Mystery Writers of America: May 30
Tom Coffey will be moderating a Mystery Writers of America panel on Saturday, May 30, at 2 p.m. at the Hoboken, N.J., Public Library. The topic is Building a Mystery Novel: Building Worlds and Plotting Twists and Turns. Event Venue’s Website
THOUGHTS ON WHAT COMES NEXT
Now that I have more or less completed The Devine Trilogy, I’m facing the question that writers dread the most: “What are you gonna do next?” The answer almost every writer wants to give to this question is: “Isn’t it enough that I finished the damn thing and got it published? What else do you […]
THOUGHTS ON BLOWING DEADLINE
When The Devine Trilogy launched in 2023, Level Best Books and I had a simple game plan for rolling out the books. The first one in the series, PUBLIC MORALS, came out in November 2023, shortly after I retired from The New York Times. Its sequel, SPECIAL VICTIM, became available a year later. The third […]
The Next Chapter Bookstore – Wednesday, March 25
Poetry, Fiction & Creative Nonfiction Night Tom Coffey will be reading Wednesday, March 25, at The Next Chapter bookstore at 204 New York Ave. in Huntington, Long Island.
Mystery Authors Reading – Tom Coffey
I’ll be reading from STOP AND FRISK, the concluding book in The Devine Trilogy, on Saturday at the 58th Street Library in Midtown Manhattan. Date: Saturday, December 6, 2025 Time: Noon Location: 58th Street Library, 127 East 58th Street, New York, NY – Midtown Manhattan.
Poetry, Fiction & Creative Nonfiction Night
Tom Coffey will be reading from SPECIAL VICTIM at The Next Chapter bookstore in Huntington, Long Island, at 7 pm on Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025. Join Tom at the Poetry, Fiction & Creative Nonfiction Night for an evening of literary discovery! Date & Time Wed, Oct 29 7:00 PM – 9:30 PM EDT Location […]
Mystery Authors Panel Discussion – Lee Memorial Library – Saturday, OCT. 18
Explore the Art of Misdirection: A Free Panel Discussion Join us on October 18 for an engaging, free event all about the craft of deception in mystery writing. False leads, hidden truths, and the thrill of the chase keep readers guessing—how do writers weave those elements into their stories? Discover how red herrings can build […]
THOUGHTS ON MY FAVORITE MOVIE
It’s “Casablanca,” which is not exactly a groundbreaking choice. “Casablanca” is a movie that shouldn’t work, but does, on just about every level, because of sharp writing, whiz-bang directing and fantastic acting by an international cast that found itself marooned in California during World War II. I saw it again recently (my 20th or 30th […]
THOUGHTS ON BASING BOOKS ON REAL EVENTS
Sometimes I wonder if I’ve ever had an original thought in my life. All my books have been inspired by real events, and my upcoming novel, SPECIAL VICTIM, is based on the notorious Central Park Jogger case. Still, I suspect that the process I go through in finding ideas is a typical one for most […]
THOUGHTS ON MICK HERRON v. JOHN LE CARRE
Mick Herron was a panelist and a featured guest at a couple of sessions I attended at the recently concluded Bouchercon mystery writers’ conference in Nashville. For the uninitiated, Herron is the author of the Slough House series, which is centered on a group of inept spies who have been exiled by British intelligence from […]