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Kishwaukee College signing

I’ll give a brief talk on “The Rules for Writing Mysteries” and sign copies of BLEEDER at the Kishwaukee College Library in Malta, IL, tomorrow, October 21, 1 pm - 2 pm.

October 20

Connie Chastain commented on John Desjarlais's blog post 'latest amazon.com review for BLEEDER'

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latest amazon.com review for BLEEDER

A real page-turner, October 6, 2009 By Gerard Webster, award-winning author of IN-SI... (Jacksonville, FL USA) - See all my reviews Reed Stubblefield--a college professor on sabatical--is a wounded man...both physically by a student's random shot...

October 8

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BLEEDER review from The Catholic Company

Here's a review I received today from The Catholic Company: I love reading about the Catholic faith. I love reading mysteries. To be able to combine the two makes for a very happy person. So when I saw a new mystery, titled Bleeder by John Desja...

October 6

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BLEEDER book signing at Booked for Murder bookstore

October 10, 2009 from 3:30pm to 4:30pm

The Booked for Murder bookstore of Madison Wisc. hosts an annual celebration of regional mystery writers. The event runs Saturday, October 10, 11 am - 4:30 pm; I have the last slot at 3:30 pm. I'll offer a short talk on writing mysteries that expl...

September 27

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Wisconsin Book Festival

I’ll be part of the Wisconsin Book Festival in two events on Saturday, October 10. First, I’ll participate in a mystery writer panel at the Mount Horeb Public Library, 105 Perimeter Road (in Mount Horeb, of course), at 1 p.m. Later, I’ll be at Boo...

September 26

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Favorite Genre: detective

About Me:: A former producer with Wisconsin Public Radio, John Desjarlais teaches journalism and English at Kishwaukee College in northern Illinois. His first novel, "The Throne of Tara" (Crossway 1990), was a Christianity Today Readers Choice Award nominee, and his second historical novel, "Relics" (Thomas Nelson 1993) was a Doubleday Book Club Selection. "Bleeder" (Fiction Forge/Sophia Press 2009) is his first mystery. His work has appeared in periodicals such as Student Leadership Journal, U Magazine, The Critic, On Being, Student Soul, Apocalypse, The Upper Room, The New Pantagruel, The Karitos Review and The Rockford Review.