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MWA Announces 2018
Grand Master, Raven & Ellery Queen Award Recipients
November
20, 2017 - New York, NY - Jane Langton, William Link, and Peter
Lovesey have been chosen as the 2018 Grand Masters by Mystery
Writers of America (MWA). MWA’s Grand Master Award represents the
pinnacle of achievement in mystery writing and was established to
acknowledge important contributions to this genre, as well as for a
body of work that is both significant and of consistent high
quality. Ms. Langton, Mr. Link, and Mr. Lovesey will receive their
awards at the 72nd Annual Edgar Awards Banquet, which will be held
at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City on April 26, 2018.
William Link's love of writing began with the cartoons he drew as a
very young boy. When he learned to write, he immediately created
stories for them.
The first day of middle school, he would meet a classmate, Richard
Levinson. They went home and started writing together that
afternoon. The partnership of these two creative minds would change
television history and the format of the crime drama forever with
shows like Columbo, Ellery Queen, Mannix, And Murder She Wrote to
name a few. They even wrote a Broadway musical, Merlin. After the
death of his best friend and writing partner he continued on alone.
Bill has received numerous awards for excellence including 2 Emmys,
2 Golden Globes, 4 Edgar Awards, The Ellery Queen, The Marlowe, The
Poirot, the George Foster Peabody, The Paddy Chayefsky Laurel award.
He was inducted into The Television Academy Hall of Fame.
Even with all these accomplishments, when the call came in with the
news that he is to be named Grand Master for 2018 he said, "I was
stunned and moved to tears. In the words of Lt. Columbo, 'Just one
more thing...' This is the highest honor I could possibly receive
and I couldn't be more proud of the recognition. I am humbled and
thrilled to be included in the company of so many of my favorite
authors.
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ARTICLE IN
MAGIC MAGAZINE!
"THE MAGIC OF LEVINSON& LINK"
by Peter Samelson
"The real magic of Levinson & Link is that they
were able to
be so successful and yet have such compassion and progressive
thinking in their work with social relevance.
CLICK ON THE COVER BELOW TO READ MORE.
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FIND OUT MORE ABOUT MAGIC MAGAZINE
HERE.
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The Fall 2007 issue of Crimestalker Casebook Volume IX, No.
2, featured a terrific interview with William Link by Andrew
McAleer.
We thought that our readers would like a chance to read
this article, so we're including it here on the website.
Enjoy!
CLICK HERE TO READ THE INTERVIEW. |
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article on the production of William Link and Richard
Levinson's play "Merlin!"
Click below!
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RECENT
IN E-BOOKS FROM WILLIAM LINK!
William Link's story "Murder Medium Rare" is
in the new e-book edition of The Ellery Queen anthology
"The Crooked Road - Volume 2".
In this story Mafia Hit-man, Sally goes to
Mexico City on assignment. No Bull!
For more information, and to purchase your
copy,
click here! |
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HERE'S
ANOTHER COLUMBO STORY
William Link's "Death Leaves a Bookmark," a new Columbo
short story, is now available as part of The Mysterious
Bookshop's bibliomystery series! The hardcover numbered
edition $50.00, lettered edition $100. and the Paperback
$4.95. To order, and for more information on the series,
visit
here. |
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Interview with William Link on DVD ELLERY QUEEN
set
This set includes a long interview with Link
discussing how he and his collaborator wrote the pilot and
then shepherded the other writing assignments to various
talented television mystery writers.
Read more a view a preview here. |
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BLOOD
RELATIONS
I'd
like to call your attention to the newly published book by Joseph
Goodrich, BLOOD RELATIONS: THE SELECTED LETTERS OF ELLERY QUEEN,
1947-1950.
Goodrich has given us a superlative book of letters from the great
Ellery Queen. Queen, as aficionados of the mystery know, was really
two cousins. Goodrich gives us some jaw-dropping revelations about
how they worked or didn't work together in their quest for self-respect and success in their field.
As I say in my preface to the book, we all owe a debt of gratitude
to Goodrich who uncovered these gems. I'm sure the book will be
devoured by mystery fans and even those who just want a damn good
read. Congratulations, Joseph!
The publisher is
Perfect Crime
Books. It can be ordered at Barnes and Noble now and will be
available from B&N, Amazon, and mystery book stores.
William Link
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Website copyright 2015 by William Link.
Photo of William Link and Peter Falk by Douglas Kirkland
Book cover illustration by Al Hirschfeld. Copyright Al Hirschfeld.
Hirschfeld exclusive representative is
Margo Feiden Galleries, Ltd., New York
Website by Dovetail Studio. |