Comments on: My bogus bio http://www.themanoftwistsandturns.com/2009/08/26/my-bogus-bio/ The blog of the award-winning crime writer Matt Beynon Rees Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:52:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Matt Beynon Rees http://www.themanoftwistsandturns.com/2009/08/26/my-bogus-bio/comment-page-1/#comment-24370 Matt Beynon Rees Sun, 10 Apr 2011 07:38:21 +0000 http://www.themanoftwistsandturns.com/2009/08/26/my-bogus-bio/#comment-24370 hi Vivian, Just noticing your note here. Sorry for the delay in responding. Jaffa is an authentic place for qanafeh, so I'm pleased to hear you enjoyed it. Thanks for reading my books! hi Vivian,
Just noticing your note here. Sorry for the delay in responding. Jaffa is an authentic place for qanafeh, so I’m pleased to hear you enjoyed it. Thanks for reading my books!

]]> By: vivian schul amselem http://www.themanoftwistsandturns.com/2009/08/26/my-bogus-bio/comment-page-1/#comment-2341 vivian schul amselem Sun, 04 Jul 2010 08:04:30 +0000 http://www.themanoftwistsandturns.com/2009/08/26/my-bogus-bio/#comment-2341 To matt rees I just finished reading “Meurtre chez les samaritains”, the first book from you I read, and I am already your fan. I live in Tel Aviv and as a Jewish, I never meet Palestinians from inside. This is my first trip into the Palestinian world and I was delighted. At the middle of my reading I had to stop to prepare myself a black coffee with cardamom, because the thought of the smell was driving me crazy, and at the end i went to Jaffa to by a knaffe! I discovered in your book aside of the world of violence which was the only I knew, a world of beautiful values, incredible expressions, love and intelligence. Will Allah bless your hands so you can continue the writing! To matt rees
I just finished reading “Meurtre chez les samaritains”, the first book from you I read, and I am already your fan. I live in Tel Aviv and as a Jewish, I never meet Palestinians from inside. This is my first trip into the Palestinian world and I was delighted. At the middle of my reading I had to stop to prepare myself a black coffee with cardamom, because the thought of the smell was driving me crazy, and at the end i went to Jaffa to by a knaffe!
I discovered in your book aside of the world of violence which was the only I knew, a world of beautiful values, incredible expressions, love and intelligence.
Will Allah bless your hands so you can continue the writing!

]]> By: Kat http://www.themanoftwistsandturns.com/2009/08/26/my-bogus-bio/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Kat Sun, 13 Sep 2009 16:31:41 +0000 http://www.themanoftwistsandturns.com/2009/08/26/my-bogus-bio/#comment-16 My apologies for not being more obvious in my humor and cynicism. I also think author bios are incredibly important for establishing credibility, but I know a few authors with multi-book deals who write about places they only visited once. Maybe it's luck; maybe they'll be out of work when (some) readers see through it and publishers drop them. ;)<br /><br />Milk monitor? Darn!<br /><br />P.S. I don't have a mortgage either, a relief in these times of economic uncertainty. My apologies for not being more obvious in my humor and cynicism. I also think author bios are incredibly important for establishing credibility, but I know a few authors with multi-book deals who write about places they only visited once. Maybe it's luck; maybe they'll be out of work when (some) readers see through it and publishers drop them. ;)

Milk monitor? Darn!

P.S. I don't have a mortgage either, a relief in these times of economic uncertainty.

]]> By: Matt Beynon Rees http://www.themanoftwistsandturns.com/2009/08/26/my-bogus-bio/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Matt Beynon Rees Fri, 11 Sep 2009 08:34:09 +0000 http://www.themanoftwistsandturns.com/2009/08/26/my-bogus-bio/#comment-15 hi Kat,<br />Based on your bio I shall be calling on you before too long for advice on my next book. You see, I do think Author Bios are very important... Actually I was a milk monitor who was made redundant by Education Minister Thatcher. Though it might seem that only the bit about me living in my house is true, technically it's not because I don't own the house (due to my belief that mortgages are lethal weapons...) ;) hi Kat,
Based on your bio I shall be calling on you before too long for advice on my next book. You see, I do think Author Bios are very important… Actually I was a milk monitor who was made redundant by Education Minister Thatcher. Though it might seem that only the bit about me living in my house is true, technically it's not because I don't own the house (due to my belief that mortgages are lethal weapons…) ;)

]]> By: Kat http://www.themanoftwistsandturns.com/2009/08/26/my-bogus-bio/comment-page-1/#comment-13 Kat Wed, 09 Sep 2009 12:31:41 +0000 http://www.themanoftwistsandturns.com/2009/08/26/my-bogus-bio/#comment-13 Hi Matt,<br /><br />This reminds me of a post someone did about me after reading my bio, saying "she has supposedly traveled in 35 countries." Supposedly? Does this person believe I sit around pontificating on how to boast about myself, or that I visited these places virtually? *Sigh* I had another reader tell me that my information on Greece is not credible because I'm American. Never mind that I speak the language, have lived & worked here for 11 years and am a journalist! <br /><br />On the other hand, there are people who believe "what you declare is what you are," so there may be reason to doubt a person's credentials depending on the country. Therefore, as you said, I suppose our bios are irrelevant no matter how truthful.<br /><br />Did anyone guess correctly and win your book? If not, I'd like to guess that you do live in your house. I'm fairly sure none of the other items are true. :)<br /><br />All best, Kat Hi Matt,

This reminds me of a post someone did about me after reading my bio, saying "she has supposedly traveled in 35 countries." Supposedly? Does this person believe I sit around pontificating on how to boast about myself, or that I visited these places virtually? *Sigh* I had another reader tell me that my information on Greece is not credible because I'm American. Never mind that I speak the language, have lived & worked here for 11 years and am a journalist!

On the other hand, there are people who believe "what you declare is what you are," so there may be reason to doubt a person's credentials depending on the country. Therefore, as you said, I suppose our bios are irrelevant no matter how truthful.

Did anyone guess correctly and win your book? If not, I'd like to guess that you do live in your house. I'm fairly sure none of the other items are true. :)

All best, Kat

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