Monthly Archives: April 2011

LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK FESTIVAL

The LA Times Festival of Books is held every year generally in April. This year it hits today and tomorrow, April 30 and May 1. The change is that it will now be on the USC campus, not UCLA as … Continue reading

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Oops

Apologies for the wonky link on my email for the previous post, Yay! There was a small error in the email template that automatically sends out the blog as soon as it has been posted. My brilliant webmaster Ricky Foyle … Continue reading

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Yay!

Finally! Today I completed the synopsis for my third novel MEN OF THE RIG, and emailed it to my agent Marly Rusoff for her feedback. Now it’s on to the research phase when I go to Ghana for 6 weeks, May … Continue reading

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Mr. Quartey goes to Washington

Not trying to aspire to the similarly named film classic (which I’ve never seen in total BTW), I will be off to Washington DC May 20th, 2011. The G.O.G. National Book Club has honored me with their award for Best … Continue reading

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CHILDREN OF THE STREET: The story behind the book

My agent Marly Rusoff has a tradition of her authors writing the background to their upcoming novels. Go to her site to read CHILDREN OF THE STREET: The story behind the book.

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2011 Ghana Trip

Coming soon …