Kelli Stanley, Mystery Writer

About Me

I'm a mystery writer. Thanks for stopping by MySpace. The best place to find out more about Roman Noir and the world of my novel, Nox Dormienda, is my website.

My Interests

Most writers will tell you they have to write...it's like an obsessive-compulsive disorder you get to share with the world. ;) I like to do other things, too ... watch classic films, travel, get out in nature and breathe, and take walks along the foggy San Francisco beaches.

I'd like to meet:

Readers, Writers, Film Noir Fans, and the man who invented bourbon.

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Music:

Jazz, baby, jazz. Mainly classic jazz from the big band through the cool era. Sarah Vaughan, Duke Ellington, Nancy Wilson, Chet Baker, Louis Armstrong--I love 'em all.

Movies:

Casablanca. '30s musicals. A few silents that were so beautifully filmed they did the talking in your head. And lots and lots of film noir...my favorite genre. I've got a list of my own top 25 favorites on my website.

Television:

TV--well, unsurprisingly if you've read this far, I like the old stuff. Twilight Zone, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Star Trek, The Avengers, I Love Lucy...and when I have a cold, I gravitate toward Fantasy Island. I can't help myself.

Books:

Raymond Chandler is my greatest influence and my favorite writer. Hammett, of course. Hemingway. Fitzgerald. Some Golden Age mystery writers ... Christie, Sayers. Shakespeare, a lot of classics, Jane Austen, and Thomas Hardy. And a bunch of current authors, mainly in noir, thriller and crime fiction.

Heroes:

Elizabeth II and Winston Churchill. And Batman.

My Blog

Mile High (Again!)

I'm sitting in a hotel room in Denver right now, admiring the snow on the Rockies in the distance. An inch or two fell yesterday afternoon and evening, but today the sky is blue on the plains, and the...
Posted by Kelli Stanley, Mystery Writer on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:52:00 PST

Ding, Dong, the ARCS are Here!

ARCS ... advanced reading copies ... here ... in a box ... gotta send them out ... gotta get to reviewers ... The above is a constant refrain in my head, a small gnawing voice of both joy and fear. Jo...
Posted by Kelli Stanley, Mystery Writer on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 05:36:00 PST

What? Its the Middle of January?

I looked around, and it was January 16th ... eons since I've last updated my MySpace blog. What is it with time? Have you ever noticed how relative (with apologies to Dr. Einstein) time really is?When...
Posted by Kelli Stanley, Mystery Writer on Thu, 17 Jan 2008 06:53:00 PST

Real vs. Simulated ... or Aluminum!

My last My Space blog of the year ... sob ... and it's been a wonderful year (and a wonderful life!!). :)Thanks for being here. 2008 I get to debut (gee ... I've always secretly wanted to be a deb, if...
Posted by Kelli Stanley, Mystery Writer on Fri, 21 Dec 2007 04:23:00 PST

Pneumonia and Cabbages and Awards

Codeine is an awful drug. I mean it. I'm not the narcotics-type, and the bizarre opium-eater dreams I have when I finally do fall asleep--after imbibing but two teaspoons of codeine cough syrup--are ...
Posted by Kelli Stanley, Mystery Writer on Fri, 30 Nov 2007 11:09:00 PST

Mile High and Unsinkable ... LCC in 2008!

It's been, as they say in the UK, donkey's years since I've posted. They say other things in the UK, too, one of my favorite's being "Here's your pint." Alaska and Bouchercon were so fantastic th...
Posted by Kelli Stanley, Mystery Writer on Wed, 14 Nov 2007 06:10:00 PST

The First Time

I'm in such an all-fired hurry--I have to repost this blog from Crimespace--in case you haven't heard, I'm going north--to Alaska!I'm about to take my first trip to Alaska--and experience my first Bou...
Posted by Kelli Stanley, Mystery Writer on Fri, 21 Sep 2007 04:17:00 PST

Acting Out

A couple of weeks ago I trooped down to the Project Artaud theater in San Francisco to see a snazzy production of Cornell Woolrich's Angel Face. What made the experience particularly unique is that t...
Posted by Kelli Stanley, Mystery Writer on Tue, 28 Aug 2007 04:00:00 PST

Roman Noir Hors dOeuvre

(Cross-posting from Crimespace)I had some great news that I can now share: my short story Convivium will be published by that most illustrious of noir e-zines, Hardluck Stories (founded by Crimespace...
Posted by Kelli Stanley, Mystery Writer on Wed, 08 Aug 2007 06:24:00 PST

Hardboiled (Eggs, History and Harry Potter)

So the sun is shining in San Francisco, which can be a rarity in the summer.Mark Twain, the quintessential wag, once said the coldest winter he ever spent was summer in San Francisco.If you head to t...
Posted by Kelli Stanley, Mystery Writer on Thu, 19 Jul 2007 05:58:00 PST