Profile: Maine Author Talks Murder

South Portland (ME) author Gerard Bianco has logged plenty of miles in an effort to sell his new book, The Deal Master, writes Christy McKinnon on keepMEcurrent.com. She adds that in order to sell his book, Bianco realizes his product must look good on the outside, be substantive on the inside and that as the author, he is part of the package. He said the talk he gives to audiences, How to Commit to Writing the Perfect Murder Mystery, is more of a stage performance than a lecture.

The Deal Master is actually a reprint of a story he published two years ago called Dying for Deception. The revised version has been wrapped in shinier paper with a new cover and new name and the inside has been polished up with some rewriting, said Bianco. (Read a review of The Deal Master on the Mysterious Reviews website.)

McKinnon continues in her article that Bianco is many things: a jewelry designer, author, painter and now his own marketing agent. His life is anything but the conventional grind. Bianco said he is not singly defined by any one aspect of his life, and he likes it that way.

Bianco also plans on writing a sequel to The Deal Master. “It’s already written up here,” he said as he touched his index finger to his forehead.

Read the entire profile of mystery author Gerard Bianco on keepMecurrent.com here.

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