Author Mario Acevedo discusses his literary influences, Rocky Flats and writing about dogs
Mario Acevedo is a local author whose 2007 debut novel The Nymphos of Rocky Flats introduced readers to Felix Gomez, an war veteran turned undead gumshoe, and was touted as one of the best new books by a Colorado author in the august pages of Westword that year. Since then, Acevedo has published 4 more Gomez novels, and has just recently co-authored an e-book about an international ponzi scheme called Good Money Gone. I recently met up with Acevedo, a fellow dog owner, to discuss his literary influences, his career, and the community of Colorado writers at Three Dogs Tavern, where we watched our own dogs tentatively befriend one another on the patio out front.