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Welcome to Books By My Friends (BBMF) where I host various authors and their work.
Today we’re featuring authors TAD CRAWFORD, ZOE TASIA, and CHRIS COURTNEY MARTIN
BOOK: On Wine-Dark Seas: A Novel of Odysseus and His Fatherless Son Telemachus
AUTHOR: Tad Crawford
GENRE: Historical Fiction
BLURB: Here is a brilliant recounting of the life of Odysseus after his safe return to the island of Ithaca, his wife Penelope, and his son Telemachus. Countless readers and listeners have thrilled to the adventures of Odysseus in The Iliad and The Odyssey, but what further adventures awaited him after his ten years of war and ten years of wandering?
Narrated by Telemachus to the bard Phemios, On Wine-Dark Seas speaks of the human drama of a man gone twenty years from home and family, a man who saw Troy on the night of its destruction, a man who lives the special quest which is his destiny. In probing the inner journeys of a son and father separated twenty years who must come to terms with each other and their ruthless slaughter of the suitors of Penelope, it reveals the doubts and joys of Odysseus, Penelope, and Telemachus.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Tad Crawford is the author of A Floating Life: A Novel as well as The Secret Life of Money and a dozen other nonfiction books. His lectures have brought mythology alive at venues such as the New York Open Center, Wainwright House, and the Analytical Psychology Club of New York. The recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts award, Crawford is the founder and publisher of Allworth Press. He lives in New York City.
BOOK: Kilts and Catnip (The Shrouded Isle Book 1)
AUTHOR: Zoe Tasia
GENRE: Fantasy
BLURB: Becca Shaw visits a Scottish island where there’s a doorway to a magical world. Local Greg Gillie keeps everyone safe from the fae living there. Since Becca’s arrival, magic attacks have increased. The two must work together to stop the fae as they navigate growing feelings for each other. Note from the author: Kilts and Catnip is a sweet and wholesome fantasy romance.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Zoe Tasia lives in Texas with her understanding Greek husband and a crazy cat where she explores her imagination as a writer. When she’s not giving her imaginary friends full rein, she enjoys the opera, ballet, well-chilled champagne and books, lots and lots of books.
BOOK: THE BOOK OF I.P. (Idle Poems)
AUTHOR: Chris Courtney Martin
GENRE: Poetry/Prose Chapbook
BLURB: ‘THE BOOK OF I.P. (Idle Poems)’ is a hybrid poetry and essay chapbook collection that is “ironic in concept, sincere in content” as it deconstructs prescribed best-practices for getting ideas greenlit as a screenwriter and what it means to possess a producible and worthy story. Note from the author: Some adult language and themes, PG-13
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Chris Courtney Martin is a Black Queer multidisciplinary artist and psychic medium originally from Philadelphia. Martin’s produced screenwriting credits include short independent projects starring talents such as Sheryl Lee Ralph and Niecy Nash, as well as the animated YouTube series ‘SOMETHING SCARY’. After a multi-awarded screenwriting trajectory, the artist pivoted to literature. Their debut poetry/prose chapbook ‘THE BOOK OF I.P. (Idle Poems)’ is available in print on Amazon, via Alien Buddha Press. A second, full-length collection called ‘SLAM POEMS FOR MY BATHROOM MIRROR…And Other Selected Works…’ is due to launch in October of 2023. Martin also releases music under the name KWEAN OONTZ and debuted with the ‘A KWEAN OONTZ NOVEL’ MicroAlbum in June 2023, to positive international critical reception.
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