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American Society of Journalists
and Authors
04/08/2008
The authors, a father-son duo, have serious credentials in the mystery/suspense field. One after the other, they've taught crime fiction at Boston College for more than half a century. |
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Boston Globe
10/19/2007
THURSDAY: Andrew McAleer and Hank Philippi Ryan discuss mystery writing at 7 p.m., at Book Ends, 559 Main St., Winchester
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Boston Globe
04/09/2007
The reading series "Four Stories" continues at the Enormous Room tonight with a special theme: The Seven Deadly Sins: Stories of Vice and Scandal. At 7, you can hear from Boston College professor Andrew McAleer, who teaches mystery writing. Music starts at 6. The event runs from 7 to 9. Free. |
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Jim Cox Report: June 2007
06/15/2007
"Mystery Writings In A Nutshell: The World's Most Concise Guide To Mystery And Suspense Writing" truly lives up to its title as a 100-page compilation of succinctly presented tips, tricks and techniques for crafting good mystery fiction whether as a short story or a full length novel." |
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MyShelf.com Review
06/07/2007
"Did you start writing a mystery and realize your plot has more holes than your murder victim? If you need the basics on mystery and suspense writing, read Mystery Writing in a Nutshell. Award-winning authors and crime fiction professors, John and Andrew McAleer, lead the reader down the twisted mystery writing path, a place considered their second, maybe even first, home."
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Kirkus Reviews
04/20/2007
The crux of this resourceful guide, however, is in the fundamentals—plot structuring, character and thematic development, narrative hooks, symbolism, strategic placement of clues, red herrings, etc. Some of the most informative advice lies not in the body of the text, but in the concluding materials—specifically, Andrew’s interviews with such big-name authors as William Tapply, Robert Parker, Margaret McLean and Rex Stout. |
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Boston Globe
04/09/2007
"The reading series 'Four Stories' continues at the Enormous Room tonight with a special theme: The Seven Deadly Sins: Stories of Vice and Scandal. At 7, you can hear from Lawrence Douglas, author of 'The Catastrophist'; local investigative reporter Hank Phillippi Ryan, who will soon release the mystery novel 'Prime Time'; Boston College professor Andrew McAleer, who teaches mystery writing; and Luke Salisbury, author of 'The Answer Is Baseball.'" |
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BookReview.com
03/31/2007
"'What if…' No that's not a section heading of this Elements of Style sized book for wannabe mystery writers, but a question that I asked when I read that the senior McAleer introduced a crime fiction course at Boston College in the 1960s. Oh my God, I was accepted at Boston College in the 60s, and as a fan of the genera would most certainly have wormed my way into the class had I gone there. Fifty years later, as I struggle over the drafts of two suspense novels, I realize, like George Bailey, I can learn what I've been missing and enjoy A Wonderful Life. Or can I?" |
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Boston College
07/28/2005
"When Andrew McAleer was growing up in East Lexington it was not unusual to see his father seated at the dining room table, surrounded by manuscripts, pounding away on a manual typewriter.
His father John McAleer, a Boston College English professor and accomplished author, passed his love of mystery onto his son.
Andrew McAleer, who also teaches at BC and lives in the Lexington home where he grew up, recently had his third novel - "Bait and Switch" - published."
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Thrilling
Detective:
06/26/2005
"JAMES P. HILLTON and Madeleine
V. LaCroix are a mismatched detecting
duo that more than one sharp-eyed
critic has compared — and
usually favourably — to none
other than Nero Wolfe and Archie
Goodwin. " |
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Kate's
Mystery Books:
06/22/2005
"Andrew McAleer will be here
to sign copies of his new book,
Bait and Switch" |
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Cambridge
Center for Adult Education:
04/13/2005
The Writer's Life: Living and
Working as a Writer in Boston
Mystery Writing
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Boston
Globe:
04/10/2005
Andrew McAleer to speak at 8 p.m.,
at the Cambridge Center for Adult
Education |
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Boston
Herald | Inside Track:
04/04/2005
"Andy McAleer and 'French
Connection' author Robin Moore
are shopping the screenplay to
McAleer's novel, 'Double Endorsement,'
around Hollywood" |
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Colonial
Times Magazine:
03/2005
"Attorney/author Andrew McAleer
has a new mystery coming out any
day now too. Bait and Switch,
which wheels and deals through
the stolen car racket, is the
Lexington author's sequel to his
first detective novel, Double
Endorsement." |
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Thrilling
Detective:
04/26/2004
"[I]n
these days of bloated, four and
five hundred page mysteries that
plod on slower than the continental
drift, it's a genuine pleasure
to see someone get in and get
out in less than 200 pages, and
still manage to tell a great story." |
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Colonial
Times Magazine:
01/2004
"'When you do a puzzle mystery,
a couple of words can get you
off on the wrong track. It has
to work; it has to be logical.
To engage the reader in fair play
you have to give them all of the
clues," Andy says. There
should be nothing gratuitous in
the puzzle-type mystery,' McAleer
explains." |
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FMAM
Mostly Mystery Reviews:
12/08/2003
"Whereas his fellow Beantown
eyes Spenser, Cuddy, and Kenzie
smolder with righteous indignation
at the world around them, Hillton
is generally indignant when his
hockey game is interrupted, which
it is as the story begins."
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The
Wolfe Pack:
12/06/2003
The Nero Award - Black Orchid
Banquet "Speakers include...
Andrew McAleer (also the son of
Stout's biographer, John McAleer)." |
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Boston
Herald | Inside Track
11/05/2003
"Side Tracks: BC scribe Andrew
McAleer goes Hollywood" |
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Strand
Magazine:
10/27/2003
In this issue: Interview with
Rex Stout, by John & Andrew
McAleer.
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Charlotte
Austin Review:
10/21/2003
"The Crimestalker Casebook
revives the art and science of
the mystery short story. This
eclectic collection includes mystery
short stories, essays, book reviews,
interviews and poetry." |
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Boston
College Chronicle:
10/17/2003
"Woods College of Advancing
Studies faculty member Adj. Prof.
Andrew McAleer published his debut
private eye novel. Double Endorsement."
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Lexington
Minuteman:
10/16/2003
"There are not a lot of hard
boiled characters around here,"
he said. "I wanted to make
what I thought would be family
escapism, to me, what's paramount
in a mystery is a fun puzzle that
the reader can share in solving
with the characters." |
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Massachusetts
Lawyers Weekly:
10/06/2003
"Some novelists draw inspiration
for their stories from their friends,
family or current events. Andrew
S. McAleer was inspired by none
other than Massachusetts Lawyers
Weekly. MLW is mentioned in the
acknowledgements section of the
Lexington criminal defense attorney's
latest novel, 'Double Endorsement.'"
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Arlington
Advocate:
09/25/2003
Arlington Arts|Book Reviews
"He [McAleer] has a great
respect for Arlington's history.
'Arlington is a great town to
set a mystery in. If the series
takes off, I would love to touch
more on Arlington,' he said."
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Colonial
Times Magazine:
09/2003
"Lexington mystery writer
Andrew McAleer pens 'Double Endorsement'.
A local private eye novel of suspence
and intrigue!" |
