“The Raven”, the poem that made Poe a celebrity was first published on 29 January 1845. This is a photograph of Charles Dickens' pet raven Grip who was stuff...

Apologies for the very long silence whilst in the throes of writing, editing, proofreading, and participating in various stages of the production of... Edgar...

Edgar Allan Poe's two hundred and tenth birthday... and he's still inspiring readers, writers, and artists. A bit belatedly (after hassles with the website ...

I've been caught up in finishing my submission draft of Edgar Allan Poe and the Empire of the Dead, so have been remiss about posting much. Here, however, is...

Edgar Allan Poe died on this day, 169 years ago at the age of 40. On 3 October 1849, he was found collapsed outside Gunner’s Hall at 44 East Lombard Street i...

I had a great time chatting about Edgar Allan Poe and my Poe/ Dupin mystery trilogy with the 'Raven Lunatics': Dwight L. MacPherson, Rebecca MacPherson, and...

Edgar Allan Poe and the London Monster is now available as an audio book, thanks to Isis Publishing in Oxford. When I was over in the U.K. in July, I had the...

Today is the official publication date of the paperback version of Edgar Allan Poe and the Jewel of Peru by Point Blank Books, the crime imprint of Oneworld ...

The advance copies of the paperback version of Edgar Allan Poe and the Jewel of Peru have just been delivered to my publisher in London: Point Blank Books, a...

Edgar Allan Poe and the Jewel of Peru (hardback edition) is released today, 8 May, in the USA, an interesting launch date choice as it is also the anniversar...

A short post to commemorate the death on this day (27 January) of ornithologist and artist John James Audubon (1785 – 1851). Audubon was born in Haiti, spent...

Edgar Allan Poe-- author, critic, editor, lecturer -- was born on 19 January 1809 in Boston, the city where his mother, Eliza Arnold Poe, first arrived when ...

Wheee! Edgar Allan Poe and the London Monster has taken flight in the U.S. in paperback form thanks to Pegasus Books. #EdgarAllanPoe #CAugusteDupin #Gothicmy...

Edgar Allan Poe died 168 years ago today on 7 October 1849 in Washington University Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland. Litho­graph of the Wash­ing­ton Univer­sit...

Delighted that Edgar Allan Poe and the London Monster has now been published in Turkey by Paris Yayincik. Again, a very different cover design, which I find...

Today is the launch in the UK and Europe of Edgar Allan Poe and the London Monster in paperback, published by the Point Blank imprint of Oneworld Publication...

The Serbian translation of Edgar Allan Poe and the London Monster, published by Vulkan, was recently released into the world. I don't have my own copy yet, ...

Today is the anniversary of Jules Verne’s death (8 February 1828 - 24 March 1905); the French writer of fantastical tales such as Journey to the Center of th...

At last, a first draft of Edgar Allan Poe and the Jewel of Peru is completed after writing flat-out (but far too slowly) to meet my end of February deadline....