads, a poetry collection. In addition, he discusses with Brad Jeffrey's four Bradford Fairfax Murder Mysteries, Murder in P-Town, Death in Key West, Vanished in Vallarta, and Bon Ton Roulet. Plus, they talk about Jeffrey's career as not only an author, but a poet, a playwright, a musician, a stage director - Is there anything Jeffrey Round hasn't done?

Podcast Website:   www.queerwritersofcrime.com

Threads: A Poetry Collection by Jeffrey Round 
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Bradford Fairfax Murder Mysteries by Jeffrey Round
https://amzn.to/38Lg3in

Dan Sharp Mysteries by Jeffrey Round
https://amzn.to/3vnxdKA

Jeffrey's Website: jeffreyround.com

Jeffrey Round is an award-winning author, filmmaker, and songwriter. His breakout novel, A Cage of Bones, was listed on AfterElton’s 50 Best Gay Books. Lake on the Mountain, first of the seven Dan Sharp mysteries, won a Lambda Award in 2013. His short film, My Heart Belongs to Daddy, won prizes for Best Canadian Director and Best Use of Music. In 2021 he took top juried awards for his music video, Don’t You Think I Know. His latest book is Threads (2022) from Beautiful Dreamer Press.

Brad's Website: bradshreve.com

Support Requeered Tales  re-publishing award-winning, post-Stonewall gay and lesbian fiction — with a focus on mystery, literary and horror/sci-fi genres.
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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

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Ep: 111 Justene has a list of murders she prefers, and one is when they occur at a famous landmark. This week she recommends a novel where the mystery gets rolling after someone finds something they weren't shopping for in an iconic store in New York City.

Queer Writers of Crimes is rated by Buzzfeed as one of the 20 Best Queer Podcasts to Tune in to While Going About Your Daily Queer Life.

Podcast Website:   www.queerwritersofcrime.com


Twelve Days of Murder by Jason Wrench

Brad's Website: bradshreve.com

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Ep: 110 Brad talks with Mark McNease about what makes his Marshall James series thrillers compared to his Kyle Callahan series which are mysteries. They also discuss Mark's preference to write about older characters, plus the different points of view he uses with his different characters, and more.

Podcast Website:   www.queerwritersofcrime.com


Marshall James Thrillers on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3LFHI2f

Mark's website for his books, LGBTSR, and all three podcasts:
https://markmcnease.com/

Mark on Facebook:  MarkMcNeaseWriter

Mark on Twitter: @markmcnease

Mark has been writing since he was eight or nine, quite a long time in the brief span of any life. He's the author of the Kyle Callahan Mysteries, three of which have been best sellers on Kindle. His Detective Linda mystery, 'Last Room at the Cliff's Edge', was released in September 2016, and called a winner by Publishers Weekly. He released 'Murder at the Paisley Parrot: A Marshall James Thriller' in 2017, with its follow-up, 'Beautiful Corpse' in March 2020. 'Black Cat White Paws: A Maggie Dahl Mystery' came out in 2018, followed by his supernatural chiller, 'A House in the Woods.'

He started the Mark McNease Mysteries podcastin 2020 to narrate his own mysteries and fiction, beginning with 'Reservation for Murder: A Kyle Callahan Mystery' (book #6 in the series, and a Kindle bestseller in LGBT mysteries).

His short story 'Stop the Car' was selected as a Kindle Single and is now an audiobook narrated by the amazing Braden Wright. It was selected twice to be included in the Amazon Prime reading library.

He also has an Emmy for Outstanding Children's Program for 'Into the Outdoors', a television show he co-created and wrote for two years that is now in its 21st year.

He lives in the New Jersey woods with his husband, Frank, and his two cats, Wilma and Peanut.

Brad's Website: bradshreve.com

Support Requeered Tales  re-publishing award-winning, post-Stonewall gay and lesbian fiction — with a focus on mystery, literary and horror/sci-fi genres.
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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

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Ep:109 In the first of a new monthly segment, three authors who were guests on the podcast, give book recommendations for others to enjoy. This episode includes guests featured in March 2022. They are Marshall Thornton, Barbarba Wilson, and Elizabeth Sims.

