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Listen to David's story "The Axiom of Choice" as read by Joe Samarco for StarShipSofa's Crime City Central.


Read David's dialogue with Zoë Ferraris on the Mulholland Books website, where they discuss "The Invisible Hero."

Come read David's postings every other Wednesday on MURDERATI, one of the most engaging and informative blogs on writing and the writing life on the web. (An archive of David's posts can be found here.)

Watch David read from Do They Know I'm Running? at San Francisco's Babylon Salon. (They made him follow a magician.)





RECENT EVENTS

August 10
Listen to David's interview with Susan Bartelstone of Voice America's Crime Prevention 101.

October 28
Read David's essay, "Insulting Your Intelligence (Just gimme some noiriness)" on the impressive and always interesting Mulholland Books website.

October 9
See David read from Do They Know I'm Running? for Guerilla Reads at the Latino Book & Family Festival, October 9, 2010.

October 2
Read David's interview with Len Wanner of the University of Edinburgh, who has launched one of the most intelligent, comprehensive and just plain gorgeous websites devoted to writing and writers of any kind: The Crime Of It All.

August 7
Listen to a podcast of David and fellow author Barry Eisler reading from their work, being interviewed by the Agony Column's Rick Kleffel, and answering questions from audience members at their joint reading at the Capitola Book Café.

June 20
Listen to NPR's Weekend Edition piece about the Literary Throwdown at San Quentin State Prison, pitting David and five other authors against the students in the inmate creative writing class run by Keith and Kent Zimmerman.

June 16
Read Biblio Baggins' June reading list, where David finds himself in excellent company—James Crumley and Lee Child—and earns some humbling praise: "Listen people, this guy is a great writer and a great read . . . [F]or my money, Corbett is the guy."

June 5
See David's interview with Doctor Jan Gurley on emotional intelligence as it applies to characterization in novels.

May 26
Read San Francisco author Donna Levin's blog posting about Do They Know I'm Running?

May 1
See David interviewed by Doris Booth for Dallas-based Authorlink

April 16
See David interviewed by Bill Kenower for Seattle's Author Magazine

March 29
Read David's profile and discussion of Do They Know I'm Running? with Rege Behe of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

March 25
Hear David interviewed by Lynn Neary of NPR for All Things Considered with Jeffery Deaver and Jim Fusilli, discussing their work on The Chopin Manuscript and The Copper Bracelet.

March 22
Hear David's interview with Maureen Cavanaugh of NPR station KPBS in San Diego concerning Do They Know I'm Running?

March 18
Fresh Fiction
David was guest blogger, discussing Do They Know I'm Running?

March 17
CONNIE MARTINSON TALKS BOOKS
Watch David interviewed by host Connie Martinson on her nationally syndicated show.

March 12
Watch David discuss Do They Know I'm Running? with host Nick Rizzo of CU@USC on the USC Trojan Vision Network

March 11
Read David's interview on the website for Murder by the Book in Portland, Oregon

March 11
See David interviewed by host Dave Anderson for Portland, Oregon's KATU TV-AM NORTHWEST

March 8
Read David's guest blog entry for Murderati on what to do when a friend is facing a personal crisis.

March 7
Hear David discussing Do They Know I'm Running? in an interview by Elliot Neaman for USF Forum, KUSF Radio, San Francisco.



PREVIOUS INTERVIEWS

THE AGONY COLUMN

Hear a July 2008 interview with Rick Kleffel for his Agony Column NPR broadcast through KUSP in Santa Cruz, California, in which David discusses his work, the writing life, artistic choices and responsibility, El Salvador, gangs, class and more. To download the podcast, click here.

And for a 2003 interview for the same program in which David discusses Done for a Dime and The Devil's Redhead and how he transitioned from PI work to writing:
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ASHLAND MYSTERY ROGUE VALLEY TV NOIR SERIES

Hear (and watch) David read from BLOOD OF PARADISE as part of the Ashland Mystery Rogue Valley TV Noir series, hosted by K. Silem Mohammed.

PRETTY LITTLE PARASITE

Hear David read his short story Pretty Little Parasite from the Akashic anthology Las Vegas Noir, currently posted on the CRIMEWAV website, the brainchild of the indefatigable Seth Harwood. (If you haven't visited this website yet, do so today; it's one of the hippest in the genre.)

HEAR DAVID ON HARLOT'S SAUCE RADIO

Hear David interviewed for Harlot's Sauce Radio by memoirist Patricia Volonakis Davis, where he discusses BLOOD OF PARADISE, reads from THE DEVIL'S REDHEAD, muses on the writing life and explores the political and social situation in Central America, specifically as it relates to crime and U.S. policy.

To hear the interview, go to www.harlotssauce.com and type David's name in the search box.

Harlot's Sauce Radio is an e-magazine that provides articles and podcasts dedicated to the theme: "Something Delicious Out of Limited Choices." The name, "Harlots Sauce" is the English translation for salsa puttanesca, a spicy concoction invented by the prostitutes of Naples, who used to lure their clients in with the aroma. They had to make this sauce quickly and cheaply, hence the slogan. (Harlot's Sauce is also the title of Patricia's memoir.)

Download David's interview with the inimitable Tony DuShane on Drinks with Tony, an internationally broadcast Internet radio show that has featured interviews with Steve Buscemi, Nick Cave, Janet Fitch, James Ellroy, Chuck Palahniuk, William T. Vollmann, Irvine Welsh, Wim Wenders, Mark Haskell Smith, Tim Maleeny, and many others. Go to www.drinkswithtony.com/davidcorbett.html. In this August 2008 interview with David, he talks about his latest novel, Blood of Paradise, while spinning tracks from throughout Latin America, including tunes by Nacao Zumbi, Celso Pina, Los Mocosos, Sepultura, Moenia, Luis Miguel, Los Shakers, and Maldita Vecindad.

Go here to view a video of Tasha Alexander reading a portion of the "heroic" sex scene from BLOOD OF PARADISE.

View a 20 minute video interview David provided Author Link, in which he discusses BLOOD OF PARADISE and the writing life.

David took part in a Live Chat on www.Gather.com on Thursday, May 17th, discussing BLOOD OF PARADISE, his influences, snarky reviews, his PI background, and other matters. To read the transcript, click here.



David hosts the High Crimes Mystery Book Group in Benicia, CA once a month. Click here for more information.

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