Rich Zahradnik is the award-winning author of the critically acclaimed Coleridge Taylor Mystery series from Camel Press. Last Words is the first novel in the series and was published October 2014. Drop Dead Punk came out August 2015.
Drop Dead Punk won the gold medal for mystery/thriller ebook in the 2016 Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPYs). It was also named a finalist in the mystery category of the 2016 Next Generation Indie Book Awards. Last Words won honorable mention for mystery in Foreword Reviews’ IndieFab Book of the Year Awards and the bronze medal for mystery/thriller ebook in the 2015 IPPYs.
Zahradnik was a journalist for 30-plus years, working as a reporter and editor in all major news media, including online, newspaper, broadcast, magazine and wire services. He held editorial positions at CNN, Bloomberg News, Fox Business Network, AOL and The Hollywood Reporter, often writing news stories and analysis about the journalism business, broadcasting, film production, publishing and the online industry.
In January 2012, he was one of 20 writers selected for the inaugural class of the Crime Fiction Academy, a first-of-its-kind program run by New York’s Center for Fiction.
He has been a media entrepreneur throughout his career. He was founding executive producer of CNNfn.com, a leading financial news website and a Webby winner; managing editor of Netscape.com, and a partner in the soccer-news website company Goal Networks. Zahradnik also co-founded the weekly newspaper The Peekskill Herald at the age of 25, leading it to seven state press association awards in its first three years.
Zahradnik was born in Poughkeepsie, New York, and received his B.A. in journalism and political science from George Washington University. He lives with his wife Sheri and son Patrick in Pelham, New York, where he writes fiction and teaches elementary school kids how to publish the online and print newspaper the Colonial Times.
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In this episode we learn:
Show Notes
- We learn about Rich and his journey from journalist to author and we listen to his “cautionary tale”
- Insider details on the differences between journalistic voice and story-telling voice
- And the differences in voice as a YA author and a mystery author
- Insight about his agent hunt, writing queries, and the traditional publishing life (he is published by Camel Press )
- We get insider views of his covers and the story that started the series
- Why he writes historical mystery and why he didn’t think of it as historical
- What he wants to accomplish in the next five years
and his BEST advice for aspiring authors!
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You can find Rich online at:
Website: http://www.richzahradnik.com
FB: https://www.facebook.com/rzahradnik
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rzahradnik @rzahadnik
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Rich-Zahradnik/e/B00KZ3CVU4
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