Monday, December 27, 2010

Miles Corwin

Miles Corwin, a former crime reporter for the Los Angeles Times, is the author of three nonfiction books: The Killing Season, a national bestseller; And Still We Rise, the winner of the PEN West award for nonfiction and a Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year; and Homicide Special, a Los Angeles Times bestseller.

Kind of Blue, his first novel, debuted in November 2010.

From his Q & A with Declan Burke:

What crime novel would you most like to have written?

THE MALTESE FALCON by Dashiell Hammett.

What fictional character would you most like to have been?

Alejandro Stern in PRESUMED INNOCENT.

Who do you read for guilty pleasures?

Sportswriters who write books.

Most satisfying writing moment?

When I...[read on]
Visit Miles Corwin's website.

Writers Read: Miles Corwin.

The Page 69 Test: Kind of Blue.

My Book, The Movie: Kind of Blue.

--Marshal Zeringue