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Stan finished his first juvenile
fantasy novel, The Dragons of Shadara, in 1998. He
published it through 1st Books (which later became AuthorHouse) in 2003. Also a singer/songwriter,
Stan
published Inspiration For Songwriters: Tips and Tricks to
Unlocking the Muse in 2006 and
The Songwriter's Journal: 52 Weeks of Songwriting Inspiration in 2007.
In 2008 he finished and published
The Misadventures of Hobart Hucklebuck, a fantasy book
with a mystery twist, that was aimed at the
8-12 age group. The book has been garnering rave reviews. He is currently
hard at work on the
second book in the Hobart Hucklebuck series. The second book,
The Misadventures of Hobart Hucklebuck: Pandemonium in Pennywhistle, should
be available in the fall of 2009 with other books in the series to
follow.
Author visits can be scheduled for
elementary schools, libraries and bookstores by following the link
to the left.
While working on re-writes for the
second Hobart book, Stan turned his attention to a new genre: adult
fiction. Looking for something a little out of the ordinary, he
decided to write a fiction book about, well, that's right...
zombies.
That one may be a little hard to
explain, but he always loved zombie movies and thought there was a
niche that could be filled. He read several popular zombie novels
and although he found some nice entries, he knew he could compete in
the arena so began writing several short stories with a zombie
theme. The result will be Forever Zombie: A Collection of
Undead Guy Tales which will be available in the fall of
2009.
The initial response to the book of
short stories resulted in Stan beginning several other
zombie-oriented books. The
Zombie Chronicles: A History of the Undead was inspired by
Max Brooks' highly successfully book (The Zombie Survival Guide)
as was The Ultimate Survival Guide: How to Survive An Attack from
Zombies, Vampires, Aliens, Ex-Lovers and Other Scary Stuff. Also
in the works is a unique zombie flip book called My Boyfriend's A
Zombie/My Girlfriend's A Zombie which even non-zombie
enthusiasts should get a kick out of. Later in 2010 you can also
expect Max Blood: Zombie Hunter, a
zombie apocalypse novel with Stan's humor firmly planted between the
covers, Zombies In The Land of Oz and You Might
Be A Zombie If...
You can purchase any of Stan's books
through online bookstores such as Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Borders
and Books-A-Million. Your local bookstore can also order any of his
titles if they are not currently on the shelf.
Any questions can be directed to Stan
by e-mail at stanswan@aol.com. Questions directed to his publisher,
Stony Meadow Publishing, can be sent to
StonyMeadowBooks@aol.com.
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