Podcast Website:   www.queerwritersofcrime.com

Lightning Strikes by William Kent Krueger: https://amzn.to/3DmTD1X
A Queer History of the United States by Michael Bronski: https://amzn.to/3iO2XTc
Thus Was Adonis Murdered by Sarah Caudwell: https://amzn.to/3JQOiT2
The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith: https://amzn.to/35lUgMI

Author's Websites
marshallthonrtonauthor.com
barbarawilsonmysteries.com
elizabethsims.com

Authors Amazon Pages
Marshall Thornton: https://amzn.to/3iN1rko
Barbara Wilson:  https://amzn.to/35lQkvp
Elizabeth Sims:  https://amzn.to/3J4bKv7

Brad's Website: bradshreve.com

Support Requeered Tales  re-publishing award-winning, post-Stonewall gay and lesbian fiction — with a focus on mystery, literary and horror/sci-fi genres.
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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

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Ep: 108 Lambda Literary Award and Goldie Award winner Elizabeth Sims talks with Brad about balancing being both a writer and an editor, how her writing voice reflects her personality, working on a sheep ranch, and the experiences that shaped her outlook on  life.

Podcast Website:   www.queerwritersofcrime.com

Elizabeth Sims Website: elizabethsims.com

Elizabeth's Amazon Author Page

Tight Race by Elizabeth Sims:  amzn.to/3tOelEI

Left Field by Elizabeth Sims:   https://amzn.to/3tLqIS4

Elizabeth Sims on Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/elizabeth.sims.9862

Elizabeth Sims learned the art of fiction by listening to tall tales on her father’s knee, and by reading all sorts of books brought home by her mother, a teacher. Today Elizabeth is the author of the Rita Farmer Mysteries, the Lambda and GCLS Goldie Award-winning Lillian Byrd Crime Series, and other fiction, including the standalone novel Crimes in a Second Language, which won the Florida Book Awards silver medal. Booklist calls her work “Crime fiction as smart as it is compelling,” and Crimespree magazine praises her “strong voice and wonderful characters.”

Elizabeth is an internationally recognized authority on writing. She’s written dozens of feature articles on the craft of writing for Writer’s Digest magazine, where she’s a contributing editor. Her instructional title, You’ve Got a Book in You: A Stress-Free Guide to Writing the Book of Your Dreams (Writer’s Digest Books) has been specially recognized by National Novel Writing Month and hundreds of other web sites and bloggers. As an adjunct professor she has taught creative writing at Ringling College of Art and Design in Sarasota, Florida, and is a popular speaker at conferences and workshops around the United States.

 She’s worked as a reporter, photographer, technical writer, bookseller, street busker, ranch hand, corporate executive, certified lifeguard, and symphonic percussionist.

Brad's Website: bradshreve.com

Support Requeered Tales  re-publishing award-winning, post-Stonewall gay and lesbian fiction — with a focus on mystery, literary and horror/sci-fi genres.
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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

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Ep:107 Queer Writers of Crime is excited to add Philip to the team. Once each month he'll give you a book recommendation and in his premier episode his suggestion is a novel by a new author.

Queer Writers of Crimes is rated by Buzzfeed as one of the 20 Best Queer Podcasts to Tune in to While Going About Your Daily Queer Life.

Podcast Website:   www.queerwritersofcrime.com

Devil's Chew Toy by Rob Osler

Brad's Website: bradshreve.com

Support Requeered Tales  re-publishing award-winning, post-Stonewall gay and lesbian fiction — with a focus on mystery, literary and horror/sci-fi genres.
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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

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Ep:106 Author Barbara Wilson, recipient of the Golden Crown Literary Society 2020 Trailblazer Award discusses with Brad what it means to be a trailblazer, the spinster sleuth and having series characters grow older, and diverse types of lesbian love. In addition, Barbara describes the Beguines who were women living in communities of up to 60 or 70 mostly supporting themselves and spent time in religious contemplation. 

