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Jack Getze
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Jack Getze spent nine years as a reporter for the Los Angeles Times, a total of fifteen years covering national business and economic issues for the Times, the L.A. Herald-Examiner, the London Times, and numerous business magazines. Getze later sold stocks and bonds for a regional securities firm on the New Jersey Shore. His debut novel, BIG NUMBERS, features stockbroker Austin Carr. So does BIG MONEY, due March 1, 2008.
"Back in my day, when reporters for the Los Angeles Times worked on typewriters, the editorial department was full of old rimrats with much advice on writing great novels. They told a young reporter/aspiring novelist to read The Maltese Falcon by Dashiel Hammett, The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler, and Double Indemnity by James M. Cain. I did, and was captured by the hardboiled style and action of these crime fiction greats. But my love and forte is humor, and I'm also a big fan of Carl Hiaasen and Janet Evanovitch."
Accomplishments: Overseas Member, Crime Writers Association
Active Member, Mystery Writers of America
And I still hold an Alhambra, CA municipal record for the 30-yard dash.
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Books

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Short Stories
 Advice from Robert Crais by Jack Getze We had a chat with this famous mystery author on the way to his award dinner....
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Articles
 Riding With the Mafia by Jack Getze Where I got the idea for book two in the Austin Carr Mystery Series, BIG MONEY....
Mister Persistence by Jack Getze Mystery Scene magazine, Winter Issue, 2007, #98...
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Events
 Robin's Book Store 2/20/2008 Book signing...
Talk & Book Signing 2/6/2008 Berkeley Heights, New Jersey...
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Links
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| Jack Getze
Excerpts, reviews, tour info, and bookselling data
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The Crimes of Austin Carr
My main character blogs on his own almost every day.
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Book Tour
Latest Signing and Appearance Schedule
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BIG NUMBERS WORLD TOUR
Funny stories from the road. Because getting published is just a start.
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Additional information
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| I spend quite a bit of time these days traveling, appearing at mystery conferences, and visiting bookstores and libraries in hopes of persuading people to read my book. I blog about my experiences from time to time on Liz Clifford's fiction website, ReviewedbyLiz.com (see STORY here about Robert Crais), and I'll be doing it again this year. Check it out if you like through the very bottom link. |
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Contact
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Jack Getze P.O.Box 7458 Shrewsbury
NJ
07702
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Work phone: 732-977-8764 |
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