The Blue Religion New Stories About Cops, Criminals, and the Chase
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MYSTERY WRITERS OF AMERICA PRESENTS THE BLUE RELIGION NEW STORIES ABOUT COPS, CRIMINALS, AND THE CHASE Edited by Michael Connelly ABOUT THE BOOK EDITED BY BLUE RELIGION Published Simultaneously MICHAEL CONNELLY in Hardcover and Trade Paperback! PUBLISHED BY LITTLE, BROWN 384 Pages; $24.99 Hardcover Nineteen original short "Winning," a female stories—including a new officer who is attacked ISBN-10: 0-316-01251-3 contribution by Michael in the line of duty must Connelly—about riveting protect her own hus- ISBN-13: 978-0-316-01251-5 showdowns between cops band from his worst and criminals. impulses. PUBLISHED BY BACK BAY From Hawaii at the turn of In Edward D. Hoch's the twentieth century to "Friday Night Luck," a 384 Pages; $15.99 Paperback the post-Civil War fron- wanna-be cop blows tier, from smoggy Los his chance at a spot on ISBN-10: 0-316-01265-3 Angeles to the woods of the force—and breaks Idaho, these gripping sto- his case. ISBN-13: 978-0316-01265-2 ries trace the perils and In Michael Connelly's occasional triumphs of "Father's Day," Harry lawmen and women who Bosch faces one of his DID YOU KNOW? put themselves in harm's most emotionally try- way to face down the bad ing cases, investigating Blue Religion was once a working title for Con- guys. Some of them even a young boy's death. walk the edge of becom- Published April 14, 2008 nelly's City of Bones. ing bad guys themselves. This collection fea- tures stories from T. The first person Con- In T. Jefferson Parker's Jefferson Parker, John Diana Hansen-Young, nelly asked to contrib- ute to the anthology "Skinhead Central," an ex- Harvey, James O. Born, Peter Robinson, Greg was a real cop, James cop and his wife find un- Rucka, Bev Vincent, Paula Woods, Jon L. O. Born. expected menace in the Breen, John Buentello, Paul Guyot, Alafair idyllic setting they have Jack Frederickson, Leslie Burke, and Michael chosen for their retire- Connelly. Author Alafair Burke Glass, Persia Walker, has also worked in law ment. Edward D. Hoch, Laurie enforcement as a In Alafair Burke's R. King, Polly Nelson, prosecutor. Nine contributors were selected by a panel of Where Did the Phrase “Blue Religion” Originate? MWA-affiliated author judges from among In his 2002 bestselling “You’re wrong about me. I have “Bosch went to the homicide more than 200 blind faith and I have a mission. Call table. The squad room was submissions. novel City of Bones, it blue religion, call it whatever completely empty. When a author Michael Con- you like. It’s the belief that this won’t just go by. That those cop went down in the divi- Coincidentally, one of nelly coined the phrase bones came out of the ground sion everybody responded. It the nine contest win- "blue religion" while for a reason. That they came out was part of keeping the faith ners, Paul Guyot, had meditating upon the of the ground for me to find, and in the blue religion. If it was worked with Connelly for me to do something about. pressures of carrying a you who went down, you’d in 2000 on the TV show And that’s what holds me to- want everybody coming. So “Level 9.” police badge. gether and keeps me going.” you responded in kind.” — Harry Bosch P AGE 2 ABOUT THE AUTHORS Michael Connelly is a former jour- James O. Born is the author of a Jon L. Breen is the author of seven nalist and the series featuring Florida Department novels, most recently Eye of God author of the of Law Enforcement agent Bill (Perseverance Press), and three bestselling Tasker. His newest novel, Field of short-story collections, most re- Harry Bosch Fire, follows the investigations of cently Kill the Umpire: The Calls of series, as well the ATF. His books capture the Ed Gorgon (Crippen & Landru). He as the best- feeling and details of police work won Edgar Awards in the bio- selling novels while following realistic procedure. graphical/critical category for What The Lincoln He is a former U.S. drug agent and About Murder? (1981) and Novel Lawyer, an agent with the Florida Depart- Verdicts (1984) and is a book re- Chasing the ment of Law Enforcement. He has view columnist for Ellery Queen Dime, Void been writing for eighteen years and Mystery Magazine and Mystery Moon, Blood is published by Putnam. Scene. Retired as a librarian and Work, and The Poet. He has won For more about James O. Born, visit professor of English at Rio Hondo numerous awards for his journalism jamesoborn.com. College, he lives in Fountain Val- and fiction, including an Edgar ley, California, with his wife and Award. Visit michaelconnelly.com. first line editor, Rita. Chicago Sun-Times Bleeds Blue for Anthology THE BLUE RELIGION winners to recommend it. The sto- investigating the death of a disable- Edited