Lawrence Block, one of our greatest mystery writers, visits me to talk about his memoir, “Step By Step.” During the course of our interview in which Larry talks about his life of race-walking and having travelled to some 140 countries, he drops a startling revelation. He may have written his last novel. Is this true? I ask Larry, to which he responds that Matthew Scudder, Bernie Rhodenbar, and Keller his three novelist heroes may have reached a certain point of equilibrium where Larry himself could just walk away and be happy never writing another novel. Will he do it? Tune in and find out.

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His book, In the Shadow of the Master, might just as well refer to Michael who is considered by many to be just that a master of the tough guy crime novels. Check him out.

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A dear friend Larry  Block is not only prolific, he is a total professional. Even his Hitman character is a professional. And Larry writes with wry humor as well as suspense. Stuart Woods once told me that he learned everything he knew about writing from Lawrence Block. What is interesting is that Larry is as interesting speaking as he is writing.

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