Novelist Index to Mr. Media Interviews

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NOVELIST INTERVIEWS

Sue Ann Jaffarian
mystery novelist, “Booby Trap”

Deborah Sharp
author, “Mama Does Time”

Jodi Thomas
Tall, Dark and Texan, western romance author

John Darnton
Black & White and Dead All Over, Neanderthal, The Darwin Conspiracy, The New York Times

James Sheehan
The Mayor of Lexington Avenue; The Law of Second Chances

Kristin Harmel
How to Sleep With a Movie Star; The Art of French Kissing; When You Wish

Sara Zarr
Story of a Girl; Sweethearts

Michele Cameron
African-American romance novelist, Never Say Never, Moments of Clarity…

Deborah Schumacher
historical romance novelist , The Air Between Us

James Grippando
The Pardon

Tim Dorsey
Hurricane Punch

Peter Golenbock
7: The Mickey Mantle Novel

J.C. Hutchins
blogger turned novelist, 7th Son, OBSIDIAN, Personal Effects: Dark Art

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John Darnton, BLACK & WHITE AND DEAD ALL OVER author, NY Times veteran: Mr. Media Interview

The great pleasure of being a novelist is that you can praise your friends and carve up your enemies by changing a few names and details to protect the innocent and fend off the guilty and, at the same time, take advantage of First Amendment protections.

At least that was my thinking as I laughed my way through John Darnton’s fifth work of fiction, Black & White and Dead All Over.

This roman à clef comes to us in the same twisted spirit as the 1996 sensation, Primary Colors by “Anonymous,” who was later revealed to be Newsweek columnist Joe Klein.

Darnton is a 42-year New York Times veteran reporter, editor and foreign correspondent who was awarded two George Polk Awards for his coverage of Africa and Eastern Europe, and the Pulitzer Prize for his stories that were smuggled out of Poland during the period of martial law.

And I’m guessing fewer co-workers at the old Grey Lady are on speaking terms with him, thanks to Black & White.

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