NEWS UPDATE: NEVER AGAIN was named First Prize recipient in the Chanticleer International Book Awards Global Thriller category. NEVER AGAIN was just named one of 10 semi-finalists in the Chanticleer International Book Awards Global Thrillers category. The first place winner will be announced on April 29 at the Chanticleer Awards Banquet. Continue reading Award winner
NEVER AGAIN sounds the theme of an American dystopia, a United States that turns on its Jewish citizens, arrests them, takes away their rights, and creates red, white and blue detention camps. This is a popular theme in current American culture. THE HANDMAID’S TALE, the Hulu television series based on Margaret Atwood’s 1985 novel, has been approved for a third season. It describes an … Continue reading — American dystopias on the rise in popular culture
Here are links to some recent coverage of NEVER AGAIN. On Nov. 1, I was interviewed by Ed Ferenc of WERE in Cleveland on his America’s Workforce Radio network show about NEVER AGAIN. Click here to listen to that interview. On Oct. 26, I was interviewed by Paul Healy on WARA radio in Attleboro, Massachusetts …
Early on in NEVER AGAIN two ships carrying Israeli refugees steam into Boston Harbor. They are turned away by the United States, which has closed its doors to all asylum-seeking refugees. This episode was inspired by a similar incident in 1939, at the start of the Second World War. After Kristallnacht, November 9 and 10, 1938, when hundreds of synagogues, Jewish homes, schools and businesses … Continue reading — The SS St. Louis – When the U.S. turned away Jewish refugees
The characters in NEVER AGAIN get around in exciting ways, flying high performance gliders and crossing the ocean in a sailboat. I tried to be realistic in my depictions of both flying and sailing. I’m an FAA licensed glider pilot. I’ve sailed, and owned a variety of sailboats, my entire life. Here’s some background on the aircraft and the sailboat in the book. The Hinckley … Continue reading — Gliders and sailboats from NEVER AGAIN
