# So I recieved an e-mail from Jonathan Kellerman yesterday. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 29, 2005, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-recieved-an-e-mail-from-jonathan-kellerman-yesterday/337616 "2005-12-29T19:57:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2005, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-recieved-an-e-mail-from-jonathan-kellerman-yesterday/337616/21 "2005-12-29T23:24:51Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > The word was provenance, in talking about antiques. He used a different word – something close to provenance but not provenance. It was used more than once so I didn’t think it was a typo. > > Anyway, it turns out that the word that he used it was correct. > > I wish I could remember the word he used. I don’t have the book anymore. Interesting, thanks. I’ve been planning on re-reading the Pendergast books soon, so you piqued my curiosity. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-recieved-an-e-mail-from-jonathan-kellerman-yesterday/337616/22 "2005-12-30T00:11:39Z")
> [@JSexton](#): > > [idle curiousity]Elaborate?[/ic] I just remembered the word – provenience. Now wouldn’t you think that was a typo? ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-recieved-an-e-mail-from-jonathan-kellerman-yesterday/337616/23 "2005-12-30T00:29:26Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > Now wouldn’t you think that was a typo? Perhaps, but I probably would have [looked it up](http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=provenience&x=0&y=0) before writing to the author. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-recieved-an-e-mail-from-jonathan-kellerman-yesterday/337616/24 "2005-12-30T00:43:26Z")
I know! I said I felt like an idiot, didn’t I? 😉 [pout] But the Keno twins always say provenance. [pout] ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-recieved-an-e-mail-from-jonathan-kellerman-yesterday/337616/25 "2005-12-30T01:40:27Z")
i’m jealous now auntie pam. i enjoy the preston childs books (together or when they go it alone). ---
**Author:** ![Harriet\_the\_Spry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e56c9b/32.png) [@Harriet\_the\_Spry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harriet_the_Spry)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-recieved-an-e-mail-from-jonathan-kellerman-yesterday/337616/26 "2005-12-30T02:02:57Z")
Cool! I really enjoyed the Alex Delaware books. My pet peeve is how he always orders food and doesn’t eat it. He picks at it, leaves it on his plate, etc. There’s an uneaten feast if you count it all up throughout the books… I’m waiting for him to sit down and really enjoy a meal someday. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-recieved-an-e-mail-from-jonathan-kellerman-yesterday/337616/27 "2005-12-30T02:05:38Z")
[Here ya go!](http://prestonchild.com/mail/mail1.htm) ---
**Author:** ![parthenokinesis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/cc9497/32.png) [@parthenokinesis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/parthenokinesis)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-recieved-an-e-mail-from-jonathan-kellerman-yesterday/337616/28 "2005-12-30T02:07:16Z")
I got a letter from Dr. Seuss when I was a child. Apparently I had written him (I really don’t remember, you’ll have to take my mom’s word on it) to ask him something, and in his reply he said it was the most interesting question he had ever been asked. Wonder what it was. Kinda wish Ma hadn’t lost that letter. ---
**Author:** ![tarragon918](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@tarragon918](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarragon918)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-recieved-an-e-mail-from-jonathan-kellerman-yesterday/337616/29 "2005-12-30T04:50:24Z")
> [@Idle Thoughts](#): > > As I knew I’d do…I went to the site just now and got the info for you. > > The Butcher’s Theatre’s main character also appears [in this book.](http://www.jonathankellerman.com/content/bookdetail.php?recordID=19) Thanks **Idle Thoughts**! Don’t know why, but I’ve never read that book so now I’ll have to get it. I go through phases with Kellerman, I guess; lately, I’ve been more interested in his wife’s books, actually. Interesting to know that Kellerman had missed that character. Thanks again for chasing down that info. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![UntouchedTakeaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d78d45/32.png) [@UntouchedTakeaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UntouchedTakeaway)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-recieved-an-e-mail-from-jonathan-kellerman-yesterday/337616/30 "2005-12-30T16:27:58Z")
I once emailed the “plus” sized model - Emme - about who did her hair. She emailed me back with not only the name of the salon (Salon AKS in NYC if anyone cares), but also the name & private number of her stylist. I too wrote back asking “Is that really _you_”, and she replied again that it was indeed her. VCNJ~ ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-recieved-an-e-mail-from-jonathan-kellerman-yesterday/337616/31 "2005-12-30T17:12:21Z")
I’ve sent 2 or 3 emails to Scott Adams (of Dilbert fame) and IIRC he replied to all of them. At least one was before the strip became big and syndicated, but the later ones were after he had published ‘The Dilbert Principle’. I’ve sent 1 or 2 to Greg Egan, and Australian (iirc) writer of very hard sf, and he responded. As good as the guy is, I suspect his audience is small because his work is, as I previously mentioned, VERY hard sf. Wrote some great stuff, IMO. I’m reading ‘Schild’s Ladder’ now, and it’s pretty good. I like Jonathan Kellerman, and listened to several of his Delaware novels on my commute. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-recieved-an-e-mail-from-jonathan-kellerman-yesterday/337616.md?page=1)