Novelist, Playwright

Lying in Vengeance

Recently released: The long-awaited sequel to Amazon best-seller Lying in Judgment! He’s a good man with a dark secret. She knows it, and needs a man killed. Two months after serving on the jury trying a man for the murder that he committed, Peter Robertson’s worst nightmare comes to fruition: Christine, his beautiful and charming…

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Mountain Man's Bride Book Tour

Here comes the bride – to a bookstore near you

Lehigh Carter, the Mountain Man is back! And this time, he’s pissed. And why wouldn’t he be? The crooked sheriff’s department now has even more partners in crime, and they’ve locked up his fiancee, Stacy McBride, accusing her of murdering popular acting sheriff Jared Barkley. He knows it’s a frame-up…or so he thinks at the…

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Lying in Judgment - a novel by Gary Corbin. Photo by Gary Corbin.

Lying in Judgment (novel) coming to life!

It’s coming. The Novel. After ten years of outlining, writing, critiquing, rewriting (even, once, as a play), workshopping, pitching, revising, editing, querying, and waiting for a dying industry (traditional publishing) to embrace my creation, it is coming to life. Lying in Judgment, my legal thriller about a man serving on the jury of a murder…

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A Talent for Murder

A Talent for Murder

The relatives of an internationally successful mystery novelist wouldn’t mind killing her to get their hands on her art collection. The banter between the novelist, her savvy Indian butler who uses words like “chutzpa” and her live-in doctor provides comic relief from the mayhem being planned by the family. A mystery with twists and turns…

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Murder at the Barracks

Murder at the Barracks

A foiled raid on the Fort Vancouver armory during the Civil War threatens to expose the nefarious plots, schemes and affairs of officers, soldiers, wives and townsfolk alike in this comical dinner theater production inspired by actual historical events at the Ft. Vancouver Historic Site. The surprise murder of a well-informed prisoner captured during the…

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Other stage performances

24-Hour Plays Four writers, four directors, and 30 actors create, rehearse, and perform four one-act plays in 24 hours. Role: Husband Author/Director: Patty Arbelt Production Company: CoHo Productions Venue: CoHo Theater Performance Dates: August 1-2, 2009 Good Citizen On a cold Friday night in March, Minoru Yasui tests the constitutionality of a curfew imposed on…

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