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| User: | antonstrout (1271132)
What is Essential is Invisible to the Eye
It's Only With the Heart That You Can See Rightly
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| Name: | Anton |
| Website: | Official Website of Yours Truly |
| Location: | New York, New York, United States |
| Birthdate: | 1970-01-24 |
| E-mail: | | astrout | @ | penguinputnam.com |
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| AOL IM: |  Nycreeper2 (Add Buddy, Send Message) |
| Bio: | Bipedial carbon-based lifeform in the throes of earning the moniker "writer."
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Dead To Me
Dead To Me, the first book in my humorous urban fantasy series, is now available at most bookstores. Book 2 in the series, Deader Still will be out in March 2009.
Here's what people are saying about Dead To Me:
“Simon Canderous is a reformed thief and a psychometrist. By turns despondent over his luck with the ladies (not always living) and his struggle with the hierarchy of his mysterious department (not always truthful), Simon’s life veers from crisis to crisis. Following Simon’s adventures is like being the pinball in an especially antic game, but it’s well worth the wear and tear.”
-Charlaine Harris
"Imagine if Harry Dresden or Angel had to work in a poorly run office dealing with office politics and red tape. It's a terrific debut"
-Cameron Hughes, WWW.CHUD.COM
"Urban fantasy with a wink and a nod. Anton Strout has written a good- hearted send-up of the urban fantasy genre. Dead To Me is a genuinely fun book with a fresh and firmly tongue-in-cheek take on the idea of paranormal police. The laughs are frequent as are the wry smiles. I'm looking forward to seeing what he does next."
- Kelly McCullough, author of Cybermancy, Webmage and Codespell
“Dead to Me is a wickedly weird debut from a writer who makes being dead sexier than it's ever been before. And who doesn't love a debonair divination-having, ghost-seducing, cultist-abusing detective in New York? Imagine Law and Order, but with hot ghostly chicks, rampaging bookcases, and a laugh track.”
-Carolyn Turgeon, author of Rain Village
"Part Ghostbusters, part Men-in-Black, Strout’s debut is both dark and funny, with quirky characters, an eminently likable protagonist, and the comfortable, familiar voice of a close friend. His mix of (mostly) secret bureaucratic bickering and offbeat action shows New York like we’ve never seen it before. Make room on the shelf, ‘cause you’re going to want to keep this one!"
-Rachel Vincent, author of Stray and Rogue
My short story Lady In Red in the DAW anthology Pandora's Closet.
http://www.amazon.com/Pandoras-Closet-Martin-H-Greenberg/dp/0756404371/sr=8-1/qid=1166200165/ref=sr_1_1/103-5869374-6901445?ie=UTF8&s=books
My short story The Fourteenth Virtue, which ties into the Dead To Me series,will be forthcoming in the July 2008 DAW anthology The Dimension Next Door.
The Interviews:
My overlord at Penguin (meaning my Ace editor) puts the screws to me
http://us.penguingroup.com/static/html/blogs/penguin-imprint-focus-author-put-question
Author Debra Parmley’s Make-believe Mondays, where I reveal much
http://makebelievemondays.blogspot.com/2008/01/make-believe-mondays-with-anton-strout.html
The Gencon Writers’ Symposium, where much of my deviancy is brought into question
http://writerssymposium.blogspot.com/2008/01/dead-to-me.html
MySpace me, my gentle and bitchly readers! http://www.myspace.com/25405974 |
| Memories: | 1 entry |
| Pictures: | over 30 public |
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| Schools: | Wahconah Regional High School - Dalton, MA (1984 - 1987)
Berkshire Community College - Pittsfield, MA (1987 - 1989)
Hofstra University - Hempstead, NY (1991)
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts - North Adams, MA (1991 - 1992)
Miskatonic University - Arkham, MA (2005 - 2006)
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