Tuesday, April 21, 2015

More author biographies for Independent Bookstore Day


Yesterday I promised to profile all of the authors who will be signing at Chapters on May 2, so here is a little information on each of the authors who will be here that morning.

Signing from 10 a.m.-11 a.m. (in no particular order):
Sydney Olson, who is a Concordia student from rural Nebraska. Sydney has written a picture book titled Curse of the Fates, which is about facing the psychological and social effects of living with alopecia, effects with which she is personally all-too familiar.

Jeff McArthur, a native Nebraskan, worked in the movie industry for fifteen years before returning to his Nebraska roots to write The Great Heist, the story of a 1930 bank robbery in Lincoln, and the nationwide search that led to the heart of Capone's organization and the return of $2.7 million.

Michael Curd, formerly a pastor in Milford, returns to Chapters to sign his book Through the Valley, a fictionalized account of a hospital chaplain in a major trauma center. Mike's a great supporter of Chapters, and we're looking forward to his return visit.

Shawn Farritor, author of novels about Native Americans in Nebraska territory before the Civil War, will make his first visit to Chapters for Independent Bookstore Day. He grew up in Ravenna, Nebraska, and now lives in Grand Island, where he works as a lawyer and author. His newest book is The Pawnee War.

Authors signing from 11 a.m.-noon on May 2 are:
Toni Morehouse, a speech-language pathologist from Lincoln, Nebraska, has written Junie's Unicorn Horn, a picture book of a unicorn's troubles on her first day of school. Happily, in the end, Junie's horn saves the day!

Les Williams, also of Lincoln, retired from his government job in 2006 and began writing short stories and newspaper columns. His collection of crime-mystery short stories is titled Justice Seekers, and he'll be signing for the first time at Chapters.

Brian Hale, a Colorado native, was injured in a chain saw accident as a youth. After hearing for years how lucky he was to survive the accident, he has written Are You Lucky? in an attempt to understand and clarify what luck is and how it works in our lives.

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