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Ep: 103 Marshall Thornton and Brad discuss writing multiple series at once, where have the gay hangouts gone, and the different settings for each series.

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.

Marshall Thornton writes several popular mystery series, most notably the Boystown Mysteries and the Pinx Video Mysteries. He has won the Lambda Award for Gay Mystery three times. HIs books Femme and Code Name Liberty were Lambda finalists for Best Gay Romance. Other books include My Favorite Uncle, The Ghost Slept Over and Fathers of the Bride. He holds an MFA in Screenwriting from UCLA.

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Ep:102 In 1970, Joseph Hansen's landmark novel Fadeout was published, launching his twelve-book series featuring Dave Brandstetter, an insurance investigator and gay man.  Crime and mystery fiction publisher Syndicate Books is republishing all twelve novels throughout 2022.  Syndicate's Paul Oliver discusses the series, and the impact of Fadeout's release during an era when homosexuality was classified a mental illness and was illegal in forty-nine, out of fifty states. 

Joseph Hansen's Amazon Page

More information on the Dave Brandstetter series at Syndicate Books.
Joseph Hansen's 1990 interview on radio station KPFA.

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Ep:101 There are two things that make this episode special. First, this is the second Interview After the Interview episode where Brad runs through a series of quick questions from eight previous guests.

In addition, Brad will inform you of Cupid Shot Me, an anthology of short stories by eleven authors who all have been guests on this show. Each spins a tale of murder, horror, and suspense all during a Valentine’s Day you won’t soon forget.

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Guests Websites:
Steve Neil Johnson's Amazon Page (Get the L.A. After Midnight Quartet series)
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Kristen Lepionka
Garrick Jones
Edwin Hill
Tammy Bird
Marco Carocari
Michael Nava
Wendy Heard

Brad's Website: https://bradshreve.com/

Also, check out Queer Writers of Crime's new blog. Information about what's going on in the queer crime genre. Plus, each week's guest will have the opportunity to write a post the week their episode releases. Click HERE to check it out.

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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:100 Michael Craft was in episode #1 and returns for #100. He is the author of seventeen novels, four of which have been honored as finalists for Lambda Literary Awards. His 2019 mystery, ChoirMaster, was a Gold Winner of the IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award. His prize-winning short fiction has appeared in British as well as American literary journals.

 He holds an MFA in creative writing from Antioch University, Los Angeles, and now lives in Rancho Mirage, California, near Palm Springs, which provided the setting for his recently anthologized short story, VIP Check-In, as well as his earlier Claire Gray mystery novels.

www.michaelcraft.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:099 Award-winning author, C. L. Brees, was born and raised in rural Indiana, a place where the environment was a bit too restrictive to contain his overactive imagination. He needed a place where he could expand his horizons.
 
 In 2011, after relocating to Maryland, he followed his passion for forensics and law enforcement and enrolled at the University of Baltimore. Four years later he earned not only a B.S. in Police Studies but also an M.S. in Cyber Forensics.

C.L. Brees Website

C.L. Brees Amazon Author Page

C.L. Brees on Facebook

Murder Most Lovely by Hank Edwards and  Deanna Wadsworth

Cash Out by Marshall Thornton

The Postscript Murders by Elly Griffiths

Paul Rudd Video of the Week

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Ep:098 Garrett Hutson writes upmarket mysteries and historical spy fiction, driven by characters who are moving and unforgettable. He lives in Indianapolis with his husband, four adorable dogs, two odd-ball cats, and more fish than you can count. You can usually find him reading about history, and day-dreaming about being there. This is where his stories are born, and he hopes they transport you the way his imagination transports him.

Garret Hutson's Website

No Accidental Death by Garrett Hutson

Garrett on Twitter

Garrett on Facebook

James Patterson's Instinct Series

Paul Rudd Video of the Week

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Ep:097 Lucy Sussex is a New Zealand-born writer living in Australia. Her award-winning work covers many genres, from children’s books to horror. She began in science fiction, and has published internationally and in translation. She has worked as a librarian, researcher, editor and weekly review columnist for newspapers. Her literary archaeology (unearthing unjustly forgotten writers) work includes Women Writers and Detectives in C19th Crime Fiction: the mothers of the mystery genre (Palgrave). 

 In 2015 she published the prize-winning Blockbuster! (Text Publishing) about Fergus Hume’s 1886 The Mystery of a Hansom Cab, set in Melbourne and the biggest selling detective novel of the 1800s. Hume was a rival of Conan Doyle, who hated the book; he was also blackmailed for being gay. Currently she is completing a co-written biography of detective writer Mary Fortune and her criminal son George.

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Blockbuster!: by Lucy Sussex on Amazon USA

Blockbuster!: by Lucy Sussex on Amazon AUS

A Density of Souls by Christopher Rice

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Paul Rudd Video of the Week

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Ep:096 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. His second novel, The Savage Kind, arrives in October 2021.

Copenhaver writes a crime fiction review column for Lambda Literary called “Blacklight,” cohosts on the House of Mystery Radio Show, and is the six-time recipient of Artist Fellowships from the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities. He’s a Larry Neal awardee, and his work has appeared in CrimeReads, Electric Lit, Glitterwolf, PANK, New York Journal of Books, Washington Independent Review of Books, and others. He has taught high school English for nearly twenty years.

John grew up in the mountains of southwestern Virginia and currently lives in Richmond, VA, with his husband, artist Jeffery Paul (Herrity).

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John on Facebook

John on Twitter @johncopenhaver

John on Instagram @johncope74

The Savage Kind by John Copenhaver on Bookshop

The Chicken Asylum by Fred Hunter

Paul Rudd Video of the Week

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Ep:095 Marko Realmonte spent more than 20 years working in the film and television industry working as a writer, publicist, and photographer. His writing credits include working on the Academy Awards for ABC and being the head writer on game shows including High Rollers and dozens of TV pilots for all the major studios.  He is currently a professional script reader for several production companies and A-list film directors.

 In 2019 he wrote a sequel script to “Call Me By Your Name” titled “Elio’s Song.” 

 His first queer novel, Murder at White Oak, was published in 2019. Since then he has published 2 more novels in his Jake Weston Mystery series. The Butcher of Oxford and The Michaelmas Killer which was released in July 2021.

Marko tries to write positive queer role models for a Young Adult audience, while still giving them surprise endings and exciting, twisty, whodunnits to solve.

Jeff Adams from The Big Gay Fiction Podcast pays a special visit to talk about his show and his Young Adult Spy Series, Codename: Winger 

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Marko Realmonte's Website

The Michaelmas Killer by Marko Realmonte

The Big Gay Fiction Podcast

Codename: Winger series by Jeff Adams

Paul Rudd Video of the Week

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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:094  From the outback to the opera. After a thirty year career as a professional opera singer, performing as a soloist in opera houses and in concert halls all over the world, Garrick took up a position as lecturer in music in Australia in 1999, at the Central Queensland Conservatorium of Music, which is now part of CQUniversity. Brought up in Australia, between the bush and the beaches of the Eastern suburbs, he retired in 2015 and now lives in the tropics, writing, gardening, and finally finding time to enjoy life and to re–establish a connection with who he is  after a very busy career on the stage and as an academic.

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Queer Writers of Crime New Facebook Page

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Garrick Jones Website

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Murder at Pirate's Cove by Josh Lanyon

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Paul Rudd Video Of The Week

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