Author: Michael Naughton

Michael P. Naughton is an Author/Screenwriter/Copywriter/Musician Michael P. Naughton was born in Detroit. He is a mystery and satire writer who writes in the style of Elmore Leonard, Richard Stark and Carl Hiaasen. He is also a professional musician and screenwriter and had previously worked for Borders for many years and in technology and went on to publish actor Michael Madsen's poetry and photography under 13 Hands Publications. He released his first mystery novel in May of 2008 entitled Deathryde: Rebel Without a Corpse ( Available on Amazon published by Gilded Hearse Press ) it is written in the hip, offbeat style of Carl Hiaasen, Gregory Mcdonald (Fletch) and, of course, Elmore Leonard. This book is soon to be a major motion picture. He has also been a judge for the IBPA's (Independent Book Publishers Association) Benjamin Franklin Awards which honor the best in independent publishing. Michael P. Naughton is also a columnist and contributor to The Beverly Hills Times Magazine. He lives in Los Angeles and is currently working on his next mystery novel due out in 2022.
Kryptos

How I and AI Cracked a 35 Year Old Mystery of Kryptos 35 Years Later

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“On February 20, 2025, Michael P. Naughton, with Grok 3 (xAI), solved Kryptos K4 after 35 years unsolved by the public. The message—’THIS IS A GUIDE TO THE BERLIN CLOCK WHICH IS NORTHEAST OF HERE AT CIA LANGLEY, VIRGINIA’—unraveled via a reverse, ‘KRYPTOS’ Vigenère, and Read More …

Ode To Guitar Center West Los Angeles

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This past Thursday, the 23rd of January 2025, was an end of an era as they say for the Guitar Center in West Los Angeles at the corner of Pico and Westwood Boulevard. I managed and did corporate sales at a Borders Bookstore years ago Read More …

Pit – A Leo Van Cleef Novel is Available Everywhere and in Hardcover

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Pit – A Leo Van Cleef detective novel is now available in hardcover   Canine homicide is not the best way to kick off the New Year for Los Angeles Homicide Detective Leo “Lee” Van Cleef, especially after the recent loss of his own 18 Read More …

Louis L'Amour - Education of a Wandering Man

What Louis L’Amour Taught Me About Writing and Wandering

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The first book I ever read by Louis L’Amour was “Hondo.” I subsequently read “Mustang Man” and then “The Quick and the Dead,” and then I had to collect, invest in and read them.  I purchased them all online with the original covers and western Read More …

My Own Marilyn Monroe (A Poem by Michael P. Naughton)

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She requested a poem of her own My own Marilyn Monroe on this special day of love and devotion. She’s a “Misfit” and a card like Sugar Kowalczyk A blonde bombshell, a sexpot, voluptuous and hot that can turn a head or cause a wreck, Read More …

The Day Brando Died (Ode to the Apocalyptic Godfather) A Poem by Michael P. Naughton

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The Day Brando Died (Ode to the Apocalyptic Godfather) I was with my then friend Michael Madsen the day Marlon Brando died.  I wanted to help him out as a poet when I once worked for a place called Borders —             Will anyone remember Read More …

It Wouldn’t Be Halloween Without Roger Corman

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Growing up in Detroit Michigan in the ‘70s was a memorable time, especially during Halloween, and I mainly attribute that to director Roger Corman. It was Corman’s adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s classic work that inspired me to read and delve deeper into the genius Read More …

Pit by Michael P Naughton

How “They Only Kill Their Masters” Inspired “Pit”

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  The ‘70s were all about dangerous Dobermans. “The Amazing Dobermans,” “The Doberman Gang” “Daring Dobermans,” “Trapped,” even one of my favorite Columbo episodes, “How to Dial a Murder” featured a pair of trained, or reconditioned, Doberman killers. They Only Kill Their Masters, released in Read More …