> On Sat, 28 Jul 2001, Mario Taboada wrote:
>
> > Really, can you trust an encyclopedia of crime
that omits
> > Willeford? That's like omitting Chandler or
Hammett (I'm
> > talking about quality, not about sales or
fame).
>
> Mario is referring to the St. James Guide to Crime
and Mystery Writers.
Oh lord, it is time to come clean on this one. The reason the
St James Guide has no entry on Willeford is because the idiot
commissioned to write it
(i.e. me) missed his deadline. So heap all further calumny in
my direction
(with maybe just a soupcon reserved for whoever it was
decided to go ahead and print the thing anyway rather than
give me a reminder).
so... um, sorry
John (his soul just a little bit lighter)
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