Michael Balkind's Page

Hi JP Fans,

If you are coming to BEA today(Saturday 5/30) to meet Mr. Patterson and get a signed copy of The Final Warning &/or Witch & Wizard, please stop by booth 4015 between 11-11:30 to say hi and get a signed copy of my upcoming book Dead Ball. I'd love to meet you.
(After my signing, I'll be in line to get JP's books too. Then I'll be at booth 4015 for most of the day. Please come say hello before or after you meet Mr. Patterson.)

Michael Balkind
Author of Sudden Death & Dead… Continue

When I began my first novel there were a few things that compelled me. Not fame, not fortune, although, of course, the hope for those lies eternal within me.

The reason I started to write was that I was in a dark place in my life at the time and writing was very cathartic. I had always wanted to write a novel and all of a sudden I had the time to do it. One must do something while awake at all hours of the night. I wrote about my issues and although I will eventually publish that story, as I wa… Continue

I’m not sure if Mr. Patterson has this problem, but I certainly do. Actually, the word “problem” might not be accurate. Maybe it’s more like I just see everyday things differently now that I am a published author. Life used to pass me by, as it probably does for others, with some laughs and cries, some goods and bads, some happys and sads. But now it’s all different, not that I live differently, just that I see things differently.
Everything I see now is a potential scene for a current or future… Continue

As a writer, I am astonished with the amount of projects Mr. Patterson can handle simultaneously. He is like a one man publishing industry. He writes, edits, and markets much more than any other author, and he still finds the time for family and things like golf. I wouldn’t think there was enough time in the day to get all that done. Yet, when I asked him to review an advance copy of my first novel, Sudden Death, he graciously said yes. Then within a few weeks, I received his cover blurb in the… Continue