Debut author Sonia Gensler knew she’d found the setting for her young-adult novel when she visited friends a few years ago in Tahlequah. “It’s a beautiful building,” said Gensler of Seminary Hall on the campus of Northeastern State University. “It’s got turrets and a clock tower, and it kind of looks like a castle.” Gensler […]
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It took a library to write “Inanna’s Tears,” the latest graphic novel by Rob Vollmar, set in 3000 B.C. Sumer, located in the southern part of modern-day Iraq. With a love for exhaustive research and deep character study, he stretches the expectations of the medium by introducing comics fans to high-minded historical fiction. The Normanite […]
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Screenwriter Lou Berney aims to make a name in crime fiction with debut novel, ‘Gutshot Straight’
What’s that saying? When life gives you a Writers Guild of America strike, make lemonade? Or something like that. Lou Berney’s batch of lemonade hit shelves yesterday in the form of his debut novel, “Gutshot Straight.” The Oklahoma City resident earns his living as a Hollywood screenwriter. Although none of his works have been produced […]