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message 1: by Emma (new)

Emma | 3 comments Hello,

Not sure I posted this in the right place? If not, sorry!

In attempting to make a goodreads author page for an author friend, I discovered that his books are credited to another Michael Parker. That Michael Parker writes historical thrillers.

The other Michael Parker (who doesn't have a page) writes literary fiction. His books which are erroneously on the other Michael's page are:

The Watery Part of the World
Virginia Lovers

That Michael Parker's tour dates, etc. are showing up on the thriller/mystery Michael Parker's page.

Can a librarian make a distinction between the two?


message 2: by Paula (new)

Paula (paulaan) | 7014 comments Your Michael Parker is here:

http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

Michael^^^^Parker - Books if they are imported via amazon will import to Michael^Parker, but ask in this group and some one will split them out to Michael^^^^Parker.

If you have a bio etc then post here and some one will update


message 3: by Emma (last edited Apr 04, 2011 12:57AM) (new)

Emma | 3 comments Yeah, can someone add a bio? It's

MICHAEL PARKER is the author of five novels – Hello Down There, Towns Without Rivers, Virginia Lovers, If You Want Me To Stay, The Watery Part of the World and two collections of stories, The Geographical Cure and Don’t Make Me Stop Now. His fiction and nonfiction have appeared in various journals including Five Points, the Georgia Review, The Idaho Review, the Washington Post, the New York Times Magazine, Oxford American, Shenandoah, The Black Warrior Review, Trail Runner and Runner’s World. He has received fellowships in fiction from the North Carolina Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts, as well as the Hobson Award for Arts and Letters, and the North Carolina Award for Literature. His work has been anthologized in the Pushcart, New Stories from the South and O. Henry Prize Stories anthologies. A graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill and the University of Virginia, he is a Professor in the MFA Writing Program at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. His website is www.michaelfparker.com

Also is it possible to have the following added to that Michael^^^^Parker page? They are instead listed on this other page--Michael Parker


Hello Down There
Towns Without Rivers
If You Want Me to Stay: A Novel
The Geographical Cure: Novellas and Stories
Don't Make Me Stop Now: Stories

Thanks so much!


message 4: by Kim (new)

Kim | 607 comments Done


message 5: by Kim (new)

Kim | 607 comments Also why don't you invite him to join as a member?

http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1...


message 6: by Emma (new)

Emma | 3 comments Thanks! I'm still new to goodreads so I appreciate your help!


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