Alex Segura's Blog, page 15
April 12, 2017
Florida Man Talks to Florida Woman about Florida Crime
So it’s now a running joke that a weird or unsavory news story about a random crime is apt to be headlined, “Florida Man…” We asked a couple of crime fiction writers well versed in those stories and in the business of making up their own Florida stories in the form of crime fiction series to talk about why Florida is such ripe territory for the weird and the unsavory. Alex Segura, who writes the Miami-based Pete Fernandez mysteries (the latest of which, Dangerous Ends, is just out), chats with Steph Post, who chronicles the northern Florida Cannon family in her recent Lightwood. Together they take on the Florida Man mythos, the diversity of the state, and some of their predecessors in the grand and wacky tradition of Florida crime fiction (listen to Alex about Charles Willeford, Hoke Moseley is my spirit animal).
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“How Your Own Family History Can Feed Your Fiction”
On LitReactor, Alex talks about how his personal history influences his fiction.
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Captain Comics on DANGEROUS ENDS
From Batista’s Cuba to modern Florida. From street gangs to dirty cops. From Miami’s upscale neighborhoods to its dirtiest back alleys. From seedy bars to AA meetings. All those spans describe Dangerous Ends, the third novel about Pete Fernandez, a modern P.I. with a drinking problem and a knack for getting into trouble.
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April 7, 2017
Sons of Spade on DANGEROUS ENDS
The first two novels reminded me of George Pelecanos but this one and the Pete-Kathy duo reminds me of the McKenzie – Genarro series by Dennis Lehane. So, if you like those authors, be sure to pick up this one.
Magic City Scribe: 9 Questions With Author Alex Segura
As I’ve said before, South Florida is a sunny place for shady people. Author Alex Segura explores the Magic City and its seedy side with his main character Pete Fernandez. Much like the city he lives in, Pete is on the edge. He’s a burned out reporter with a drinking problem. Segura uses this broken but compelling character to explore the culture of South Florida. The Miami native took a few minutes to talk to me about his writing process, his love for the city, and what his main hero is up to next.
