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Maxim Jakubowski on Donald Westlake

After a long delay, I hope to reset the site with a new host very soon. Meanwhile, here’s an interview I did with Maxim Jakubowski while on a recent trip through London. Until 2009, Maxim was the owner of the … Continue reading →

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Content Management Systems can be easy to work with. A simple blog is a no-brainer for blogger or wordpress. But the more complex the site, the more complex the issues CMS has to handle, the more quirky the system gets. … Continue reading →

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The Stepfather Artifacts

A few tidbits from the creation of the screenplay and shooting script for The Stepfather. I'll put together a more comprehensive movie page in the near future. For now, here's a few scans from Don's files.

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Memory Book Page The Kitchies: 2010 Black Tentacle Winner The Jugger Book Page Link to Ed Gorman's recent review Parker Page Excerpt from DEW article in NY Times from Jan 2001 Link to comic book critic … Continue reading →

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Sample Chapter – The Mercenaries

You can find links to sample chapters in some of the book pages on this site and more are being added over time. Indicating which books have sample chapters in the bibliography is on my list of things to do, … Continue reading →

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Fixed… again!

Some links may have been broken on the site today but it's fixed now… again. A problem with a network upgrade today forced me to repair the database and the process reset the root domain address and broke the links. … Continue reading →

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Meanwhile, on Twitter…

@ExtAngel Glenn Kenny Goddamnit. I should never go to the gym while I'm in the MIDDLE of a Richard Stark novel. 14 hours ago via Twitter for BlackBerry® @WDGagliani W.D. Gagliani Openings: John Dortmunder was a man on whom … Continue reading →

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Her Favorite Author

By Daniela Gitlin on her blog Westlake wrote quirky, smart stories about quirky, smart people living full lives outside the law. Sure, they go down quick and easy as escapist trash. But to think they are trash would be … Continue reading →

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Not For Sale

From Seacoast Online – Portsmouth, NH Even with more than 3,000 titles in Mainely Murders and 10,000 in their ever-expanding collection, Keeney and Whetstone admit there are books they will never sell. "I collect Richard Stark, which is … Continue reading →

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Forgotten Books: The Jugger by Richard Stark

by Ed Gorman (on his blog) How's this for an opener? I'm about to review the worst book Donald E. Westlake ever wrote. Don't take my word for it. Here's Westlake himself speaking. "I spoiled a book by … Continue reading →

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