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Dennis Tafoya

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in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, The United States
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Dennis Tafoya is the author of three crime novels, And Dope Thief, The Wolves in Fairmount Park and The Poor Boy’s Game, as well as numerous short stories appearing in magazines and anthologies including Philadelphia Noir and The Best American Mystery Stories . His work has been optioned for film and television.

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"Dope Thief" is out!

My crime novel, "Dope Thief," has been released by St. Martin's Minotaur, and is making its way to stores. It's gotten great reviews from Kirkus, Booklist, Publishers Weekly, Philadelphia Stories and on a bunch of book blogs, like The Drowning Machine.

I had my first signing, at my local bookstore in Doylestown, PA, and it was a LOT of fun. Old friends showed up, some of whom I haven't seen in yea Read more of this blog post »
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Myfanwy Hi Dennis, thanks for the note. Nice to meet you.

Myf


message 4: by Ed

Ed Many thanks for the add, Dennis. Much success and good reads to you. Have a great weekend.

Ed Lynskey
author, PELHAM FELL HERE



message 3: by Ann

Ann Wesley You didn't mention me in your profile. I'm a little put out.


Dennis Yeah, I ripped them off another profile here!


message 1: by Ann

Ann Wesley I just ripped off the recent quotes you added by RWE. They're winners!


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