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By night, he was (and still is) a serious writer who channeled his locksmithing adventures into a semi-autobiographical fictional cult classic story collection called, &#8220;<strong><em>Keys to the City: Tales of a New York City Locksmith.<\/em><\/strong>&#8221; The <em>New York Times<\/em> even called him <strong><em>The Doctor of the Deadbolt. <\/em><\/strong>As Joel says, <em>&#8220;New Yorkers are concerned about keeping people out on a very primal level, whether it&#8217;s an abusive spouse or a creep on the corner. They like to talk. I like to listen.&#8221;<\/em> Joel and I are childhood friends and have gone on a number of pizza quests together when I happened to be visiting in Brooklyn, where he once lived. 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