The Official Homepage of Michael Mallory

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It is going to be a busy winter as I continue to promote two new books, X-Men: The Characters and Their Universe, which is just out from Hugh Lauter Levin and associates, and LAndmarked for Murder, from Top Publications.

X-Men: The Character and Their Universe offers the history of the X-Men throughout all their various incarnations, in comic books, television, animation, film, and toys and merchandizing, and features tons of great artwork from the many brilliantly talented artists who have made Marvel Comics what it is today. It features original interviews with such key players in the X-Men saga as Stan Lee, artist John Romita, writer Chris Claremont, animator Rick Hoberg, and the team that has created the successful feature films: directors Bryan Singer (who also contributed the books foreword!) and Brett Ratner, and actors Ian McKellen, Halle Berry, Hugh Jackman, Rebecca Romijn and Famke Janssen. Here's what "The Man" himself had to say about it...

"A beautiful, totally impressive book! I can't imagine any X-Men fan wanting to go through life without it!" -- Stan Lee

Thanks, Stan!

Also in stores and online now is LAndmarked for Murder, the new Sisters in Crime/Los Angeles anthology that I co-edited with my esteemed fellow mystery writers Harley Jane Kozak and Nathan Walpow. That's not a typo in the title, it's "LAndmarked," with a capital LA, since each of the ten suspenseful and intriguing stories in the book are set against a Los Angeles landmark. ("Los Angeles has a landmark?" I hear some say...and the answer is yes, and not just one. We might not have a symbol like London's Big Ben or Paris's Eiffel Tower or Sydney's Opera House -- L.A. is too big and diverse for just one symbol -- but we do have landmarks.) Running historical and geographical commentary by Susan K. Beery, which links the stories, give a very real depiction of life in L.A....albeit a dark slice of life.

For short fiction fans, my short "The Curious Case of the Peacock Street Peculiars" continues to appear on amazon.shorts. Check the "Where to Buy Mike's Books" sections for a direct link.

And for you Amelia Watson fans out there, many of whom I recently met at the annual (and delightful) "Men of Mystery" event in Orange County, rest assured...Amelia is coming back!

I plan to take time off for a little turkey (no, I'm not getting a new agent, I mean Thanksgiving) and then it's back to work on a couple new projects that I will be telling you about next year.

Incidentally, the line drawing that adorns the top of this page was done by the legendary Jack Lane, the man who created the caricatures of

Hollywood stars for years on the walls of the fabled Brown Derby. Posing for Jack, who has collected many of his best drawings in a book titled "A Gallery of Stars," was a real thrill!

Again, thanks for dropping by! Come again for more news and updates.

All the best,