Local Author Spotlight: Local titles include ax-wielding female treasure hunters, a kid's tale about the sun's power and more
Mar. 17—The Severed Thread
By Leslie Vedder
Fiction, 416 pages, penguinrandomhouse.com
Summary: Clever, bookish Fi and her brash, ax-wielding partner Shane are back in this action-packed sequel to bestselling YA fantasy "The Bone Spindle," a gender-flipped Sleeping Beauty-meets-Indiana Jones. The girl treasure hunters — joined by the newly awakened sleeping prince — journey into the heart of the fallen kingdom of magic seeking a way to defeat the Spindle Witch. But the dangerous witch Red is right on their heels, and she and Shane have some serious unfinished business.
Author: Leslie Vedder (she/her) is the American Booksellers Association's bestselling author of "The Bone Spindle." She grew up on fantasy books, anime, fanfiction and the "Lord of the Rings" movies. She lives in Colorado with her wife and two ultra-spoiled house cats.
And Go to Innisfree: Three Novellas and Two Stories
By Don Eron
Fiction, 240 pages
Summary: A high school wrestler has a covert affair; a cynical greeting card writer seeks redemption on tour; a man remembers Calla Dakos and six weeks that shook his life; a sandwich-maker discovers a book of Jewish folklore and is inspired by the legendary Rabbi Akiba; a private detective returns to the freestyle wrestling circuit after learning of his sister's terminal diagnosis. These three novellas and two stories portray people in crisis, searching for Innisfree.
Author: Don Eron is graduate of the Iowa Writer's Workshop, a retired faculty member from CU Boulder, an academic labor activist and the publisher of Contingency Street Press. He's won two creative fellowships from the Colorado Council on the Arts. "And Go to Innisfree" is his first published book.
Twinkle, Twinkle, Daytime Star
By Elizabeth Everett
Nonfiction, 24 pages, elizabetheverettbooks.com
Summary: A science lesson wrapped in a familiar rhyme, "Twinkle, Twinkle, Daytime Star" is a sweet, educational bedtime story for kids ages 2 to 7 years old. This charming book illuminates the important relationship we have with the sun and gives a glimpse of the amazing and surprising ways the sun affects our lives — like telling time, controlling the days and seasons, creating light and shadows, maintaining the orbit of planets in our solar system and providing life to all living things on Earth.
Author: Elizabeth spent 16 years as a classroom teacher before venturing into writing. She has taught elementary school, middle school, high school and at the collegiate level, where she worked with adults pursuing teacher certification. Inspired by her energetic youngster and his love for books, she took her background in education and meshed it with his childhood interests. The result was edu-tainment in the form of children's books. Her first book, "This Is the Sun," has won two awards.
Lotus
By C.K Durham
Fiction, 506 pages, ckdurham.com
Summary: Charged within the backdrop of pre-Vietnam war era, three lives converge in an epic multi-generational novel that spans four decades. "Lotus" explores the brutality of war, the mysterious interconnection and impermanence of nature, and the freeing power of redemption.
Author: C. K. Durham was born in New York City and spent summers in the Adirondack mountains. Her love of reading started early and, by the time she was 10 years old, her free time was spent either browsing the library or curled up with a favorite book, imagining magical realms and faraway lands. She was later educated at Le Grand Verger, Lutry, Switzerland. She currently resides in Boulder. "Lotus" is her first novel.
