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A Literary Game

Jacob, from Los Ange­les, asked me if I have writ­ten any mysteries.

Actu­al­ly, Jacob, I have writ­ten quite a few.  My very first nov­el was No More Mag­ic, a mys­tery, which was a run­ner-up for an Edgar Award, best mys­tery of the year, when it was first pub­lished. Then there were these:

Avi's Mysteries

Who Stole The Wiz­ard of Oz?
The Trai­tors’ Gate
The Man Who Was Poe
Wolf Rid­er
Mid­night Mag­ic
Mur­der at Mid­night
City of Orphans

Catch You Later, TraitorAnd now, Catch You Lat­er, Traitor

I find them par­tic­u­lar­ly enjoy­able to write, and a real chal­lenge. I think of them as a kind of game, a lit­er­ary game, which the writer plays with the read­er. Some read­ers like to out­guess the writer, but there are those who enjoy being sur­prised. I think my mys­tery with the biggest plot sur­prise is The Trai­tors Gate. It was par­tic­u­lar­ly fun to write.

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