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

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 …

ELMORE LEONARD & BORDERS – Thanks for the Memories

Elmore Leonard in Borders Magazine circa 2002 Rule #10. Try to leave out the part that readers tend to skip. – Elmore Leonard   Elmore Leonard was a HUGE inspiration for my first book Deathryde: Rebel Without a Corpse.There will never be another one like Read More …

Michael P. Naughton Featured in Mystery Readers Journal – Los Angeles Mysteries 1

Feature on Michael P. Naughton “If You Get Shorty… You’ll Get Me… Hollywood and Satire. This article appeared in the Mystery Readers Journal – Los Angeles Mysteries 1 – Volume 25, Number 2 – Summer of 2009.  You can read the entire story Mystery Readers Read More …

“Get me Michael P. Naughton… The Professional Writer in Los Angeles”

“I’ll always be a word man/better than a bird man.” — Jim Morrison   I make things happen. I reach people and succeed. I write to entertain, enlighten and edify… and yes, make some money doing what I love. I’M A WORD MAN I am Read More …