by Michael Connelly ries are all about police officers and dyoung boy. Other stand-out efforts Little, Brown, 384 pages, $24.99 their lives on and off the job. Not come from Paul Guyot, Alafair surprisingly, one of the strongest Burke, Jack Frederickson and Ed- “Bestselling mystery author entries ward D. Hoch. Michael Connelly tries on a is from Con- different hat this month as “Anthologies are always hit- The world of short crime fiction is editor of The Blue Religion, an nelly the strongest it's been in years, and- anthology of short stories and-miss, but this one himself, books like The Blue Religion are a a story sponsored by the Mystery contains enough winners to large part of the reason why.” Writers of America. Antholo- about recommend it.” Harry gies are always hit-and-miss, —David Montgomery but this one contains enough Bosch ABOUT MYSTERY WRITERS OF AMERICA Mystery Writers of America is the pre- higher regard for crime writing. mier organization for mystery writers, professionals allied to the crime writing MWA also works to educate writers and field, aspiring crime writers, and those those who aspire to write regarding their who are devoted to the genre. MWA is rights and interests, and to make writers dedicated to promoting higher regard and readers aware of matters which may for crime writing and recognition and affect crime writing through legislation, respect for those who write within the publishing industry practices, judicial genre. We provide scholarships for decisions, or in other ways. Our mem- writers, sponsor MWA:Reads (our bership includes writers of books, short youth literacy program, formerly known stories, plays, and screenplays; publish- as Kids Love A Mystery), sponsor sym- ers, editors, agents, librarians, booksell- posia and conferences, present the Ed- ers, and other in allied fields; aspiring www.mysterywriters.org gar® Awards, and conduct other activi- writers and others devoted to crime ties to further a better appreciation and writing. THE BLUE RELIGION P AGE 3 ABOUT THE AUTHORS (Continued) John Buentello is a writer who lives in where she teaches criminal law and proce- buted in November 2006. Publishers San Antonio, Texas. He has published dure. She is the author of four novels, Weekly gave it a starred review. He stories in a number of genres, including Dead Connection, Close Case, Missing lives with his wife, Susan, west of Chi- mystery, science fic- Justice, and Judgment cago. Check him out at jackfredrick- tion, fantasy, and hor- Calls. Her fifth novel, son.com. ror. He and his brother Angel’s Tip will be pub- Lawrence have pub- lished by HarperCollins lished the anthology in 2008. She lives in Leslie Glass is a playwright and the Binary Tales and have New York City. Visit her author of fourteen novels, including recently completed the at alafairburke.com. Over His Dead Body, For Love and Money, and nine bestselling novels of novel Reproduction Rights. John has been psychological suspense featuring NYPD married to his wife, About himself, Jack detective April Woo. The founder of the Ann, for sixteen years, Fredrickson admits Leslie Glass Foundation, Glass worked “which makes [me] the little other than that, after in advertising and publishing, was a luckiest man on Earth.” something of successful script writer for a soap opera, and wrote careers in productivity the Intelligencer column for New York consulting and owning and managing an Magazine before turning to fiction full- A former deputy district attorney, interior-design/commercial furnishing time. She now writes a column for Alafair Burke graduated with distinc- firm, he abandoned productive employ- Sarasota Magazine and develops origi- tion from Stanford Law School and is ment to write in dark places. His first nal screenplays with her daughter and now a professor at Hofstra Law School, crime novel, A Safe Place for Dying, de- partner, Lindsey Glass. Paul Guyot is an award-winning televi- “depressed Mormon Swedish farmers.” she has been writing plays, novels, and sion writer/producer whose credits in- In 1966 she moved to Hawaii, ran for short stories, and tossing them into clude Felicity, Snoops, and the Emmy- State Constitutional Convention in boxes. She dusted off manuscripts that winning drama Judging Amy. He is the 1968, and won a seat by ninety-three she’d never submitted, closed the busi- creator and executive producer of the votes. She went on to run for the Hawaii ness, rented the farm, and moved with police drama Crimes Against Persons State House of Representatives, a post her two daughters to New York City. for A&E. His short stories can be found which she won. After losing a congres- She received an MFA from NYU, in numerous anthologies and online sional race, she started painting little where she met composer Brian Fein- publications.