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War photographer Terry Tusley is on the hunt for that perfect shot. From his beginnings in the hallowed halls of George Eastman’s Kodak laboratories in upstate New York, to war-torn Nazi-occupied France and beyond, Terry traverses the globe for that elusive, truthful photograph—and a chance to win the Pulitzer Prize.
But the quest for fame doesn’t come without a lifetime of Terry’s neglected daughter, thousands of miles away, struggles with their family dynamic and who her father really is. His wife, a model spy extraordinaire, is not the ally she purports to be. And Terry’s lifelong rival and fellow international photographer, Cameron Plumb, presents a constant, unrelenting roadblock to winning the definitive prize.
Set against the backdrop of the many brutal conflicts of the twentieth century, Bobbie Calhoun’s debut novel is a thrilling page-turner, epic in scope and stunningly beautiful in its humanity, How far will these war photographers go to secure their place for all time, and what price are they willing to pay for the ultimate prize?
But the quest for fame doesn’t come without a lifetime of Terry’s neglected daughter, thousands of miles away, struggles with their family dynamic and who her father really is. His wife, a model spy extraordinaire, is not the ally she purports to be. And Terry’s lifelong rival and fellow international photographer, Cameron Plumb, presents a constant, unrelenting roadblock to winning the definitive prize.
Set against the backdrop of the many brutal conflicts of the twentieth century, Bobbie Calhoun’s debut novel is a thrilling page-turner, epic in scope and stunningly beautiful in its humanity, How far will these war photographers go to secure their place for all time, and what price are they willing to pay for the ultimate prize?
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Published April 23, 2025
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About the author
Bobbie Calhoun
2 books3 followersBobbie Calhoun is a produced playwright, published essayist, poet, and novelist. Her debut novel FOLIO (Nouveau Literary, April 2025)—"an epic tale of passion, manipulation, and obsession" (New York Times bestselling author Whitney Otto)—is an expansive work of historical fiction following two rival photographers whose paths cross amid the chaos of war, one chasing the truth and the Pulitzer, the other shooting for illusion and propaganda.
Calhoun brings a poet's eye and a dramatist's instinct for tension to her prose. She is the author of the poetry collection Mise-en-Scène (Belgrave House, 2022), which explores our presence as an audience transfixed yet separate from the stage play of life. Her essay "Rewiring the Wormhole" was recognized by Talking Writing Magazine as one of their Top Twenty Most-Read Essays in 2021, and her writing also appears in Storied Stuff: Show and Tell for Grownups (Vol 1, April 2025), an anthology of essays exploring the meaningful connections we develop with heirlooms.
A member of the Dramatists Guild and Authors Guild, Calhoun is a graduate of The Attic Institute fiction workshop and has been engaged with Literary Arts and The Center for Fiction. She has served on the Board of Willamette Writers and is available for speaking engagements on topics including the use of propaganda in past and present wartime media and her ten-year journey researching and writing FOLIO.
Bobbie Calhoun writes regularly on Substack and at BobbieCalhoun.com. Readers who enjoy Kate Quinn, Kristin Hannah, Anthony Doerr, and Jess Walter will find similar immersive storytelling in her work.
Calhoun brings a poet's eye and a dramatist's instinct for tension to her prose. She is the author of the poetry collection Mise-en-Scène (Belgrave House, 2022), which explores our presence as an audience transfixed yet separate from the stage play of life. Her essay "Rewiring the Wormhole" was recognized by Talking Writing Magazine as one of their Top Twenty Most-Read Essays in 2021, and her writing also appears in Storied Stuff: Show and Tell for Grownups (Vol 1, April 2025), an anthology of essays exploring the meaningful connections we develop with heirlooms.
A member of the Dramatists Guild and Authors Guild, Calhoun is a graduate of The Attic Institute fiction workshop and has been engaged with Literary Arts and The Center for Fiction. She has served on the Board of Willamette Writers and is available for speaking engagements on topics including the use of propaganda in past and present wartime media and her ten-year journey researching and writing FOLIO.
Bobbie Calhoun writes regularly on Substack and at BobbieCalhoun.com. Readers who enjoy Kate Quinn, Kristin Hannah, Anthony Doerr, and Jess Walter will find similar immersive storytelling in her work.
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