Crime Fiction and the Call of the Unsolved | WDW with Reed Farrel Coleman

What takes precedence, the laws of God, Society or man? Bestselling author Reed Farrel Coleman stops by Writers Drinking Whiskey to discuss the true crime inspirations for his crime fiction, the complicated interplay of right, wrong, and injustice, and to share some drinks, laughs, and writing tips.

Today’s drinking game: drink whenever we say “crime!”

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Hincy’s books: https://www.amazon.com/stores/William-R.-Hincy/author/B07ZYB5FHZ
Hincy’s website: https://williamrhincy.com/
Coleman website: https://reedcoleman.com/

Bios:
William: “Some people run from their demons; others sit down and have cocktails with theirs.” William R. Hincy is a man who does and writes about the latter. Having become a writer after deciding it was the only sensible thing for a problem drinker to do, Hincy aspires to use literature to connect society on an emotional level through characters who no longer create messes but have instead become the mess. Between rounds, Hincy has won 3 American Fiction Awards, an International Book Award, and his personal anthology of short fiction WITHOUT EXPIRATION was named one of the Best Books of 2020 by Kirkus Reviews. He now lives outside Los Angeles with his wife and kids, having found solace in the notion that the only things sacred are self and whiskey-winged interludes.

Reed: Called a hard-boiled poet by NPR’s Maureen Corrigan and the noir poet laureate in the Huffington Post, Reed Farrel Coleman is the New York Times-bestselling author of thirty-one novels—including six in Robert B. Parker’s Jesse Stone series—short stories, poetry, and essays.
In addition to his acclaimed series characters, Moe Prager and Gus Murphy, he has written the stand-alone novel Gun Church and collaborated with decorated Irish crime writer Ken Bruen on the novel Tower.

Reed is a four time Edgar Award nominee in three different categories: Best Novel, Best Paperback Original, and Best Short Story. He is a four-time recipient of the Shamus Award for Best PI Novel of the Year. He has also won the Audie, Macavity, Barry, and Anthony Awards.

With their kids moved away to far off Brooklyn, Reed, his wife Rosanne, and their cats live in the wilds of Suffolk County on Long Island.

Chapters:
00:00:00 Start
00:00:44 Introducing Reed Farrel Coleman
00:09:13 What are we drinking?
00:10:09 Everything in the world is not disastrous
00:11:52 Life of a writer
00:19:45 Why do writers drink?
00:26:33 The familial call of Yiddish
00:33:02 True crime inspirations for crime fiction
00:41:13 Unsolved crimes
00:50:05 Jesse Stone series
00:52:21 writing established IP
01:25:31 crime and punishment
01:32:36 Shots - rapid fire questions
01:40:05 author reading - Blind to Midnight
01:54:27 Last Call

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