I recently recorded an episode of the Maine TV show "Wildfire" with George Smith and Harry Vanderweide, talking about Maine's game wardens, both the fictional ones I write about in my books and the real life officers I've come to know in my research. The interview lasts about half an hour:
Mike Bowditch Will Return in "The Bone Orchard"
Here it is: the cover of fifth book in the Mike Bowditch series, The Bone Orchard, coming July 15, 2014.
Toronto Star: "Meticulously Observed and Gracefully Written"
The Toronto Star has published an absoluting glowing review of Massacre Pond, which came as an early Christmas present. I even got top billing over Michael Connelly:
The new book is Doiron’s fourth in his meticulously observed and gracefully written Bowditch series. Massacre Pond’s difference from the earlier books is a matter of degree. It packs more power in describing the tensions between Maine’s environmentalists and its ordinary residents who pillage the landscape in order to feed their families.
Doiron is so persuasive in explaining the mindsets of Maine’s rugged individualists of all inclinations that even city slickers among his readers can’t help feeling dragged into a conflict that could save or doom the state’s natural character.
Thank you for the kind words, Jack Batten.
I'm Not Dead
Not a day goes by when someone doesn't arrive at this Web site by typing in "Paul Doiron Obituary." This leads me to believe that across North America men named Paul Doiron are dropping like flies. The alternative is that someone is fearing (or maybe hoping?) that I recently came to a bad end. I'd like to clear up any confusion in the latter instance:
Update on 2013-12-24 16:03 by Paul Doiron
I feel happy! I feel happy!
Here's what I sound like giving an interview way too early in the A.M.
In case you've ever wondered. This was my recent appearance on 94.9 WHOM's Morning Show with Sandra and Teddy, talking about Massacre Pond.
I even look sleepy in the photo.