VOTM: What’s the most unusual experience you’ve had at a reading?
QUIRK: If I have a long drive on book tour, I’ll usually wear something comfortable on the road, like shorts and a t-shirt. That often leads to me changing clothes in odd places: in the bathroom of some cozy bookstore, in the back of my car in Orange, in the parking lot of Vroman’s, etc. It always cracks me up, as I absurdly think of the Joads, or Superman’s phone booth, or an old-time traveling salesman. I’m still waiting for the day when I go on stage and someone says, “Hey, didn’t I just see you in your boxers in the back of a Toyota?”
Matthew Quirk studied history and literature at Harvard College. After graduation, he spent five years at The Atlantic reporting on crime, private military contractors, terrorism prosecutions, and international gangs. His first novel, The 500, was an Edgar nominee and won the Strand Critics’ and International Thriller Writers’ awards for best first novel. His most recent book is Cold Barrel Zero. He lives in San Diego.
Come see Matthew read at 3rdSpace in San Diego on Thursday, June 9 at 7:30pm.