Queer Writers of Crimes is rated by Buzzfeed as one of the 20 Best Queer Podcasts to Tune in to While Going About Your Daily Queer Life.

Podcast Website:   www.queerwritersofcrime.com

Love Dies Twice by Barbara Wilson https://amzn.to/37OM8Fv

Not the Real Jupiter by Barbara Wilson  https://amzn.to/3Jw6Isc

Barbara Wilson's Website:  www.barbarawilsonmysteries.com

Barbara Wilson is the author of eight previous mysteries, including the recent Cassandra Reilly mystery, Not the Real Jupiter, praised by Foreword as “a fascinating mystery novel that probes women’s stories and exposes niche publishing corners in delightful ways.” Her mystery, Gaudí Afternoon, was made into a movie starring Judy Davis and Marcia Gay Hardin. She is a winner of two Lambda Literary awards and the British Crime Writers’ award for best thriller set in Europe. As Barbara Sjoholm, she is the author of memoir, travelogues, and nonfiction, and an award-winning translator of Norwegian and Danish. She was co-founder of Seal Press in Seattle. For her contributions to lesbian literature, she received the 2020 Golden Crown Literary Society Trailblazer Award.

Brad's Website: bradshreve.com

Support Requeered Tales  re-publishing award-winning, post-Stonewall gay and lesbian fiction — with a focus on mystery, literary and horror/sci-fi genres.
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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

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Ep:105 Richard Stevenson Lipez, 83, of Becket, died peacefully in his sleep on March 16, 2022, after a long exceptional life, and then an all-too-quick cancer. He would have liked to have lived longer, but considered himself lucky, nonetheless. - The opening above ccomes from an obituary written by Richard's son Zach for The Berkshire Eagle. A link to the full obituary is below.

Queer Writers of Crimes is rated by Buzzfeed as one of the 20 Best Queer Podcasts to Tune in to While Going About Your Daily Queer Life.

Dick" Lipez  known most as Richard Stevenson, the author of the Donald Strachey Mysteries Series which began in 1981. his last novel in the series will publish by ReQueered Tales in fall 2022.

Here is the link to Richard Stevenson's obituary: https://legcy.co/34UEdVX

Knock of the Hat:  A Clifford Waterman Gay Philly Mystery: available on Amazon
Link to the novel:  https://amzn.to/3qf09T

HIS last Donald Strachey novel will publish in the fall 2022. In addition, he mentions in this episode he is looking for a publisher for a private investigator series located in Philadelphia in in the 1940s.  Amble Press, where Michael Nava is manager, welcomed Dick's book Knock Off The Hat publishes  April 26 2022.

I mentioned Chasing Rembrandt is available for pre-order. That was my mistake. However ReQueered Tales  is republishing all the Strachey novels with better formatting   and beautiful new covers. Check requeeredtales.com periodically to see when it publishes, or make life easier by signing up for their newsletter. Here is their link:  requeeredtales.com

Queer Writers of Crime website: queerwritersofcrime.com
Brad's Website: bradshreve.com

Support Requeered Tales  re-publishing award-winning, post-Stonewall gay and lesbian fiction — with a focus on mystery, literary and horror/sci-fi genres.
requeeredtales.com

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

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Ep:104 Justene visits to launch or new format which offers one shorter episode each week which be for book recommendations. Author interviews will be separate. In this episode, Justene discusses Steve Neil Johnson's The Red Raven: Book 4: The LA After Midnight Quartet.  Steve published this novel, the final in his series, a few months before his death. Justene shares her thoughts about the novel.

Queer Writers of Crimes is rated by Buzzfeed as one of the 20 Best Queer Podcasts to Tune in to While Going About Your Daily Queer Life.

Steve Neil Johnson's The Red Raven

Grant Michal's A Do-Si-Do With Death

Brad's Website: bradshreve.com

Support Requeered Tales  re-publishing award-winning, post-Stonewall gay and lesbian fiction — with a focus on mystery, literary and horror/sci-fi genres.
requeeredtales.com

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