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Resident Author Releases Her Latest Book

Sandra Givens, Sun Lakes resident and author, has just released her latest book, Danger in the Desert, available on Amazon. In this story, sometimes reflected in real life, a man becomes obsessed with a woman, and his actions turn her life upside down. Desperate to stay safe, she embarks on a mission to learn how…

Mel Weiser, 98-Year-Old Sun Lakes Resident and WWII Navy Veteran, Publishes His Latest Book

Joni Browne-Walders Outskirts Press announces the publication of The Crown of Sammuramat, the latest novel by Sun Lakes resident Mel Weiser. “Gripping … history and mystery in every chapter!” Fact: Demi-goddess Sammuramat ruled Ancient Assyria from 810 to 805 BC. Today, some scholars argue that her power lived in her crown. Prize-winning author Andre Lasker…

Resident Author: John Guadioso

John Guadioso is a popular Sun Lakes author of children’s stories, ‘The Smoky Series.’ Its main character is Smoky and friends Buddy, a fellow mutt, and Macaroni, a very independent cat. John returns to his passion, authoring Uptown Not, his fourth in The Smoky Series. In Uptown Not, John veers from previous Smoky stories slightly,…

Local Author Publishes Fifth Book

Sun Lakes resident Violetta Armour combines her passion for pickleball and mysteries in A Pickleball Poison, her most recent publication. A brief synopsis: Esther Connor wasn’t the most popular person on the pickleball courts in her retirement community, but was she disliked enough for someone to poison her? Evidently. Widow Angelina, amateur sleuth, and widower…

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America Needs Westerns Mike Torreano My latest western, A Score to Settle, was released last year by The Wild Rose Press. It’s set in 1870 New Mexico Territory and unfolds on the notorious Goodnight-Loving cattle trail. My two western mysteries, The Reckoning, and The Renewal, are set about the same timeframe in Colorado. So, are…

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Sun Lakes/Chandler, Ariz., resident Llynne Reed has published her highly anticipated fiction/historical book Alarm Call of the Crow: An American Family During Peace and War. Readsville in Vermont becomes the endearing country homestead for the fictional Barlow family, with roots in Canada and the United States. Four generations intersect with U.S. history: Pearl Harbor; Japanese…