From September 18-24, concerned authors and other donors will host a Mystery Loves Democracy online auction in support of voting-rights organization Fair Fight Action, founded in 2014 by then-Georgia state representative Stacey Abrams.
“In 2020, we were incredibly concerned about the state of our democracy. We found that by working together and rallying the larger community of crime fiction…
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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.”
Carmel Valley author organizes ‘Mystery Loves Georgia’ online auction to benefit Fair Fight
Dec. 10, 2020 12:47 PM PT
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Carmel Valley author Kathy Krevat is working with local authors Tammy Kaehler and Lisa Brackmann to organize Mystery Loves Georgia (www.mysterylovesgeorgia.com), an online auction to benefit Fair Fight. Fair Fight is Stacey Abrams’ organization that promotes fair elections in Georgia and around the country, encourages voter participate in elections, and educates voters about elections and their voting rights. The auction will run now through Friday, Dec. 11 at 6 p.m.
Kathy Krevat
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