Alexis Stefanovich-Thomson, Author

About this episode

Historical crime fiction author Alexis Stefanovich-Thomson discusses his new novel and the intricacies of writing within the genre.

Historical crime fiction author Alexis Stefanovich-Thomson talks about his new second novel in the Patrick Bird Mystery Series called Opposite Sully’s Gym, the subset of ‘Maple Noir’ within ‘Noir Fiction’ writing, weaving actual Toronto landmarks and events into his historical fiction, using the story of James Earl Ray as the backdrop to his novel, the challenge of writing one thousand words per day while still holding down a regular nine-to-five job, grocery shopping alongside 'The Killer' Doug Gilmour in Kingston, and whether Nic Cage should be considered for a role in any future movie adaptations! Opposite Sully’s Gym is available at https://www.dundurn.com/books_/t22117/a9781459755888-opposite-sully-s-gym For everything Alexis Stefanovich-Thomson, please visit https://www.alexisstefanovichthomson.com/ TORONTO LEGENDS is hosted by Andrew Applebaum at andrew.applebaum@gmail.com All episodes available at https://www.torontolegends.ca/episodes/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Andrew Applebaum

Guest: Alexis Stefanovich-Thomson

Topics covered

• historical crime fiction
• Maple Noir
• writing challenges
• Toronto landmarks
• mystery series

Keywords

• crime fiction
• Patrick Bird Mystery Series
• Noir Fiction
• writing process
• Toronto

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Dundurn

Books & works: Opposite Sully’s Gym

Places: Toronto, Kingston

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