| Author: | Joe Clifford | ISBN: | 9781608093274 |
| Publisher: | Oceanview Publishing | Publication: | June 4, 2019 |
| Imprint: | Oceanview Publishing | Language: | English |
| Author: | Joe Clifford |
| ISBN: | 9781608093274 |
| Publisher: | Oceanview Publishing |
| Publication: | June 4, 2019 |
| Imprint: | Oceanview Publishing |
| Language: | English |
• The author is a former homeless heroin addict and uses his harrowing past as junkie to paint an accurate portrait of addiction
• The novel draws from the real-life crimes of Paul Manafort and his corrupt family
• The first book in the Jay Porter series, Lamentation, was a 2015 Anthony Award nominee for Best Novel
• The author’s prior novel in the Jay Porter series, Give Up the Dead, was a 2017 Anthony Award nominee for Best Novel in a Series
• Foreword Book of the Year Award, 2017, Honorable Mention (Give Up the Dead)
• Author is a four-times Anthony Award nominee: Lamentation, his first novel in the Jay Porter series; Give Up the Dead, the third in the series; and his anthologies (editor) Trouble in the Heartland and Just to Watch Them Die.
• Joe Clifford won the Acker Award for Fiction in 2013
• Major themes in all Jay Porter novels are; addiction and recovery, the price of vengeance at all costs; and dissatisfaction with American politics
• Author has a steadfast nationwide following and his works are readily received by niche bloggers/online reviewers
• Author is the host of a weekly mobile panel about writing and pop culture titled Notes from Underground
• Author hosts numerous connections with local bookstores and regularly speaks at Lip Service West
• The author is a former homeless heroin addict and uses his harrowing past as junkie to paint an accurate portrait of addiction
• The novel draws from the real-life crimes of Paul Manafort and his corrupt family
• The first book in the Jay Porter series, Lamentation, was a 2015 Anthony Award nominee for Best Novel
• The author’s prior novel in the Jay Porter series, Give Up the Dead, was a 2017 Anthony Award nominee for Best Novel in a Series
• Foreword Book of the Year Award, 2017, Honorable Mention (Give Up the Dead)
• Author is a four-times Anthony Award nominee: Lamentation, his first novel in the Jay Porter series; Give Up the Dead, the third in the series; and his anthologies (editor) Trouble in the Heartland and Just to Watch Them Die.
• Joe Clifford won the Acker Award for Fiction in 2013
• Major themes in all Jay Porter novels are; addiction and recovery, the price of vengeance at all costs; and dissatisfaction with American politics
• Author has a steadfast nationwide following and his works are readily received by niche bloggers/online reviewers
• Author is the host of a weekly mobile panel about writing and pop culture titled Notes from Underground
• Author hosts numerous connections with local bookstores and regularly speaks at Lip Service West
