Quick-read Aficionado Mugs

Al by Jud Johnson

"Meet The Author"

Victor Hugo

Edgar Allen Poe

Reading my Critics

King Henry and his Cheshire bride

Cat rolls up yarn like power cord.

"I try to write a little bit every day."

Gunter Grass

Trilby - 'The old studio'.

'Don't worry, you're safe. I started my diet today.'

Stephen Spender.

"Don't make me warn you again, monkey. Stay outa the curiosity racket."

Introducing...Anagraman.

"Yep, I've read this chapter before."

Charles Darwin Book Signing.

"If I Can Make One Critic Smile..."

"No chips, but I did snag the new Hiaasen."

"No—You're thinking dog years—Editor years are twice as many."

Mighty Man Of Justice Is Born

What Harper Lee's REALLY been up to all these years

'Meet the author with her collaborators'

Günter Grass

Archeologist Deciphers Limerick Heiroglyphs

"Hmm...I can see a best-selling book and a movie deal out of this..."

"You have no idea what it's like to be a 'just between you and me' person in a 'just between you and I' world."

"I'll be honest... there are books by James Joyce that are easier to follow than these bad boys."

'Read any good Apps lately?'

'Sorry, Marx, but your writing ability doesn't meet our needs.'

'Second grade. When did you discover 'LMNOP' wasn't one letter?'

Noel Coward.

"He was a big man, but he moved like a cat."

My Literary Influences

'He wrote a whole book on how to play a slot machine. I'm anxious for his next one: How to Set an Alarm Clock.'

Frontispiece to 'Dombey and Son'