https://www.johnnardizzi.com/index.htmlHot News!enen2025-12-07T14:54:20-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 Wed, 24 Dec 2025 15:18:29 -0500Events2025-12-07T14:54:20-05:00https://www.johnnardizzi.com/events/files/5516d4a9a99b2634369cae546c4dfe8a-20.html#unique-entry-id-20https://www.johnnardizzi.com/events/files/5516d4a9a99b2634369cae546c4dfe8a-20.html#unique-entry-id-20We had a second Noir at the Bar event in Newburyport and it was again a tremendous success with top notch writers and great camaraderie. Thanks to The Grog for hosting us and Sally Milliken for organizing. We will return to Caffe Avellino next summer!











]]>Events2025-02-09T18:28:21-05:00https://www.johnnardizzi.com/events/files/7cc2937a92f57f90805277a5dddd5cbd-19.html#unique-entry-id-19https://www.johnnardizzi.com/events/files/7cc2937a92f57f90805277a5dddd5cbd-19.html#unique-entry-id-19Hosted a fantastic Noir at the Bar set for Thursday night, February 20, 2025!

~ Caffe Avellino, 242 Humphrey St. Swampscott, MA 01907

Turned out to be a great social event and a chance to meet and hear from some excellent crime fiction writers in the Boston area. Thanks to my friend Theresa for hosting us!










]]>Events2024-12-11T16:06:26-05:00https://www.johnnardizzi.com/events/files/e382b7ea2c2700f2f5ac0bf2087e465c-18.html#unique-entry-id-18https://www.johnnardizzi.com/events/files/e382b7ea2c2700f2f5ac0bf2087e465c-18.html#unique-entry-id-18Wonderful time last night at the Sisters in Crime Monday Mystery and Mayhem panel at the West Roxbury Branch Library.The following pics were supplied by Robert Gaudet! Artemis Kirk did the honors with introductions and keeping the show running.
]]>Events2024-10-08T09:29:46-04:00https://www.johnnardizzi.com/events/files/b644274783a626e222eba10eb3b6479c-17.html#unique-entry-id-17https://www.johnnardizzi.com/events/files/b644274783a626e222eba10eb3b6479c-17.html#unique-entry-id-17Really enjoyed moderating the mystery panel discussion and chatting with readers and writers at Shirley Library. Thanks to the Library for hosting the event and supporting artists in the community!


]]>Events2024-01-02T08:24:47-05:00https://www.johnnardizzi.com/events/files/592413200107a1ef007534ac9588dd34-16.html#unique-entry-id-16https://www.johnnardizzi.com/events/files/592413200107a1ef007534ac9588dd34-16.html#unique-entry-id-16Thanks to the organizers of New England Crime Bake for having me close the show with Life of PI- Investigating Innocence!! What a passionate audience, really memorable. Here with great writer and comrade in pens Kate Flora

Tried to dispel one #PIMyth this past weekend at my presentation - "modern investigators just sit at a desk and do database research"❎❎
We still gumshoe!! (often over food or coffee) #CrimeFiction







]]>Events2023-11-03T18:24:35-04:00https://www.johnnardizzi.com/events/files/c52c3a936497a03428d610d378a51a8f-15.html#unique-entry-id-15https://www.johnnardizzi.com/events/files/c52c3a936497a03428d610d378a51a8f-15.html#unique-entry-id-15Want to thank the Friends of the Concord Library and host Kate Flora for inviting me to be part of Mystery Night at Concord Festival of Authors on October 30. Excellent discussion and a friendly group of readers. And a gorgeous library too.


