Vincent Zandri


Biography

Vincent Zandri is an award-winning novelist, essayist and freelance photojournalist. His novel As Catch Can (Delacorte) was touted in two pre-publication articles by Publishers Weekly and was called "Brilliant" upon its publication by The New York Post. The Boston Herald attributed it as “The most arresting first crime novel to break into print this season.”
Other novels include Godchild (Bantam/Dell) and Permanence (NPI). Translated into several languages, including Japanese and Dutch, Zandri’s novels have also been sought out by numerous major movie producers, including Heyday Productions and DreamWorks. Moonlight Falls (R.J.Buckley) is Zandri’s fourth novel.
Presently, he is the author of the blogs Dangerous Dispatches and Embedded in Africa for Russia Today TV (RT). He also writes for other global publications, including Culture 11, Globalia and Globalspec. Zandri’s nonfiction has appeared in New York Newsday, Hudson Valley Magazine, Game and Fish Magazine and others, while his essays and short fiction have been featured in many journals, such as Fugue, Maryland Review and Orange Coast Magazine.
Zandri holds an M.F.A. in Writing from Vermont College, and is a 2010 International Thriller Writer’s Awards panel judge. He currently divides his time between New York and Europe.


PRAISE FOR VINCENT ZANDRI’S NOVELS

“If you are a Hitchcock fan, you’ll absolutely love this book.”
~ Virginia Book Examiner

“A brilliant whodunnit.”
~ Readaholic

“The surprises keep coming up until, literally, the very last page.”
~ Heath Lowrance

“Sensational...Masterful...Brilliant.”
~ New York Post

“Readers will be held captive by prose that pounds as steadily as an elevated pulse...Vincent Zandri nails readers’ attention.”
~ Boston Herald
“Zandri demonstrates an uncanny knack for exposition, introducing new characters and narrative possibilities with the confidence of an old pro...Zandri does a superb job creating interlocking puzzle pieces.”
~ San Diego Union-Tribune

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Godchild    by Vincent Zandri
Price: $4.97 USD. 79750 words. Published by StoneHouse Ink on January 21, 2011. Fiction.

He wanted justice, truth, revenge...whichever came first. Prison-warden-turned-P.I. Jack "Keeper" Marconi understands the criminal mind. And he knows what it takes to break a man. His own life came apart the day a black Buick broadsided his car--and his wife died horrifically in the seat beside him. Marconi catches a split-second glimpse of the dri
Moonlight Mafia    by Vincent Zandri
Price: Free! 7270 words. Published by StoneHouse Ink on January 21, 2011. Fiction.

(4.00 from 1 review)
In this digital short, the too often unemployed private detective is hired by an anonymous client (“John Smith”) to bring down a Mafia wise guy who’s using a used car lot as a front for illegal gambling activity. At least, that’s what Moonlight is led to believe.
The Innocent    by Vincent Zandri
Price: $3.97 USD. 94970 words. Published by StoneHouse Ink on September 28, 2010. Fiction.

(5.00 from 1 review)
Getting caught is simply not an option. It's been a year since Jack Marconi's wife was killed. Ever since, he's been slipping up at his job as warden at an upstate New York prison. It makes him the perfect patsy when a cop-killer breaks out--with the help of someone on the inside. Throwing himself into the hunt for the fleeing con, Jack doesn't see what's coming.
True Stories (A Digital Short)    by Vincent Zandri
Price: $0.99 USD. 4560 words. Published by StoneHouse Ink on August 5, 2010. Nonfiction.

(5.00 from 1 review)
"True Stories" is one of Vincent Zandri's most anthologized short stories. Based on the true story of Zandri having tackled and apprehended a car thief who was rampaging through his upstate New York neighborhood, this literary thriller begins with a "seed of truth" around which grow invented circumstances, the result being a clever mesh of truth and creation.
Pathological    by Vincent Zandri
Price: $0.99 USD. 4810 words. Published by StoneHouse Ink on July 26, 2010. Fiction.

(5.00 from 1 review)
The serial killer takes on many guises. But what happens when you unknowingly take him as your most trusted and loyal husband? Pathological is proof that even though you think you know your spouse inside and out, you might not really know him at all. A Digital Short.

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