Gregory Mose's Blog

Gregory Mose's hometown appears in debut novel, which won an Independent Publisher prize.

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For fans and friends in Los Angeles, Stunt Road is now available at Book Soup, the landmark independent bookstore on LA's famous Sunset Strip. It's a buzzing place, fantastic  for browsing, meeting authors at their book signings and spotting the occasional celebrity. Many thanks to the staff there!

The final results of the 2010 Independent Publishers Book Awards are out, and Stunt Road took the gold medal for West-Pacific Best Regional Fiction category. The IPPYs are big fish in the small publisher/independent press pond, and this year's competition attracted 3890 entries. You can find a link to the full list of winners here.

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Stunt Road has been named one of the three finalists in this years Independent Publisher Book Awards in the West-Pacific Best Regional Fiction category. The gold, silver and bronze medals will be announced on 18 May. I'll report back when I know…

“I’ve never read a book quite like Stunt Road. It is fascinating, depressing, joyful, cynical, provocative and even deadly, all at one go. Quite an undertaking for a first novel…” Read the full review here.

"I've never read a book quite like Stunt Road. It is fascinating, depressing, joyful, cynical, provocative and even deadly, all at one go. Quite an undertaking for a first novel…" Read the full review here.

I just want to thank Cathy Digonnet-Felices and everyone at the English book club in Zug, Switzerland for a very enjoyable morning and a fantastic discussion. Please don't hesitate to post more questions online and we can continue the talk there. Now if the good people at Skype could just figure out how to share the coffee and cakes over long distances…

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