]]>Events2023-06-28T19:14:13-04:00https://www.johnnardizzi.com/events/files/16c52277b29bf7fc4f09c04f8816fb40-14.html#unique-entry-id-14https://www.johnnardizzi.com/events/files/16c52277b29bf7fc4f09c04f8816fb40-14.html#unique-entry-id-14Very much looking forward to giving a book talk about 'The Burden of Innocence' (and some information about the NE Innocence Project too) for the Tewksbury Public Library this summer. Please join us on Tuesday, July 25 at 7pm!]]>Events2022-10-12T18:43:41-04:00https://www.johnnardizzi.com/events/files/a13572a584dcd5857ee348c4c1c4aeb3-12.html#unique-entry-id-12https://www.johnnardizzi.com/events/files/a13572a584dcd5857ee348c4c1c4aeb3-12.html#unique-entry-id-12Sisters in Crime New England is sponsoring a “We’re Not Making This Up” panel on Tuesday afternoon, November 15, at 1 PM at the Canton Senior Center, 500 Pleasant Street, Canton, MA 02021. I will be participating along with some excellent writers and speakers like Kate Flora, Frances McNamara and Joanna Schauffhausen. We will talk about how real-life crime has led to story-telling in both non-fiction and fiction works. ]]>Events2022-10-12T18:40:09-04:00https://www.johnnardizzi.com/events/files/2fe1893b230a149c1a86ff89fe73bc86-11.html#unique-entry-id-11https://www.johnnardizzi.com/events/files/2fe1893b230a149c1a86ff89fe73bc86-11.html#unique-entry-id-11The Boston Book Festival will take place in Boston on October 29. The great writers organization Sisters in Crime New England (SinCNE) is sponsoring a booth for this year’s festival. Sisters [and Misters like me] will be there so stop by at 1:00 PM to talk all things crime.]]>Events2022-08-28T19:09:15-04:00https://www.johnnardizzi.com/events/files/ecefba65226305e74207906e6181f3e5-13.html#unique-entry-id-13https://www.johnnardizzi.com/events/files/ecefba65226305e74207906e6181f3e5-13.html#unique-entry-id-13Spoke to a great young class at Boston University Summer Journalism Academy about the book and how I work on innocence cases with New England Innocence Project…the instructor told me a good thirty-five percent of the kids chose the NE Innocence Project as their main project. Tremendous to see the energy coming from this book and rallying a group of young writers. The written word is alive and well!]]>Events2022-06-02T17:03:14-04:00https://www.johnnardizzi.com/events/files/2f3867f590965a7e7c852b8ad2085ccb-10.html#unique-entry-id-10https://www.johnnardizzi.com/events/files/2f3867f590965a7e7c852b8ad2085ccb-10.html#unique-entry-id-10The Burden of Innocence was shortlisted today for the 2022 Shamus Award in the Best PI Paperback category by the Private Eye Writers of America! Very exciting news to be nominated in such a crowded field of fantastic writers.

Past Shamus winners include some of the top writers in the genre: Laura Lippman, Robert B. Parker, Walter Mosley, Sue Grafton, Lawrence Block, Bill Pronzini, Livia Washburn, Sara Peretsky. Great company to keep on the mean streets of modern publishing…


]]>Events2022-06-01T22:34:40-04:00https://www.johnnardizzi.com/events/files/e21858910a8c93d754998d98982c62a4-9.html#unique-entry-id-9https://www.johnnardizzi.com/events/files/e21858910a8c93d754998d98982c62a4-9.html#unique-entry-id-9Thank you to SINC New England and the Warwick Public Library for hosting a fantastic book talk. Enjoyed meeting the talented writers Maureen Boyle, Jan Brogan, and Kate Flora.


]]>Events2022-05-01T19:16:13-04:00https://www.johnnardizzi.com/events/files/6349577eea7e0df7af05871d1f331638-8.html#unique-entry-id-8https://www.johnnardizzi.com/events/files/6349577eea7e0df7af05871d1f331638-8.html#unique-entry-id-8Thank you all for supporting the tremendous launch of The Burden of Innocence, which is getting great reviews on many retail sites!  Getting a lot of questions about the real stories behind the scenes. Some news on this point ...

Parts of the book are based on the case of my client, James Watson. He spent 42 years in a Massachusetts prison for a crime he did not commit until we freed him from prison and cleared his name forever. He is am amazing person who credits his family and sense of humor for helping him persevere. A few weeks ago, I went to the Innocence Network conference in Phoenix with James, his family, and the rest of the legal team to celebrate. This event hosted over 200 exonerated men and women, as well as 500 investigators, lawyers and family members. Wow, what an emotional conference. A lot of pain, happiness, and wisdom mixed together. As one exoneree said: "Don't count the days, just make the days count."

