So far, February has been a pretty good month for Spokane crime fiction author Frank Zafiro.
Zafiro was recently featured in a special report on Spokane's KXLY4 where he and Robyn Nance discussed things such as how being a local police officer influences his River City stories and how real Spokane locations are used in his books.
For those who missed the segment when it aired on Tuesday, February 7, it is still available on KXLY's website. The article accompanying the link gives readers a transcript of some of the things Zafiro talked about, but anyone with any interest in Zafiro's books should watch the video. There is a lot of great stuff that didn't make it into the print version.
A photo essay by KXLY4 Web Journalist Nicole Hensley serves as a great companion piece, showing some real places in Spokane that Zafiro used as locations in River City novels such as "Beneath a Weeping Sky" and "Heroes Often Fail."
On his blog River City, the always gracious Zafiro had good things to say about the two stories.
"Hensley delved into the idea of place (real places) in fiction, while Nance did a great job of capturing my real personality," Zafiro said. "I was most grateful that she used footage that was important to me -- why I write about cops, and what I admire about the men and women I work with.
"... I want to say thank you to both Nicole Hensley and Robyn Nance for featuring my work and treating me very well!"
Zafiro also found out recently that he was invited to the 14th annual Get Lit! Festival, held by Eastern Washington University in Spokane this year from April 10 to April 15. He will be in good company along with other local authors such as Jess Walter, Samuel Ligon and Claire Rudolf Murphy.
In a blog update posted on Thursday, February 2, Zafiro said "I will be doing a reading on 4/14 (Saturday) at 10 a.m., as well as being part of a panel discussion later on that same day, at 1:45 - 3:15 p.m. This will take place at the Phase 1 building of the Riverpoint campus for EWU right here in Spokane.
"Get Lit! is a great expression of local artists as well as a great expression of love for the arts by locals. I hope some of you will make it there, whether to see me or any of the other great artists. (Hint: Jess Walter will be there, so that's worth the gas money alone)."
Zafiro is too modest to say so, but getting two chances to meet him and discuss his writing is definitely worth the gas money. Hopefully, more book lovers in the Spokane area will become Frank Zafiro fans as a result of seeing him at these upcoming events.
Zafiro's television interview is also posted on YouTube.
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