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Charles Benoit
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His Franklin Award–winning debut, Relative Danger, was nominated for an Edgar Award and a Barry Award. The Denver Post called Out of Order “the kind of book Alfred Hitchcock would have filmed.” His third mystery, Noble Lies, is a post-Tsunami missing person adventure.
Charles Benoit is also the host of "The Smart Set" on Jazz 90.1 FM and jazz901.org (Saturdays from 5:00–6:00 p.m. EST) and both of his listeners say they “really sorta like the show, usually.” He and his wife, Rose, a high school English teacher, live in Rochester, New York. You is Charles Benoit’s first YA novel.
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His Franklin Award–winning debut, Relative Danger, was nominated for an Edgar Award and a Barry Award. The Denver Post called Out of Order “the kind of book Alfred Hitchcock would have filmed.” His third mystery, Noble Lies, is a post-Tsunami missing person adventure.
Charles Benoit is also the host of "The Smart Set" on Jazz 90.1 FM and jazz901.org (Saturdays from 5:00–6:00 p.m. EST) and both of his listeners say they “really sorta like the show, usually.” He and his wife, Rose, a high school English teacher, live in Rochester, New York. You is Charles Benoit’s first YA novel.
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Our pal, FDR. My new favorite monument in DC.
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Somewhere in Belize.
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In Toronto with our best friends, Paula and Rick, and our nephews, Max and Jake.
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Sydney, Australia.
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Uluru, A.K.A. Ayers Rock, in the middle of Australia.
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Just before my credit card was refused in Thailand.
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Rose and I with author Chris Freeburn at the Mystery Writers of America's Edgar Awards ceremony. I was nominated for Best First Mystery. You know, winning isn't everything.
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Looking for dinner somewhere in Malaysia.
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Speaking at Minerva-DeLand 9th grade academy in Fairport, NY. Rose teaches English at the school.
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At Edgar Allan Poe's grave in B'lmore.
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Lonesome Dove by Larry McMutry
LaBrava by Elmore Leonard
Uncle Dynamite by P. G. Wodehouse
The Mezzanine by Nicholson Baker
Playing for Pizza by John Grisham
Bucky Katz Big Book of Fun by Darby Conley
The last great movie I saw was...
The Asphalt Jungle. It's a classic!
My idea of a dream vacation is...
scuba diving with sharks in South Africa.
My desert-island book would be...
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry.
My writing rituals include...
playing my sax for 1 hour before I write, always ending with a Big Bad Voodoo Daddy riff.
When I'm not writing or reading I...
watch way too many Bollywood movies, go for impossibly long walks, pretend to do home repairs.
My favorite food is...
Hawaiian pizza.
My least favorite food is...
marshmallows. Are they even meant for human consumption?
The music I'm really into these days is...
ska. It's an infectious style of music from Jamaica that led to reggae. But ska's more fun.
My favorite item of clothing is...
a fez. I have several and, much to my wife's regret, I like to wear them out.
My greatest achievement so far is...
being nominated for an Edgar Award by the Mystery Writers of America.
If I couldn't be a writer, I would be...
a street musician. Given how I play, a starving one.
My one wish would be...
way too self-serving to say out loud. So I'll say world peace. Or a pony.
My most embarrassing moment was...
my birth. I was so embarrassed I didn't talk for over a year!
My best quality is...
X-ray vision
My worst quality is...
a well-hidden lack of self confidence.
My greatest love is...
my wife, Rose. Nothing else comes close.
My favorite quote is...
by Groucho Marx "Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read."
An author I'd love to lunch with is...
Elmore Leonard. I'll even pick up the tab, so if you're reading this Mr. Leonard, call me.
My favorite animal (or pet!) is...
a monkey. Although I have had many run-ins with monkeys in my travels, I still like them.
The TV show that I can't live without is...
Mad Men.
The artist(s) or musician(s) I draw inspiration from include...
Marcel Duchamp, Cindy Sherman, and Jacob Lawrence (artists) and Don Drummond and deadmau5 (musicians).
If a movie were made of my life, I would be played by...
John Malkovich
The song title that best describes me is...
"I'm Gonna Live Till I Die." (Check out Queen Latifah's version).
The fictional character who most resembles me is...
Walter Mitty.
The fictional character I most admire is...
Jeeves .
My best habit is...
that I get up early.
My worst habit is...
listening to the voices in my head that tell me to avoid the gym.
My favorite pair of shoes is...
a strange, strange question to answer.
My first crush was...
Sharron, my next door neighbor.
My drink of choice is...
warm diet cola.
A perfect day would include...
a new book from Donald Westlake. Sadly, that isn't possible.
I dream about...
taking naps.
My favorite sports team is...
The Collingwood Magpies (Australian Rules Football).
My favorite city is...
Singapore.
The place where I am the happiest is...
that place I'm at (as long as where I'm at is a beach or a big city).
My Six-Word Memoirâ„¢ is...
Today is the best day ever.
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