Here are some photos from this incredible week in Phoenix. Our crew controlled the pool table for 3 hours on consecutive nights and crushed all comers, much to the chagrin of several west coast lawyers. You heard it here first: James' prison rec room had a pool table, as did my law school housing complex.🎱

]]>Events2022-05-01T19:10:28-04:00https://www.johnnardizzi.com/events/files/d952d8c83d28228cc1dd6c8dbc22b46c-7.html#unique-entry-id-7https://www.johnnardizzi.com/events/files/d952d8c83d28228cc1dd6c8dbc22b46c-7.html#unique-entry-id-7Starting to set some local readings. If you live in the area, stop by and say hello!

• Noir at the Bar - Caffe Avellino, 242 Humphrey Street, Swampscott MA 01907. Thursday, June 9, 2022 at 7:00 PM.

]]>Events2022-03-27T10:35:00-04:00https://www.johnnardizzi.com/events/files/34cc5dd160d80cca11eed6b37a606100-5.html#unique-entry-id-5https://www.johnnardizzi.com/events/files/34cc5dd160d80cca11eed6b37a606100-5.html#unique-entry-id-5Appeared on Writers Bone host Daniel Ford, talking about crime fiction and The Burden of Innocence. We had a great chat about writing, strange trances you enter (at times) and how you start to believe the things your characters say. John even uttered a memorable quote; "If you have the gift to write, build it up and enjoy yourself."
Right? Write.

]]>Events2022-02-26T10:48:25-05:00https://www.johnnardizzi.com/events/files/8d98464f5caebba24426e5c949115a60-6.html#unique-entry-id-6https://www.johnnardizzi.com/events/files/8d98464f5caebba24426e5c949115a60-6.html#unique-entry-id-6Appearing with some other great New England writers at a Sisters in Crime, New England-sponsored event called "Sisters & Misters in Crime" at the Warwick Public Library. Event will be held on Tuesday, May 24 at 2 p.m. Hope to see you there!
]]>Events2021-11-19T15:00:50-05:00https://www.johnnardizzi.com/events/files/678c989e4dd1c43f2a6ba7cce247220a-3.html#unique-entry-id-3https://www.johnnardizzi.com/events/files/678c989e4dd1c43f2a6ba7cce247220a-3.html#unique-entry-id-3Will be appearing on the excellent podcast of PI Education at 4:30 PM EST, Wednesday, Dec. 1 where I will talk with the bearded legend Hal Humphries about investigating on behalf of wrongfully convicted clients and how I sleep well at night by writing fiction. Or as PI Education says: "Nardizzi has poured all that experience, triumph, and fury (and his prodigious writing chops) into a new novel, THE BURDEN OF INNOCENCE, which he says he wrote to help set certain things right in fiction that didn't go right in the world. "

Please stop by on their YouTube channel!]]>Events2019-11-01T20:08:22-04:00https://www.johnnardizzi.com/events/files/022d44fc2c227801cd2f6dec2ae4b39a-2.html#unique-entry-id-2https://www.johnnardizzi.com/events/files/022d44fc2c227801cd2f6dec2ae4b39a-2.html#unique-entry-id-2Enjoy the film Shawshank Redemption? Come hear the story of Victor Rosario, an innocent man who spent over 3 decades in prison after being convicted of arson in 1983. Victor will be speaking along with his attorney Andrea Petersen and his PI (me): Sat. March 30, 4 PM.

]]>Events2019-04-01T20:03:38-04:00https://www.johnnardizzi.com/events/files/4cc033303b493306d4804333d75927db-1.html#unique-entry-id-1https://www.johnnardizzi.com/events/files/4cc033303b493306d4804333d75927db-1.html#unique-entry-id-1Thank you to Sleuthfest 2019 for hosting me on several writing and investigation panels. 2019 #sleuthfest rocked the house. Great panels & the organizers made everyone feel welcome. Flawless ... Toured Miami last night to complete pinot noir vibe ...

]]>Events2018-11-01T20:01:00-04:00https://www.johnnardizzi.com/events/files/8006651b06d5df6dbfccad47eb0ad26c-0.html#unique-entry-id-0https://www.johnnardizzi.com/events/files/8006651b06d5df6dbfccad47eb0ad26c-0.html#unique-entry-id-0John Nardizzi’s “Chasing the Ghost” wins Pursuit Magazine Criminal Defense writing contest.
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