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As Richard Castle wrote 7 NYT Bestsellers. Emmy & WGA nominee. Author of USA Today Bestseller: THE ACCIDENTAL JOE tomstraw.com

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tomstraw @tomstraw.bsky.social · 10h
Sad to learn of the passing of a fine author and good man. I had the pleasure of serving with Mark Pryor on the National Board of MWA. He paid the compliment of name checking me and one of my books in his most recent novel, The Most Mysterious Bookshop in Paris. Offering condolences to his family.
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tomstraw @tomstraw.bsky.social · 11h
Parting shot: Vermont.
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tomstraw @tomstraw.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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tomstraw @tomstraw.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Now serving: Vermont backyard buffet.
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tomstraw @tomstraw.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Today's Vermont location is a French reverse from yesterday's. When you are surrounded by beauty, just turn around.
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tomstraw @tomstraw.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
My plein air set-up in Vermont today. Watercolor in the morning; writing in the afternoon. One feeds the other.
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tomstraw @tomstraw.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
That time of year in Vermont when the Green Mountains put on a colorful sweater.
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tomstraw @tomstraw.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Little stroll past the house on the hill Some more coal on the fire will do well And in a week or two it'll be Halloween Set the page and the stage for the scene —"Autumn Song," Van Morrison
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tomstraw @tomstraw.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Ahoy, mateys!
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tomstraw @tomstraw.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Friday night fare: Meatballs Wellington. Meatballs and mozzarella in puff pastry. Eat your heart out, Pete Schweddy!
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tomstraw @tomstraw.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
BOTD, Graham Greene. An all-time favorite author of the inner lives of humans under pressure. Some were spies, some were teenage gangsters, some were lovers, one was a priest but no saint.
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tomstraw @tomstraw.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Weekend reading.
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tomstraw @tomstraw.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
What hits the spot better after a late evening Zoom meeting than a charcuterie supper to relax and graze upon? Nothing.
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tomstraw @tomstraw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Happy Pub Day to Matt Goldman, one of the best. Best authors, best people.
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tomstraw @tomstraw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Full house at RJ Julia Booksellers to hear James R. Benn in conversation with Karen Olson about his latest—Book 21 in his Billy Boyle WW2 series, The Ninth Circle. It was a great event. His tour continues this week (see panel on right).
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tomstraw @tomstraw.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Comforting supper on a Nor’easter night. Homemade chili and a cloudy beer.
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tomstraw @tomstraw.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Better an autopen than an autocrat.
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tomstraw @tomstraw.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A nor’easter’s opening act.
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tomstraw @tomstraw.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The fruits of my labor of love this weekend.
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tomstraw @tomstraw.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Toasting the last weekend of summer with one fine Negroni.
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tomstraw @tomstraw.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
BOTD David McCallum. We shared a flight one Sunday a month from JFK to Burbank. He was commuting to play Ducky; I was a writer for Craig Ferguson. Once he asked me to write jokes for his Robert Vaughn roast and said he'd pay $5 for every one he used. He still owes me $20.
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tomstraw @tomstraw.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Weekend reading.
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tomstraw @tomstraw.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
BOTD 1932, Robert B. Parker. Such an early inspiration to me. Met him at a book signing at Vroman's in Pasadena. Instead of a book, I presented him with the bill of my Boston Braves hat. He was amused, signed it, and we had one fine chat, we did.
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tomstraw @tomstraw.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Agatha Christie BOTD 1890. Love this portrait of her by Kate Boxer in Manetta's Bar at Fleming's Mayfair on Half Moon Street, London.
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tomstraw @tomstraw.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Weekend reading follow-up: A modern Shakespearean mystery.
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tomstraw @tomstraw.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
That peaceful Sunday feeling.
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tomstraw @tomstraw.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
One more 25th Anniversary post. 2 weeks after, I had business in Manhattan and captured these documentary shots that made real what seemed unreal. Unseen are the railroad commuter lots full of cars whose drivers never came back to claim them. So much we can't shake.
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tomstraw @tomstraw.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Weekend reading. With humble thanks to the author for including me in his Acks.
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tomstraw @tomstraw.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
These Angells are in heaven. My friends David and Lynn Angell left Cape Cod to fly out of Boston to go to the Emmys. Their plane was the first one to hit the World Trade Center. A quarter century later, it still pains me. They were lovely, generous people who are remembered and missed like so many.
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tomstraw @tomstraw.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I made it easy to access KR Raye's podcast. I posted 1-click links on my website for each platform. Here's the link to take you there: www.tomstraw.com/media
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tomstraw @tomstraw.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Get off my rock. And what's with the turd?
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tomstraw @tomstraw.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
This Thursday, join the fun! To make it easy, I've posted 1-Click links to each platform here on my website: www.tomstraw.com/author-event...
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tomstraw @tomstraw.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Happy Book Birthday to the addictively readable Jonathan Santlofer. This new one sounds like a perfect 10.
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tomstraw @tomstraw.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
To celebrate this Labor Day, I look for the union label.
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tomstraw @tomstraw.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Now Ready for Prime Time. Welcoming Paul Cavalconte to weekday mornings on NYC’s WQXR Classical after many years as weekend host. So glad.
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tomstraw @tomstraw.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
It looks like he lost a bet.
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tomstraw @tomstraw.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Number 6 trivia: 6 of Patrick McGoohan's Danger Man episodes were shot in Portmeirion, Wales, later known as The Village. Who else always felt Number Six was really John Drake?
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tomstraw @tomstraw.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I hold an enduring affection for The Prisoner, which began shooting 60 years ago this month. My friends know this because they’re junkies, too. Everyone else is, well, unmutual.
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tomstraw @tomstraw.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
So long to Jeff Spurgeon who just signed off his morning show on WQXR to begin his retirement after 30 years at New York City's classical music station. Godspeed, sir. And thank you.
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tomstraw @tomstraw.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Congratulations to the wildly talented Howard Rodman for this Kirkus Review of one of my favorite novels, The Great Eastern. Here's the link for the full review: www.kirkusreviews.com/.../howa.../...
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tomstraw @tomstraw.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Had a blast going off the wall on KR Raye's Off the Page podcast. It drops one week from today at 3:30pm EDT
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tomstraw @tomstraw.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I shall call him Mick. Mick Heron.
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tomstraw @tomstraw.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
A pair of pears.
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tomstraw @tomstraw.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Happy Book Birthday to James R. Benn, one of those rare authors who can make history come alive in thrilling mysteries. Even Commander Ian Fleming makes an appearance in this, the 21st installment of the Billy Boyle WW2 series.
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tomstraw @tomstraw.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Camera shy.
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tomstraw @tomstraw.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
A peachy weekend. Thought I'd better hurry and paint this before it ended up in tonight's dessert.
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tomstraw @tomstraw.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Friday libation: Jameson Old Fashioned with homemade Guinness simple syrup and black walnut bitters.
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tomstraw @tomstraw.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
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tomstraw @tomstraw.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Clam dredge is underway.
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tomstraw @tomstraw.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Highly recommended. No reservations.
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