Gary interviewed by Sheri Cobb South

I recently did an interview with reader (and writer) Sheri Cobb South, and, here it is.

I particularly liked Sheri's question about where to visit in Greece, Turkey or the Aegean, if you want to see the locations from the books.  I hadn't quite thought of it before as a tour map.

Gary's "best of" blog posts, appearing at Soho Press

A lot's been happening in the last few weeks.  The Marathon Conspiracy released, it's received a pile of very happy reviews, and I've returned from a trip to the US.

While in the US I was treated to the wonderful hospitality of my publisher, Soho Press.  In return I gave them some Vegemite.  This may seem a cruel exchange.

Here is me in the background, with Abby Koski, who is Publicist Extraordinaire at Soho, and Paul Oliver, Director of Marketing.

Abby snaffled the Vegemite afterwards, and she's still talking to me, so either she hasn't eaten it yet, or she actually likes the stuff.

As it happens, Soho runs their own, very active blog, which is rather unusual for a publisher.  It's not just book promotion; they run a series on how to write a publishable book (from Tim Hallinan) and all sorts of interesting stuff about publishing and language, such as Rachel Kowel's piece on translation.

So we agreed to put a "best of" collection from my blog on Soho's site.  I have 500+ blog posts written, I was amazed to discover when I checked.  Some of them have proven popular, often the ones I least expected.

Soho decided to kick it off with my article on the P.I.E family of languages.

Sacred Games at Abbey's Bookshop

This is the sign outside Abbey's Bookshop today.  

Abbey's is the über-wonderful bookstore, opposite the Queen Victoria Building in Sydney.  Exit the QVB on the non-George Street side, cross the road, and there you are.

Gary on Facebook

I now have an author page on Facebook.

 The web site / blog you're reading now remains my loved home on the net.  The new venture is so people who love facebook can see the same articles and news as appears on this web site. It seems there are lots of people who prefer to see stuff on FB.

 If you're a facebook person and so inclined, do please hop over there to like it. The location is https://www.facebook.com/GaryCorby

Gary

GARY CORBY  is the author of the Athenian Mystery series, starring Nicolaos, his girlfriend Diotima, and his irritating twelve year old brother Socrates.

The books in order are THE PERICLES COMMISSION, THE IONIA SANCTION, SACRED GAMES and THE MARATHON CONSPIRACY.

Gary lives in Sydney, Australia, with his wife, two daughters, and assorted guinea pigs and budgerigars.

You can catch him on his blog, on twitter where he is GaryCorby or email him at the address on the side of this page.



Why Classical Greece?  

I've been fascinated by ancient history since I was a teenager.  What those guys got up to thousands of years ago was just as exciting and even more bizarre than any modern thriller, with the added fun that it really happened.  I also love the puzzles of murder mysteries and have read piles of them.  So I've combined the ancient world with puzzle whodunits to create an historical mystery series set in classical Greece.