My Father’s Oscar
My father was blacklisted in Hollywood in 1953 and was unable to work under his own name for twelve years. He had been a staff writer on the TV sitcom I Married Joan when the ax fell. He was...
View ArticlePolitical Tears
On the 4th of March 1972, Senator Edmund Muskie of Maine, at that time the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination, stood in the falling snow in front of the offices of the Manchester...
View ArticleMy Summer Job
During the summer of 1966, the summer after I graduated from high school, my family moved back to Los Angeles from London. It was an extremely complicated and disorienting summer, both for personal and...
View ArticleA Few Words About The Woman in Black
It was undoubtedly the longest creative gestation period I’ve ever experienced. At least in rudimentary form, the idea for my new novel, The Woman in Black, came to me almost 40 years ago....
View ArticleThe Woman in Black: Appearances and Book Signings
June 11, 2019, 7:30-9pm The Last Bookstore453 S Spring St, Los Angeles, CA 90013 Noir Night May 4, 2019, 11:45am – 1pm The Bay Area Book Festival, Brower Center, Goldman Theater 2150 Allston Way,...
View ArticleAUTHORIAL PRIDE
There is an exhilarating if fairly embarrassing moment in the life of virtually every first-time published author. It’s something we certainly don’t want to be observed doing, at...
View ArticleSalt Lake Dirt interview with Erik Tarloff, author of The Woman in Black
Erik Tarloff’s The Woman in Black January 16, 2020|Books Erik Tarloff’s writing covers wide terrain. He is an award winning playwright, novelist, and screenwriter. His latest novel The Woman in Black...
View ArticleSan Francisco
In one sense, in the most obvious sense, my parents were a very mismatched couple. My father was extremely intelligent, although his was a narrow intelligence better at problem solving than nuance,...
View ArticleTell Me the Truth About Love: Appearances and Book Signing
October 16, 3pm Book Inc San Francisco October 20, 7pm Mrs. Dalloways October 26, 7pm Books Inc Berkeley October 30, 1pm Book Passage
View ArticleSome Thoughts About Tell Me the Truth About Love
A strange notion occurred to me in the middle of the night a couple of weeks ago. I woke up at about 1:00 AM, couldn’t get back to sleep immediately, and suddenly was struck by two unexpected but...
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