Lansdale recently participated in his first REDDIT AMA over at r/books.

SnazzyMcGee01
Which was your favorite Hap & Leonard story to write? My grandfather and I bond a lot over that series. Love your work, and hope to read so much more.

joelansdale724 AMA Author
All of them. I love those guys and each book has been fun. BAD CHILI is the only one that was a little difficult, and that’s because I came down with pneumonia during the writing. I rarely ever get sick, so I was uncertain what’s up. I had to skip that year for Hap and Leonard and come back to it the next year. But I’ve loved writing them all.


paulmcyr19
After OF MICE AND MINESTRONE, what plans do you have for the future with Hap and Leonard?

joelansdale724 AMA Author
More novels in time, and a collection of novellas and long stories, most of which are written, some of which have been in print, but none of them have been collected. I may write a book of Leonard stories, and recently wrote one and it will be printed by Subterranean Press, I think in their bulletins. But that’s a possibility. I’ve thought of spin off novels about Hap’s daughter Chance and his now wife, Brett, and even a Vanilla Ride or Jim Bob Luke novel or novella.

paulmcyr19
All of those sound good. Jim Bob would certainly be entertaining.

joelansdale724 AMA Author
He would be hard to write about, I think, long term. As he’s pretty much like a cowboy Fonzie, not always right, but always certain.