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John A. Hoda

Genre:
Crime Fiction Thriller Suspense Mystery
Country: United States
Books: 4
Profession: Licensed Private Investigator
Member Since: Oct 2022
Profile Views: 6,079
Followers: 47
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J A Hoda is a crime fiction writer, real-life private detective, and podcaster of My Favorite Detective Stories. He is a former insurance fraud investigator and police officer. Hoda graduated from Indiana Univ. of Pa with a degree in Criminology.

John has written the six-book FBI agent Marsha O’Shea police procedural series about a badass female agent trying to get her mojo back. He has written four how 2 books on the business side of private investigations and coaches private eyes at www.ThePICoach.com. The podcast is heard in 79 countries with over 50,000 downloads. He interviews best-selling and award-winning authors about what makes their flawed fictional detectives tick. John is a licensed private investigator and has owned his own firm for 25 years. He is a former insurance fraud investigator and police officer. John graduated from Indiana Univ. of Pa with a degree in Criminology.
John is set to release his Gwendolyn Strong small-town cozy mystery series in the fall of 2022.

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$2.99 kindleeBook, Milford Elementary: Book One in the Gwendolyn Strong Small Town Cozy Mystery Seriesby J A HodaPublish: Oct 06, 2022Series: Gwendolyn Strong Small Town Cozy Mystery SeriesMystery
$2.99 kindle Free with KUeBook, Paperback, Odessa on the Delaware: Introducing FBI Agent Marsha O'Sheaby John A. HodaPublish: Jan 25, 2019Series: FBI Agent Marsha O'Shea SeriesThriller
$3.99 kindleeBook, Mugshots: My Favorite Detective Storiesby John A. HodaPublish: Dec 14, 2017
$4.99 kindleeBook, Clearwater Blues: Book two in the FBI Marsha O'Shea series (FBI Agent Marsha O'Shea 2)by John A. HodaPublish: Dec 08, 2020

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Gwendolyn Strong Small Town Cozy Mystery Series
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FBI Agent Marsha O'Shea Series
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John A. Hoda Interview On 08, Feb 2023

"A crime fiction writer, John A. Hoda wanted to be a professional baseball. He worked at a gas station where his local police department filled up and got hooked on their stories. He caught the writing bug in 2011 and has written 15 books to date. He lives in Milford."

What memories do you have from Indiana Univ. of Pa?

Beautiful campus. Great value. Learning how to learn. Making Dean’s list three times. My classrooms in Wilson Hall where I wondered what it would be like to be a detective.

For how long have you been working in the church?

About five years working at the soup kitchen in the basement.

Was being a police officer always in the plan?

I wanted to be a professional baseball but I lacked the talent. I worked at a gas station where my local police department filled up. I got hooked on their stories. What developed your interest in criminology? The idea of becoming a college-educated police officer. It was novel at the time (1972-1975)

Is criminology, an art or science, and why?

Strictly speaking it is both. We studied investigation and did laboratory work.

Being a real-life private detective, does writing crime fiction novels get any easier?

Yes with dialogue, description, setting and story ideas.

Do you take inspiration from your real-life experiences as a detective while writing your novels?

Yes, but I have also had great detective fiction on my coffee table and night stand. I am as informed by Sherlock Holmes and Matthew Scudder and all of Joseph Wambaugh’s cops and what I did and saw on the street.

Were all the books planned in advance in the six-book FBI agent Marsha O’Shea police procedural series?

No, each book led to the next in Marsha’s series character arc.

What would you label as your muse, if not inspiration, behind your work?

Observing a situation and asking what if followed by what if and what if until a premise bubbled to the surface

What is the one mistake most authors make, regardless of experience?

Eschewing editors and proofreaders. Need both to make your writing enjoyable.

Do you think one can ever retire from writing? Sure Would you?

Sure. I’ll always be a reader though.

Besides writer's block, what are some frustrating things that can happen that can sap an author's creative juices or energy to write?

I don’t believe in writer’s block. How do you overcome that? I just make sure that the premise excites me. If after I write the synopsis, if I don’t think that I want to create an outline for a 55,000 to 80,000 book, I don’t.

What are some things you would do differently if you could go back in time to right before you wrote and published your first book?

Joined a study group and a critique group

What is the sweetest fan-mail that you have ever received?

A friend jokingly cursed me in a 5 star review saying that he stayed up half the night to finish my thriller.

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