PETER SPIEGELMAN is the Shamus Award–winning author of Black Maps, Death’s Little Helpers, and Red Cat (all published by Knopf), which feature private detective and Wall Street refugee John March. He is also the editor of Wall Street Noir. Mr. Spiegelman is a twenty-year veteran of the financial services and software industries, and has worked […]
“Tommy the Cat.” “Jerry Was a Race Car Driver.” “My Name Is Mud.” Yessiree, PRIMUS is responsible for some of the most cutting edge and original rock music of the 1990s. Although originally formed in 1984, it was not until shortly before the end of the decade that the classic Primus lineup featuring Les Claypool […]
As veteran journalist of nearly two decades, BILL LANDAUER has covered the upper echelons of the federal government in Washington, DC, and towns of less than 200 people. He’s flown in military helicopters and rubbed elbows with murderers, lawyers, and Christian Scientists. Once, at the White House, a reporter from the Christian Science Monitor told […]
JOHNNY MARCIANO is a New York Times best-selling author and illustrator. His work for kids includes Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat and The Witches of Benevento series, as well as Madeline at the White House. He lives in Red Hook, Brooklyn, with his wife, twelve-year-old daughter, two cats, and a dog. His latest children’s book […]
To celebrate the release of Simon’s Cat vs. the World, Akashic is featuring some of our favorite bookstore and library cats. Today, meet Andy, a frequent visitor of the Schoharie Free Library in Schoharie, New York, and a furry friend to all!
To celebrate the release of Simon’s Cat vs. the World, Akashic is featuring some of our favorite bookstore and library cats. Today, meet The Great Catsby, furry old sport of The Gallery Bookshop in Mendocino, CA!
HEATHER DUNE MACADAM is a professor at Suffolk County Community College and Dowling College, and a former dancer with the Martha Graham Dance Company. She is the author of The Weeping Buddha and Rena’s Promise, a memoir about the 1,716th Jewish woman in Auschwitz death camp. Her writing has appeared in Newsweek and the Advocate. […]
CARL-MICHAEL EDENBORG is a publisher, writer, and critic with a PhD in intellectual history. He has written several short stories and novels. His independent Vertigo publishing company has brought out many nonconformist classics, from Marquis de Sade to Samuel Delany. His latest novel, The Alchemist’s Daughter, was nominated for the prestigious Swedish August Prize in […]