"This book is alive! The sense of time and place is so palpable you can
smell and taste it. False Stature is well written, fast-paced,
heartfelt and dramatic. But the author's most stunning
accomplishment was to evoke a world that is so real it's
impossible not to believe. A great first novel." -Edward
Dee, former NYPD Lieutenant & Author of 14 Peck Slip; Bronx Angel;
Little Boy Blue; and Night Bird.
"False Stature is an imaginative, fast-paced thriller with ironic twists
and
surprises a-plenty. Enjoyable reading that will keep
you thinking and hold your interest to the last page.
Dennis J. McGowan is a stand-out writer with a future in
an already highly competitive field."
Dan Mahoney, former NYPD Captain & Author of Detective
First Grade; Edge of the City; Hyde; Once
In, Never Out; and Black and White.
"Dennis J. McGowan writes like a runaway train - - fast and
powerful. He may have entitled his novel
FALSE STATURE, but there is nothing FALSE about his STATURE as a writer. He is
as real as the streets of New York.”
- Lewis Burke Frumkes, Director
Manhattan Marymont College Writing Center, WPAT Radio Personality and Author of
Metapunctuation; Manhattan Cocktail; The
Logophile’s Orgy, et. al.
"
DENNIS J. McGOWAN
Authored:
False
Stature,
novel, ISBN:0-595-14624-4/362pp/Trade Pbk/November 2000/iUniverse.com, Inc.
Toll Free#:877-823-9235
Pending publication: Novels; Echoes of Ignorance,Yesterday’s News Memoir in Progress; The
Box
| Internet Article published:
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| Inscriptions Magazine: The E-zine
for Professional Writers/Issue 9/2-26-2001 |
Article: Inherited Story-Telling
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| An Interview with Dennis J.
McGowan by Bev Walton-Porter
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| Active
Member:
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| Mystery Writers of America/ NY Chapter
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National Writers Union/NYC Chapter
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| Police Writers Association
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Retired
Police Association of NYS |
| Previous Profession:
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| Suffern, NY Police Department |
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| Detective First Grade:
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Commanding Officer of Detective
Bureau
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| Supervisor/Undercover
Operative: |
NYS Narcotics Task Force
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| Police Officer
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Uniform
Division |
| Detectives Endowment
Association/Rockland Cty:
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| Pre-Charter President: Chief
negotiator for contractual agreements. Construction of task force for collection
and dissemination of information.
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| Patrolmen’s Benevolent
Association/Rockland Cty:
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President: Chief negotiator
for contractual agreements within the county’s municipalities
First VP: Chief mediator for
membership and NYS Legislature Liaison. Prime catalyst for county consolidation
of 14 town/village police departments.
PR Director: Media relations liaison
to civic, business, youth and women’s groups. Conducted rape crisis
seminars.
Producer/Director/Moderator:
"PBA Speaks"/WRKL Radio: phone-in listener format and program design;
i.e., Law Enforcement Issues discussed with civic leaders such as state, county
and municipality legislators.
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NYPD Certifications in: Crisis Intervention: Family
& Other/Hostage Negotiations; Organized Crime: Structure and Activities;
Criminal Investigation: Crime Scene Search; Major Crimes: Intelligence
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| WHITE
PAPERS:
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‘Report on Consolidation’: First law enforcement
system evaluation submitted to NYS Legislature.
‘Consolidation & Police Policy’: Lecture format at C.W. Post - Long Island University.
‘Centralization & Decentralization in Law
Enforcement’: Lecture format at John Jay College, NYC.
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| Experience: |
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| Course
Instructor |
SUNY/Rockland Community College |
| Criminal Investigation |
The Deviant Behavior Within/I & II |
| President
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Macol Security Systems,
Inc.
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| Security entitlements for
corporate and collegiate clients Staff
of 60
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| Director of Security
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Bon-Aire
Associates |
| On-Site [NY/NJ] Construction
and Development Security |
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| Operations Supervisor. Staff
of 235
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Shearson
& Lehman |
| Facilities Coordinator/Alcoholism Counselor
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NYS
Substance Abuse Treatment Ctrs |
| NCAA
Intensive Training: Drugs, Alcoholism & The
Family; Dealing with Megaclients; Alcohol & Related
Birth Defects; Adolescent
Substance Abuse: Heroin, Cocaine &
Crack
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