Lawrence Block

NEW KELLER NOVEL AND LB BOOKSTORE SPECIALS! The new Keller novel is available June 24! As you might know, Keller is a stamp collector. He returned to the hobby of his boyhood in the final chapters of HIT MAN, when he was contemplating retirement and figured he'd need a hobby. But stamp collecting ate up much of his retirement fund, so he's gone on working. But killing people is just what he does for a living. Stamp collecting is his life! LB'S BOOKSTORE SPECIALS! To celebrate, we're offering a couple of specials in our bookstore. First, there is a special limited edition of the new Keller novel, consisting of a serially-numbered copy of the hardcover first edition with a special imprint on the flyleaf or title page, and bearing a custom Hit and Run postage stamp, with a dated cancellation, and the author's signature. ALSO: A set of the first three Keller novels to complement the philatelic edition of Hit and Run. These are signed, and will include a philatelic enhancement; each book will bear the appropriate stamp (1¢, 2¢, or 3¢) from the 1938 Presidential series, each canceled by a special Keller cancellation. To order your copies, click here to enter the bookstore and click on the Keller Novels!

A DIET OF TREACLE Now Available! "Reprinted for the first time since its pseudonymous publication nearly 50 years ago, this tour of the 1950s Manhattan underworld begins with Anita, a good college girl with a bright but predictable future, who comes to Greenwich Village to find what else is out there. Block’s New York is a noir wonderland, populated with junkies and beatsters spouting angular tough-guy dialogue... Block effortlessly immerses himself in [their] world of drugs, sex and disaffection with a matter-of-factness that hits hard, all the more convincing because Block never makes an overt effort to convince. A potboiler morality play at its finest... the slow build will give readers the delicious (and all-too-rare) feeling that anything could happen." - Publishers Weekly Click here for more info, reviews, and an excerpt.

	THE BURGLAR WHO SMELLED SMOKE. This Bernie Rhodenbarr short story, by Lynne Wood Block and Lawrence Block, was written for the anthology Till Death Do Us Part, and first published in Mary Higgins Clark's Mystery Magazine, where it appeared as a special pamphlet bound into the magazine. The editors were kind enough to send us the overrun of the pamphlets, and we are now making them available to collectors, signed by both of the co-authors. "Unique" is an overused and often misused word, but it might actually apply here! Check it out at LB's BOOKSTORE.

TELLING LIES SPECIAL!
	Writers and non-writers alike find TELLING LIES FOR FUN & PROFIT chockful of sage advice with insight into how authors do what they do so well. Check out the latest rave review here. Now at a special new price, grab both the trade paperback and the audiobook for a total price of $20 in LB's Bookstore.

*NOW in the US & the UK in paperback!* HIT PARADE Keller's Back! "If you think Larry Block is just writing about crime, then you probably thought Herman Melville was just writing about fish." - TV's Craig Ferguson Didn't make one of LB's appearances? You still can, via the web! Visit our LINKS page for audio/video clips from LB's bookstore & tv appearances from coast to coast.

	E-LB ON WRITING LB's extensive seminar on the how-to's of great writing was a big hit, and his book version of the same was long out-of-print (and very sought-after) until PerfectBound brought WRITE FOR YOUR LIFE back in e-book format. Go to HarperCollins' PerfectBound website to purchase, or for more info.

	LB ON DVD LB's short story, CLEVELAND IN MY DREAMS, has been brought to life by Mark & Olive Sullivan in a 29-minute film which was named Best Comedy Film at the 2005 Route 66 Film Festival. Get your hands on a DVD at: LB's BOOKSTORE.

I mean, is this proper behavior for a writer? Did Cervantes have a web site? Did Tolstoi have a web site? How about Dickens?

Well, no, nor did they tap keyboards and watch words appear magically on a screen. Cervantes and Tolstoi might have had web sites, if they'd had the option. And Dickens would have been on the Internet like a pike on a minnow. (Remember, he was the originator of the Book Tour. Unless you want to count St. Paul.)

There's a lot of information here, and no end of opportunities for you to buy some books---through links to internet booksellers and right here. (Autographed copies, and we take credit cards. Is that a deal or what?) My travel schedule's here, along with my latest newsletter, and whatever else seemed worth including. And I'll be updating the site with some regularity, so bookmark this page and visit when you can.

As my southern relatives say, now that you know your way here, don't be a stranger. . .

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