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The Hanshi Reader »

Welcome to Hanshi Stephen Kaufman's Red Room blog.  I am pleased to announce two new titles soon to be released: 

Six-book US deal signed »

You'll excuse my enthusiasm here, I hope, but I've just concluded a six-book deal with Pyr, the highly-acclaimed US SF and fantasy imprint.  This comes a day after I signed a three-book deal here

My Friends and Associates at Book Expo America »

You can learn about a person by what that person does and what that person says. But you can also learn a lot about a journalist by the company he keeps.

"Apologies Forthcoming" Triggers Discussion on Cultural Differences »

Last December I met with the director of our town library and set up a reading from my new book Apologies Forthcoming.

Memory Writers Network interview »

Exclusive Interview with author Xujun Eberlein, Part I and

Local paper reporting "Apologies Forthcoming" »

"Author to discuss the Cultural Revolution" in

Using Google Alerts to Find Out about Yourself »

"Apologies Forthcoming" is published! »

My debut story collection, "Apologies Forthcoming," is now formally released. The collection won a fction prize last year.

LESS THAN ONE BOOK !? »

I’m not big on statistics. Industry likes 'em. There’s been a persistent stat floating around in book industry discourse that recently took a turn for the worse.

Find me, find my books »

My second book,

The Burning Man Extract »

With The Burning Man published on April 17, I thought I’d supply one more brief extract in an attempt to whet appetites.

About The Third Angel »

Although my novels aren’t autobiographical The Third Angel began with a ghostly experience in a London hotel, which you can read about

Pre-Publication Anxiety »

I finished my first novel twelve years ago.  I have been trying to get published since then, collecting around two hundred rejections for my six novels.

Alice in California »

I’ll be at the Los Angeles Times Book Festival on Sunday April 27th, at UCLA on a panel to discuss magic and literature at 12:00.

COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS FOR AUTHORS »

There are a lot of tools you, as a new author trying to pitch your book, can use to help you stand out from the pack.

Word up »

I HAVE to read a lot of books. I join book juries like other people go to AA meetings. Anywhere that has a stack of books to read I'm there.

Evil Spirits Smoked »

Heralding the New Year, I conducted my annual wafting of a smoking bundle of sage around the house a

'Jesus Freaks' Gets Noticed: Don Lattin Talks to redroom.com »

Bay Area author and award-winning journalist Don Lattin is creating a stir in some religious circles with his new book, Jesus Freaks: A True Story of Murder and Madness on the Evangelical Edge.