Interview: WREK Atlanta

I had a wonderful time chatting with Charlie Bennett, host of The North Avenue Lounge program on WREK. Topics that may have made the cut include Nick Cave, Fugazi, bank robberies, Michael Mann, snake handling, my path to publication, career woes, my next novel and Big Bad Love to name just a few. Details below on how to hear my rambling ass...

Today's show features an interview with Peter Farris, author of LAST CALL FOR THE LIVING. We talk first novels, future plans, and emotional resolution (or its absence). Tune in at noon to 91.1FM in Atlanta, or stream us from http://www.wrek.org/ worldwide!

Cherokee Festival of the Arts

I'm very excited to be participating in the 10th annual Canton Festival of the Arts in Cherokee County, GA. As part of the festival's Literary Celebration on Saturday, May 18th, I'll be joining my pal Grant Jerkins and a host of great Georgia writers for a day of panels, signings and discussions. The event is free and open to the public so do consider coming out if you're in the area.

Spinetingler Magazine: Best New Voice Nomination

"Dude’s also got a way with violence that’ll make saddlebags appear on your shirt all the way down your waist."

Was pleasantly surprised to find out LAST CALL FOR THE LIVING has been nominated by Spinetingler Magazine for Best Novel: New Voice. I'd like to thank the folks at Spinetingler for recognizing LCFTL and congratulate all the nominees.

Cast your vote here.

Go here for Spinetingler Magazine's review of LAST CALL FOR THE LIVING.

And here for an interview I did with Spinetingler Magazine.

Last Call: The Mass Market Paperback

"A hair-trigger suspense builds throughout the tale and is given full release in the last third or so of the book, which includes one of the most hair-raising tableaus you are likely to encounter in this or possibly any other year (it takes place in a church) and an agonizingly suspenseful conclusion that you will want to read again and again. Throw in an enigmatic and haunting last paragraph, and you have a book that is going to be on the Top Ten list of anyone who reads it."
— Bookreporter

 

The mass market paperback edition of LAST CALL FOR THE LIVING is out now and available wherever books are sold!

On my way home from work yesterday I stopped by a neighborhood Barnes & Noble to sign a few copies. If you're in the Atlanta area and would like one, the Town Center Prado store has got 'em.

 

 

MysteryPeople: March Picks

"This book shows the promise of a great new voice on the crime scene."

 

A huge thanks (and several Jack & Cokes) are in order to MysteryPeople's Scott Montgomery, who selected the paperback edition of LAST CALL FOR THE LIVING as a March Pick, alongside the latest from Canadian sensation Owen Laukkanen and the debut novel from author Peggy Blair.

Read a Q&A I did with MysteryPeople here.

And a little piece I penned for MysteryPeople: My 5 Favorite Southern Crime Novels.

Book Review: Last Call for the Living

"It’s dark and twisted and raw. And it’s fantastic."

A great review of LAST CALL FOR THE LIVING, courtesy author & blogger Neliza Drew. Check out what she had to say about the novel here.

In related news, the mass market paperback edition of LCFTL will be puslished on 3.26.13.

"Four Questions With..."

I'd like to thank Erik Arneson for inviting me to take part in his Four Questions author interview series. You can read what I had to say about characters, setting and what's next here.