As a result of my investigative memoir, Because: A CIA Coverup and a Son’s Odyssey to Find the Father He Never Knew, being released, these amazing women from the Odyssey Charter School in Georgia decided to form their book club, which they named “Suspicious Minds & Snacktime.” I was so taken with their themed menu […]
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What an incredible author event Highland Books hosted for my investigative memoir, Because: A CIA Coverup and a Son’s Odyssey to Find the Father He Never Knew, at the Mary C. Jenkins Center in Brevard, NC! Over one hundred people attended, making this event almost as popular as my memoir’s initial launch. What made it […]
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Event at Snail on the Wall
We had a full house at Snail on the Wall Bookstore in Huntsville, AL last night, where I engaged in conversation with my sister Kathleen. We discussed my investigative memoir, Because: A CIA Coverup and a Son’s Odyssey to Find the Father He Never Knew. Kathleen, a former English literature teacher, prompted me to read […]
Our parents exposed my siblings and me to books throughout our childhoods. We read and reread the complete set of The Book of Knowledge, an early form of Google. Our parents took us to military post libraries, and our homes were always filled with books and at least a dozen magazine subscriptions, including National Geographic, […]
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Event in Pensacola
After leaving Georgia, Brenda and I spent yesterday afternoon in Pensacola, Florida, where I was invited by Barnes & Noble to do a signing event. What I love about these smaller signing events is the opportunity to engage in lengthy conversations with people who are possibly interested in my book. Imagine my surprise when one […]
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Event at Myrte’s Plot Twist
Last night, Brenda and I hosted another author event that I never wanted to end. Relatives, friends, former high school classmates, Vietnam War veterans, and readers of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC), who had read Book Critic Suzanne Van Atten’s feature story in the Father’s Day edition, spent over two hours discussing my investigative memoir, Because: […]
A second signing event was held at St. John’s for interested parties who are not members of the congregation. Former elementary and high school classmates of Brenda and I (including a character from my book), and even my older siblings, former neighbors, including those we grew up with and from when we were married adults, […]
Imagine our surprise when Brenda and I walked in the church I was raised in, that buried my father, and Brenda and I were wed in, to discover a candle burning at the base of the stained-glass window of “Christ Healing the Sick” purchased with proceeds from my father’s memorial fund. The entire congregation had […]
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Events at Liberty Books
Friday and Saturday evenings I did signings at Liberty Books, a quaint and historic bookstore in downtown Lawrenceville GA. There I met old friends and new friends, several of which were drawn to the bookstore based upon the feature story Atlanta Journal-Constitution book critic Suzanne Van Atten did on my book and me for the […]
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