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David Morrell will sign and discuss his latest book, Murder as a Fine Art (Mulholland; $25.99). David Morrell (born April 24, 1943 in Kitchener, Ontario) is a Canadian-American novelist, best known for his debut 1972 novel First Blood, which would later become the successful Rambo film franchise starring Sylvester Stallone. He has written 28 novels, and his work has been translated into 26 languages. He also wrote the 2007-2008 Captain America comic book miniseries The Chosen.

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Wednesday, May 15 at 7PM MysteryPeople Presents the Acclaimed Author of First Blood David Morrell speaking & signing Murder as a Fine Art

Thomas De Quincey, best known for his sensational memoir Confessions of an Opium Eater, is the prime suspect in a series of horrific murders that paralyze London.

The killer seems to be imitating De Quincey's true-crime essay "On Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts." Desperate to prevent more atrocities but crippled by opium addiction, De Quincey is aided by his brilliant daughter, Emily, as well as two determined Scotland Yard detectives.

Murder as a Fine Art recreates gaslit London as a battleground between a literary luminary and a master killer whose secrets are deeply entwined with De Quincey's own, in a riveting thriller along the lines of Dan Simmons' Drood, Matthew Pearl's The Dante Club, and Caleb Carr's The Alienist.

David Morrell is best known for his debut 1972 novel First Blood, which would later become the successful Rambo film franchise starring Sylvester Stallone. He has written 28 novels, and his work has been translated into 26 languages. He is also a former professor of American Literature at the University of Iowa and received his PhD from Penn State.

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Thank you for supporting David Morrell, MysteryPeople and your local independent bookstore!

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David Morrell lukee teosta Lessons from a Lifetime of Writing: A Novelist Looks at His Craft.

Seton Hill University’s Writing Popular Fiction Program (http://fiction.setonhill.edu) is pleased to welcome award-winning author David Morrell. Morrell will give a presentation titled “Rambo and Me: A Novelist Looks at His Craft,” on Saturday, June 26, 2010, at 7 p.m. at Seton Hill University. The presentation, which is free and open to the public, will be held in Cecilian Hall on Seton Hill University’s hilltop campus in Greensburg, Pa. For more information, call 724-830-4600. (arnzen)… (lisätietoja)

David Morrell on kiertueella ja esittelee teosta The Spy Who Came for Christmas and Captain America.

Spy Who Came for Christmas: Christmas Eve in Santa Fe brings revelers out on Canyon Road's gallery/boutique/restaurant row A desperate man all in black is holding a baby tight, pursued by former colleagues—members of the Russian mafia. Kagan runs past a mother and son abandoned home alone. This unlikely trio spends a wild night where true Christmas spirit may, or may not, prevail. (baffleonious)… (lisätietoja)