Favorite Authors

Still the only writer to win Edgars for a novel and its sequel (Fletch and Confess, Fletch).

The psychology of command and espionage.

My favorites are Cryptonomicon, Snow Crash, the Diamond Age, and Zodiac.

I like Gorky Park, Rose, and Havana Bay best.

The English Creek trilogy.

Transportative.

I was hooked by The Mountains Have A Secret and had to read the entire Inspector Bonaparte series.

I like them all, especially the Jane Whitefields, but my favorite is still The Butcher's Boy. Reminds me of Hammett's Red Harvest.

I read all of these at least four times. I think this was when I first became aware of the structure of plots and began to think as a writer.