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I'm an award-winning, New York Times-bestselling author and game designer and happily married father of five, including a set of quadruplets. For more on my work, see Forbeck.com.
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October Means Travel: NYCC, Gamehole Con, and the Chippewa Valley Book Festival!

Hello, October! I have three big events happening this month, in between which I’m juggling a lot of different projects at once, so let’s get to it!

First up — October 8–11 — is New York Comic Con, arguably the biggest comic book convention in the nation. I don’t have any official duties at the show, but I’ll be there to support my friends at Marvel at their last hometown con before the company de

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“Who the hell is Warren Ellis again?”
Hardison gaped at the man. “Only one of the greatest comics writers in the past twenty years. Might as well ask who Alan Moore is, or Frank Miller, or Mark Waid, or Brian Michael Bendis, or Marv Wolfman, or Geoff Johns.”

Eliot gave Hardison a blank look as they wove their way through the hall. Parker took the lead, toting a printed sign with her. Eliot and Hardison trailed in her wake. They made a point of striding right past Patronus’s booth. They didn’t turn to see if he noticed them.

“No one?” Hardison said. “Nothing? Not even Kurt Busiek? Neil Gaiman?”

“I have a life. I do things, active things. I date women.”
“Stan Lee?”

Eliot gave Hardison that one with a wag of his head. “Who hasn’t heard of Stan Lee?”

“All right,” Hardison said with satisfaction. “You had me worried there, man.”
― Matt Forbeck, The Con Job

“Writing is an act of discovery in which you peel back the layers of the story as you write it down.”
― Matt Forbeck

“He's not dead, Parker." He clenched his jaw so hard she could see the muscles working in it.

"Are you just saying that to make me feel better?"

"No, I'm saying it to make myself feel better.”
― Matt Forbeck, The Con Job

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message 3: by Cam

Cam Hi Matt! Good to see you on Goodreads. Yet another excellent way to remind yourself how awesome your friends and colleagues are. ;)


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Matt Forbeck Thanks, Paul! I hope both you and your books are doing well too! ;)


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Paul Genesse Hi Matt,

Welcome to Goodreads. I hope you're doing well and keep writing great books!

Paul Genesse
Author of The Dragon Hunters


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