Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
My name is David DeLee and I’m a crime fiction writer with over 13 novels published to date. I write four series currently, I know crazy, right? They include the Grace deHaviland Bounty Hunter series, my two Nick Lafferty ex-DEA thrillers, a couple of police procedurals featuring NYPD homicide detective Frank Flynn and Internal Affairs investigator Christine Levy, and finally, there’s my Brice Bannon Seacoast action adventures.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My newest book is called Dark Roads and Dead Ends. It’s a collection of my short stories with a couple of novellas thrown in. I’ve written them over the years and wanted to get them published in one place. They feature some stories that are a departure from my usual style and work–though all feature crime in some way or another–or are introductory stories featuring my series characters, like Grace deHaviland and Flynn & Levy.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I don’t think so. I try to write every day, seven days a week, and I drink a pot of coffee each morning. Beyond that, pretty boring routine.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
At an early age I read Ross MacDonald and just thought his private eye Lew Archer was the greatest. I devoured every book of his I could fine. My early thriller favorite was Alistair Maclean. I can still feel the cold after reading Ice Station Zebra.
Later influences were Clive Cussler, Robert Crais, Tess Gerritsen, Michael Connelly, and Jeffery Deaver. Each has created iconic characters and such vivid worlds I get lost in their stories every time.
What are you working on now?
I’m working on the forth Brice Bannon Seacoast Adventure. It’s tentatively titled The Loan Shark Gambit with a publichation date of early 2019
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Tops is my newsletter. I get the best response from that and its also a great way for readers to reach me as well. Next are email blast services like Awesome Gang, and then finally announcements through my website, twitter and facebook accounts.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Write and read. Everyday. Then learn the business as best you can form the most trusted sources you can find. Get three or four novels out before you work about marketing, and write in a series if at all possible.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Oh, there are so many things. Practice and get your craft down and learn the business of writing. Add to that, never stop learning.
What are you reading now?
Cross Her Heart by Sara Pinborough
What’s next for you as a writer?
Writing the next books in each of my four series.
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
A book that teach how to survive on a deserted island. Without those, I’d not make if long enough to read anything else.
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