Dean Jobb - True Crime Writer
@deanjobb
Strolling through the crowd like Peter Lorre, contemplating a crime. A Gentleman and a Thief • The Case of the Murderous Dr Cream • Empire of Deception (Algonquin Books/HarperCollins Canada) Website: www.deanjobb.com Facebook:
A glorious morning for a stroll on Stanhope Beach, Prince Edward Island. #travel #photography #seaside #beach #vacation #lighthouse
Dropped by Cranewood on Main bakery & cafe in Sackville, New Brunswick, in a mansion that was home to Victorian-era entrepreneur, MP & senator Josiah Wood. I wrote his bio for my BA honors thesis at @mountallison.bsky.social (he's the bearded guy in the period photo) and it was great to see inside.
A great morning for a seaside walk in Stanhope, Prince Edward Island. Spectacular weather! #travel #pei #vacation #photography
Delighted to see my #truecrime and #history books on the shelves at Lunenburg Bound on Nova Scotia's South Shore. Thanks to the staff of this great #indie bookstore for their support! Details and reviews: www.deanjobb.com "A master of narrative nonfiction" - David Grann @harpercollinsca.bsky.social
Empire of Deception, my #true crime bestseller about a 1920s Chicago swindler who lived on the lam in Nova Scotia, is part of Chapters/Indigo's 2-for-$20 sale. How's that for a deal that sounds too good to be true? In stores/online: www.indigo.ca/collections/... Book details: www.deanjobb.com/empire
Summer reading, sorted! Block Shop Books in historic Lunenburg, #NovaScotia has my bestselling #truecrime books in stock. Stranger-than-fiction tales of swindles, jewel heists and murder. From @harpercollinsca.bsky.social Details & reviews: www.deanjobb.com @westwoodcreative.bsky.social
LaHave River Books on Nova Scotia's South Shore has my #truecrime books in stock, including the national bestsellers Empire of Deception and A Gentleman and a Thief. Thanks to Andra and the staff for their support! More on my books and the latest reviews: www.deanjobb.com #books #indie #novascotia
Looking for a #FathersDay gift for a fan of #truecrime or #history? Introduce Dad to con man Leo Koretz, Victorian-era serial killer Dr. Cream or suave jewel thief Arthur Barry. Or all 3! From @algonquinbooks.bsky.social / @harpercollinsca.bsky.social Online and in stores. Details: www.deanjobb.com
Just back from Canada's largest and possibly best used bookstore - Doull's in Dartmouth, #novascotia - with a haul of books I didn't know I needed. Great true crime, biography, history & mystery sections. Check it out when you're in the Halifax area. www.doullbooks.com #books #indie #bookstore
Join us for the Donald Sedgwick Reading Series, featuring new books by grads of the University of King’s College MFA in Creative Nonfiction program. Monday June 8, 7 pm at the Halifax Central Library on Spring Garden Rd. Details: ukings.ca/events/the-1... Program details: ukings.ca/area-of-stud...
And we're off! Day one of the June residency of the MFA program in #Fiction & #Nonfiction at the University of King's College in Halifax #novascotia - 115 students, 27 faculty and 9 days of seminars, workshops, readings & events. Join us!: ukings.ca/area-of-stud... #writing #publishing #residency
It's release day for the Cdn paperback of my bestselling #truecrime tale of a burglar hailed as 'the greatest jewel thief who ever lived' A @nytimes.com Editors' Choice 'A rollicking real-life heist story'– Globe & Mail Available everywhere from @harpercollinsca.bsky.social Details: www.deanjobb.com
Coming May 26 from @harpercollinsca.bsky.social, just in time for Father's Day giving - the paperback of my bestselling #truecrime book on the heists of a suave jewel thief who hoodwinked the elite of Jazz Age New York Details: www.deanjobb.com/gentleman-th... 'Delectably entertaining' -@nytimes.com
The audiobook of my latest book on a 1920s jewel thief is an Amazon.com bestseller in the Heist & Robbery/True Crime category: us.amazon.com/Best-Sellers... A Canadian bestseller and a @nytimes.com Editors' Choice Book details: www.deanjobb.com/gentleman-th... "Mesmerizing" - @davidgrann.bsky.social
My latest #truecrime book A Gentleman and a Thief is a @nytimes.com Editors' Choice 'A scenario straight out of Old Hollywood: a suave cat-burglar who infiltrates New York society & robs the 1%' A Canadian bestseller Details: deanjobb.com From @algonquinbooks.bsky.social @harpercollinsca.bsky.social
Join me, @janicelandry.bsky.social @sarahemsley.bsky.social @charlenecarr.bsky.social @salsawler.bsky.social and other local authors at Indigospirit in Bedford on April 11. For more on my books: deanjobb.com @harpercollinsca.bsky.social @pottersfieldpress.bsky.social @nimbuspub.bsky.social
Yes!!! A welcome sign of spring in Nova Scotia's Annapolis Valley #spring #flowers #snowdrops #NovaScotia
Tonight's spectacular sunset in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. #sunset #clouds #sky #novascotia #photography #nature
'You can't have a successful economy without thriving arts' - Opposition leader Tim Houston on the importance of Nova Scotia's arts sector, 2015 'We've had to make some tough decisions … something has to give' - Premier Houston, justifying deep budget cuts for arts, culture & heritage programs, 2026
"Have a heart, fund the arts!" Wolfville's message to Tim Houston's government at one of today's rallies to protest the deep cuts to arts, books, music, culture and heritage programs -- cuts that threaten jobs, rural communities, tourism and our quality of life. Mr. Premier - are you listening?
Hundreds turned out in Wolfville today to protest the Nova Scotia government's draconian funding cuts to arts, music, books, culture & heritage programs. Tim Houston - do you no longer care about jobs, rural communities & our quality of life? #defendnsbooks #arts #cuts @writersfedofns.bsky.social
Check out the lead item on the @theglobeandmail.com's online Books page. Congrats, Premier Houston - Nova Scotia is a national embarrassment www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/arti... #defendnsbooks @afterwordsliterary.bsky.social @writersfedofns.bsky.social @nimbuspub.bsky.social
Tim Houston, reset the clocks and spring ahead - to arts, culture and heritage saving time. Reverse the unfair and ruinous funding cuts! #defendnsbooks @writersfedofns.bsky.social @afterwordsliterary.bsky.social @nimbuspub.bsky.social @nimbuspub.bsky.social @pottersfieldpress.bsky.social
Houston, we have a problem ... you're killing the arts in Nova Scotia! Do the right thing - restore funding to publishing and arts programs and protect our culture. #defendnsbooks @afterwordsliterary.bsky.social @writersfedofns.bsky.social @nimbuspub.bsky.social @pottersfieldpress.bsky.social
Ever heard of an "knowelwellslayer"? Today's headline writing lesson: Spaces between words matter From the Rome, New York, Daily Sentinel, Oct. 17, 1923 #headlines #newspapers #press
Yes!! The robins are back in Nova Scotia's Annapolis Valley! A welcome sign that spring is coming ... as we await the next snowstorm that's on its way. #novascotia #weather #birds #spring #landscape #robins