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Musician-turned-mystery-writer Corey Lynn Fayman took top honors in the 2021 San Diego Book Awards for “Ballast Point Breakdown,” a wisecracking novel that features a guitar-playing detective, Navy SEALs, and trained dolphins.
The book received the Geisel Award, a best-in-show prize named after Ted “Dr. Seuss” Geisel, who wrote many of his best-selling and influential children’s books while living in La Jolla.
“Ballast Point Breakdown” is the fourth book by Fayman, who has also worked day jobs as a keyboard player, sound-designer, and college instructor. All the stories feature Rolly Waters, an eccentric detective the author created (he writes on his website) out of “boredom and a warped sense of literary ambition.”
Left Coast Crime Lefty Award Winners
Oline Cogdill
For years, I wanted to attend Left Coast Crime (LCC) having heard such good feedback about the conference. The various western locations also interested me.
But the timing was never right as it always seemed I had previous commitments in the March/April time frame.
But 2020 was different.
Oh, so different as we were about to find out.
For the first time, the timing worked for me and, as an extra bonus, one of my dearest and closet friends lived in San Diego.
Tony and I had big plans we would spend the day before the conference and, after LCC ended, we would either stay in San Diego, a city I love, or spend time in Los Angeles.
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Piedmont Environmental Councilâs Buy Fresh, Buy Local Guides hitting mailboxes this week Fresh produce FILE. By Daniel Grimes | May 11, 2021 at 6:21 PM EDT - Updated May 11 at 6:21 PM
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - If youâre looking to shop for local meats, dairy, produce, and more but donât know where to start there are guides hitting your mailbox soon.
The guides include producers in Albemarle, Green, Louisa, Fluvanna, and Nelson counties and will be a one-stop shop for a host of locally grown foods.
âThe average item in a grocery store travels 1,500 miles to get there and losing over 90% of its nutritional value along that journey. Weâre really excited to support a local food system,â Matt Coyle, a local food systems coordinator, said.