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James Queally @jqwritesstuff.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Hope to see some of you today at the Burbank Book Festival! I’ll be signing books from 230-330pm!

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James Queally @jqwritesstuff.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Can’t wait to sign some books and support Burbank’s public libraries next month!

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James Queally @jqwritesstuff.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Thanks to everyone who came out to @vromansbookstore.bsky.social last night and made the SURVIVING THE LIE L.A. launch a huge success. If you couldn't make it, I left a bunch of signed copies in store!

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James Queally @jqwritesstuff.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Today's the day! Six years after my first book released I finally get to have a launch event in L.A. (Thanks COVID!) It'll be a blast as @todgoldberg.bsky.social and I argue about our Top 7 Jason Isbell songs and maybe also talk about Russell Avery. See you at @vromansbookstore.bsky.social at 7pm!

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James Queally @jqwritesstuff.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Excited to see you all in Los Angeles tomorrow for the (adopted) hometown launch of SURVIVING THE LIE with the incomparable @todgoldberg.bsky.social of GANGSTERLAND and ONLY WAY OUT fame!

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James Queally @jqwritesstuff.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Next up, Los Angeles! Looking forward the (adopted) hometown launch at Vroman's with Tod Goldberg next Tuesday, August 18th! See you at 7pm!

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James Queally @jqwritesstuff.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

SURVIVING THE LIE is out today, along with the rest of the Russell Avery series! "Avery narrates his own story with delightfully caustic wit. Readers will leave with an appreciation of just how endangered and how valuable contemporary journalism is." -- Booklist

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James Queally @jqwritesstuff.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

SURVIVING THE LIE is out tomorrow! But I haven’t seen my books in the wild in years. So send me a pic, and I’ll send you a free signed copy of one book in the Russel Avery trilogy.

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James Queally @jqwritesstuff.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

The incredible @kellyekell.bsky.social loved SURVIVING THE LIE. I can't wait to talk about the final Russell Avery novel with her on August 27th at Watchung Booksellers in Montclair, NJ. You can find out how my erstwhile reporter's final assignment plays out when the book drops on August 11th!

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James Queally @jqwritesstuff.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Can you believe we're only two weeks out from the release of SURVIVING THE LIE? Today we've got praise from L.A. Times Book Prize winner and fellow scribe of ex-journalist turned P.I. books @alexsegura.com !!

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James Queally @jqwritesstuff.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Less than a month until SURVIVING THE LIE hits bookshelves, and here's some proof other authors think it's good! @todgoldberg.bsky.social -- the hilarious mind behind the Gangsterland series and my new favorite heist novel, ONLY WAY OUT -- has some kind words for Russell Avery's final adventure.

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James Queally @jqwritesstuff.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

SURVIVING THE LIE is out in less than one month. Let's take a look at my paranoid thriller that's a little too close to home in 2026 America and we can all panic together.

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James Queally @jqwritesstuff.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Russell Avery is hitting the road this August! The SURVIVING THE LIE tour starts 8/12 in San Diego w/ @curtisippolito.bsky.social where we'll also be discussing his newest novel, WAVES OF BURDEN. (And for the L.A. locals, I finally get a Vroman's event!)

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James Queally @jqwritesstuff.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Happy pub day to @curtisippolito.bsky.social !! Really looking forward to talking to Curtis about this book (and the next Russell Avery novel, SURVIVING THE LIE) at Warwick's in San Diego on August 12th! If you're in the area come say hey!

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James Queally @jqwritesstuff.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

POP! by @angelluiscolon.com is a tale of deadly serious ambition set in a surreal NYC underworld that smokes American Spirits and eats farm-to-table between felonies. Poppy Leathers is pissy perfection, punishing the masters of failing upward. You can meet Poppy on 8/17. You should pre-order now.

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James Queally @jqwritesstuff.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

If you’re going to Bouchercon don’t forget your Anthony Ballots are due tomorrow! This is arguably the best short story I’ve ever written, you should vote for it!

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James Queally @jqwritesstuff.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Can't wait to see all of you at Bouchercon, where I'll be celebrating the release of SURVIVING THE LIE/ If you're still mulling your Anthony ballot, my piece "Dos Caras" is eligible for Best Short Story. I'm really proud of this timely love letter to little acts of rebellion in L.A.

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James Queally @jqwritesstuff.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Becoming a parent means I now respond to hate mail in the Miss Rachel voice…

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James Queally @jqwritesstuff.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Hope some of you can make it to this tonight! A live reading from me and some other talented authors who created Dark Waters Volume 3! Join us at 530 Pacific / 830 Eastern.

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James Queally @jqwritesstuff.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Interested in some short fiction that might, just maybe, be a tad therapeutic given the state of our world? Then I hope you'll join me on Wed. Feb, 4that 5:30 PDT/8:30 EST, for a Crowdcast from the people that made Dark Waters Volume 3 possible! crowdcast.io/c/9dhwlefphy5f

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James Queally @jqwritesstuff.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Thrilled to reveal the cover of the final Russell Avery novel SURVIVING THE LIE (which was not intended as a mantra for 2026, and yet...) Can an ex-journalist get the truth of one final story when he's up against forces that choose their own reality? Find out on August 11, 2026!

