Funny, You Don't Look Irish

It's official: I'll be joining Mr. Ray Banks in the Ken Bruen-edited Dublin Noir anthology, due to be published by Akashic Books in spring 2006.

And while "Swierczynski" isn't exactly the most Oirish name on the planet, I do feel a special connection to the Land of Guinness . My wife and kids have Irish blood running through their veins, and my first name is actually Celtic for "on the downs." So take that.

My story is called "Lonely and Gone," and I like to think of it as my homage to Cornell Woolrich. (Whose most popular pseudonym was "William Irish," by the way.)