That's crime fiction author Reed Farrel Coleman, whom I met while he was in San Francisco at Bouchercon (essentially a Comic-Con for mystery fans.) One drink led to another, resulting, as so often, in a pretending-to-read photo.
I had read, and really enjoyed, his book The James Deans even before I stumbled across some nice things he had to say about King Dork on the internet. So we indulged in some mutual appreciation and lager, and discussed writing and publishing and what-not, including the question "do you plan to write a real novel someday?" which crime fiction writers, it turns out, get just as often as teen fiction writers.
His new one is Innocent Monster. Check it out.
Posted by Dr. Frank at October 28, 2010 09:28 PM | TrackBackI like his Cheap Trick-style t-shirt! Very cool.
Posted by: kim at October 28, 2010 11:01 PMReed writes for our magazine and is great about pimping it with the t-shirt.
If you'd like to buy a shirt shoot me an emial.
Jon@crimespreemag.com
Posted by: jon jordan at October 29, 2010 12:17 AM