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James Queally @jqwritesstuff.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Come out to Diesel in Brentwood to see Best-Selling Author Lucinda Berry discuss her brand new audiobook THIS IS A SAFE SPACE (I’ll be there too.)

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James Queally @jqwritesstuff.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Come join me at DIESEL in Brentwood next Tuesday, Oct. 21st, where I'll be in conversation with best-selling author Lucinda Berry about her new audio book THIS IS A SAFE SPACE, which I devoured as fast as humanly possible once I downloaded it to my phone.

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James Queally @jqwritesstuff.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Could not be prouder of my members today. When we fight. We win. Your move @latimes.com

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James Queally @jqwritesstuff.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Hate that it has come to this, but the @latimes.com has left its staff hanging with years of bad faith bargaining. I’d much rather be focused on doing critical reporting for you all in times like these, but since The Times can’t get serious at the table, I’m voting yes.

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James Queally @jqwritesstuff.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

SEAFOAM SZNNNNN One down. Eight to go.

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James Queally @jqwritesstuff.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Happy belated birthday to @blacktopkid.bsky.social — a guy who has deservedly made it 10x over but remains a tireless champion of all of us up and coming crime writers. Happy to know ya Shawn, and can’t wait to tear into this one.

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James Queally @jqwritesstuff.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

L.A. in a nutshell right now — people see white unmarked vehicles and men with rifles and camo and all stop and assume it’s ICE or Border Patrol (Twas neither, LASD executing a felony warrant at a NoHo flop motel, ended peacefully)

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James Queally @jqwritesstuff.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

For those that are new here, I occasionally do non-journalism things. I’m also a crime fiction author, and Saturday at 6 p.m. I’ll be wearing that hat instead, helping my friend Patricia Smith launch her debut novel, REMEMBER, at The Book Jewel.

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James Queally @jqwritesstuff.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Curfew is now in effect. LAPD demanding people leave area pushing them up Temple. Someone threw a glass bottle at cops and they have fired less lethal rounds in that direction. There are some protesters stuck on Los Angeles between Temple and Aliso in front of federal building.

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James Queally @jqwritesstuff.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

As faith leaders have a crowd take a knee and pray outside the federal building, DHS officers raise their weapons at priests and National Guard members lineup with riot shields against them tonight in downtown L.A.

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James Queally @jqwritesstuff.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

After several wild nights in downtown L.A., faith leaders held a rally in Grand Park calling for strong non-violent resistance to what they called “reprehensible” actions in the city by ICE and the Trump Administration. They are now holding a peaceful march toward the Metro Detention Center.

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James Queally @jqwritesstuff.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

A small group of protesters has blocked the 101 South again. CHP had blocked off the exits but failed to account for a series of wholes in an adjacent chainlink fence.

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James Queally @jqwritesstuff.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

DTLA 930am — The old @latimes.com building including the famous Globe Lobby have been vandalized. There’s broken glass and rubber bullets everywhere. Spring Street being blocked with concrete barricades near City Hall where a protest in support of David Huerta is to begin at 11am

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James Queally @jqwritesstuff.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

6pm: — The great Waymo blaze can be seen from blocks away. — DHS Police have replaced LAPD blocking Alameda near Aliso. — LAPD is still dealing with a crowd at Temple/Alameda but it’s shrinking. — CHP still has the 101 half closed and seems to be firing flashbacks into the air?

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James Queally @jqwritesstuff.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

The protesters have turned on the Waymos

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James Queally @jqwritesstuff.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

.⁦‪⁦‪@LAPDHQ‬⁩ officer just raised and aimed directly at a protester.

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James Queally @jqwritesstuff.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Nat Guard/DHS threw tear gas canisters and smoke grenades into the crowd. Protesters and media hit. Pellet rounds deployed. All to seemingly clear path for a convoy of DHS/Border Patrol vehicles. I got hit but fine after an eye rinse.

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James Queally @jqwritesstuff.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

California National Guard with riot shields pushed the protesters into the streets. Tear gas deployed and pellets exploded on the street. Didn’t see any arrests, though there was some shoving back and forth with the shields.

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James Queally @jqwritesstuff.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

A closer look at pepper ball weapon carried by DHS. Despite one officer attempts to converse and de-escalate with the protesters the number of officers out here continues to grow. Protesters have done little other than curse and occasionally advance a few feet past the sidewalk.

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James Queally @jqwritesstuff.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Some scenes from the Metropolitan Detention Center in Downtown L.A.

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James Queally @jqwritesstuff.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Whole bunch of DHS cops just showed up in the garage, armed with pepper ball guns. The crowd has grown here a little bit but other than people moving up to the edge of the parking gate there’s been no aggression from the protesters.

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James Queally @jqwritesstuff.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

National Guard posted up in downtown L.A.

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James Queally @jqwritesstuff.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

A couple of Saturdays from now, I'll help Patricia Smith finish up her REMEMBER Tour at The Book Jewel in L.A. Come through on June 14th if you want to hear more about her anxiety-inducing tale of family trauma and untrustworthy memory.

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James Queally @jqwritesstuff.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Ah, now the Knicks last two games make sense.

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