Reed Farrel Coleman
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He considers [[William Blake]], [[Lawrence Block]], [[T.S. Eliot]], [[Wallace Stevens]], [[William Carlos Williams]], [[Raymond Chandler]] and [[Dashiell Hammett]] to be early influences. Later he found significance in the writing of colleagues [[Peter Blauner]], [[Ken Bruen]], Jim Fusilli, [[S. J. Rozan|S.J. Rozan]], and [[Peter Spiegelman]]. He says, though, that his single greatest writing influence was his college poetry professor, [[David Lehman]], who provided "permission to be a writer and...the first clues on self-editing".{{cite web |url=http://reedcoleman.com/beaks-and-geeks-podcast/ |title=Reed Farrel Coleman |website=Beaks and Geeks Podcast @3:40 |date=June 10, 2014 |accessdate=July 29, 2014}} [[NPR]] has referred to him as "a hard-boiled poet", ''[[HuffPost]]'' says, "Coleman is the resident noir poet laureate of the United States" and ''[[The New York Times]]'' has commented, "If you dragged one (of his books) across the asphalt, you'd half-expect it to leave a chalk outline".{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=104130531 |last=Corrigan |first=Maureen |title=A Wise Guy Mystery Writer Makes Good |website=NPR |date=May 14, 2009 |accessdate=July 12, 2014}}{{cite web |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jason-pinter/books-uncovered---indie-p_b_752437.html |last=Pinter |first=Jason |title=Books Uncovered - Indie Press Edition! |website=Huffington Post |date=October 6, 2010 |accessdate=July 12, 2014}} |
He considers [[William Blake]], [[Lawrence Block]], [[T.S. Eliot]], [[Wallace Stevens]], [[William Carlos Williams]], [[Raymond Chandler]] and [[Dashiell Hammett]] to be early influences. Later he found significance in the writing of colleagues [[Peter Blauner]], [[Ken Bruen]], Jim Fusilli, [[S. J. Rozan|S.J. Rozan]], and [[Peter Spiegelman]]. He says, though, that his single greatest writing influence was his college poetry professor, [[David Lehman]], who provided "permission to be a writer and...the first clues on self-editing".{{cite web |url=http://reedcoleman.com/beaks-and-geeks-podcast/ |title=Reed Farrel Coleman |website=Beaks and Geeks Podcast @3:40 |date=June 10, 2014 |accessdate=July 29, 2014}} [[NPR]] has referred to him as "a hard-boiled poet", ''[[HuffPost]]'' says, "Coleman is the resident noir poet laureate of the United States" and ''[[The New York Times]]'' has commented, "If you dragged one (of his books) across the asphalt, you'd half-expect it to leave a chalk outline".{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=104130531 |last=Corrigan |first=Maureen |title=A Wise Guy Mystery Writer Makes Good |website=NPR |date=May 14, 2009 |accessdate=July 12, 2014}}{{cite web |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jason-pinter/books-uncovered---indie-p_b_752437.html |last=Pinter |first=Jason |title=Books Uncovered - Indie Press Edition! |website=Huffington Post |date=October 6, 2010 |accessdate=July 12, 2014}} |
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With a four-book contract, Coleman took over writing [[Robert B. Parker]]'s [[Jesse Stone (character)|Jesse Stone]] series with the September 2014 publication of ''Blind Spot''. His 2019 Jesse Stone novel ''The Bitterest Pill'' would win a [[Scribe Award]] for Best Original Novel.{{cite web|url=https://locusmag.com/2020/07/2020-scribe-award-winners|title=2020 Scribe Awards Winners|publisher=Locus Online|access-date=August 6, 2025}} He has also been signed to a two-book deal featuring retired [[Suffolk County, New York|Suffolk County]] (NY) cop turned PI Gus Murphy.{{cite web|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/20140407/61739-book-deals-week-of-april-7-2014.html |last=Deahl |first=Rachel |title=Coleman to Handle Jesse Stone for Putnam |website=Publishers Weekly |date=April 7, 2014 |accessdate=July 12, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140709103843/http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/20140407/61739-book-deals-week-of-april-7-2014.html |archivedate=July 9, 2014 }} He is an adjunct instructor of English at [[Hofstra University]], a former Executive Vice President of [[Mystery Writers of America]], and a founding member of Mystery Writers of America University. |
With a four-book contract, Coleman took over writing [[Robert B. Parker]]'s [[Jesse Stone (character)|Jesse Stone]] series with the September 2014 publication of ''Blind Spot''. His 2019 Jesse Stone novel ''The Bitterest Pill'' would win a [[Scribe Award]] for Best Original Novel.{{cite web|url=https://locusmag.com/2020/07/2020-scribe-award-winners|title=2020 Scribe Awards Winners|publisher=Locus Online|access-date=August 6, 2025}} He has also been signed to a two-book deal featuring retired [[Suffolk County, New York|Suffolk County]] (NY) cop turned PI Gus Murphy.{{cite web|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/20140407/61739-book-deals-week-of-april-7-2014.html |last=Deahl |first=Rachel |title=Coleman to Handle Jesse Stone for Putnam |website=Publishers Weekly |date=April 7, 2014 |accessdate=July 12, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140709103843/http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/20140407/61739-book-deals-week-of-april-7-2014.html |archivedate=July 9, 2014 }} He is an adjunct instructor of English at [[Hofstra University]], a former Executive Vice President of [[Mystery Writers of America]], and a founding member of Mystery Writers of America University.{{citation needed|date=April 2026}} |
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== Published works == |
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