Avi

word craft

blog

A Literary Game

Jacob, from Los Ange­les, asked me if I have writ­ten any mysteries.

Actu­al­ly, Jacob, I have writ­ten quite a few.  My very first nov­el was No More Mag­ic, a mys­tery, which was a run­ner-up for an Edgar Award, best mys­tery of the year, when it was first pub­lished. Then there were these:

Avi's Mysteries

Who Stole The Wiz­ard of Oz?
The Trai­tors’ Gate
The Man Who Was Poe
Wolf Rid­er
Mid­night Mag­ic
Mur­der at Mid­night
City of Orphans

Catch You Later, TraitorAnd now, Catch You Lat­er, Traitor

I find them par­tic­u­lar­ly enjoy­able to write, and a real chal­lenge. I think of them as a kind of game, a lit­er­ary game, which the writer plays with the read­er. Some read­ers like to out­guess the writer, but there are those who enjoy being sur­prised. I think my mys­tery with the biggest plot sur­prise is The Trai­tors Gate. It was par­tic­u­lar­ly fun to write.

Leave a Reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Subscribe to Blog via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Recent Posts