I met James Sheehan at a St. Petersburg Times Festival of Reading event back in 2005. I was there promoting my new biography of Will Eisner and he was riding a wave of excellent reviews for his first novel, The Mayor of Lexington Avenue.
As we got talking, however, we realized we had met before – through our dogs.
Turns out, Jim and his wife literally live around the corner from me. I walk my dogs several times a day, and his dogs had figured out a way of tunnelling under the fence. They didn’t know how to get back once they were loose, however, so my wife and I returned them to the Sheehan’s yard more than once over the years.
They’ve got a new fence now, so that doesn’t happen as often.
A few weeks back, Jim and I met up again. He was on his way to South Carolina for a big booksellers event to launch his second novel,
The Law of Second Chances. Jim gave me a copy to read and I knew it was time to get my neighbor on the show.
You can LISTEN to this Mr. Media interview with JAMES SHEEHAN by clicking the BlogTalkRadio.com audio player above!
© 2008 by Bob Andelman. All rights reserved.
Mr. Media Audio Interview: James Sheehan, 'The Mayor of Lexington Avenue," novelist
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