Welcome
to Dayne Sherman’s Temporary Web
Author of Welcome to the Fallen Paradise: A Novel
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Author bio...
I grew up in Natabany, Louisiana. When I was a teenager, I dropped out of high school a couple of times and took the GED when I was 18. A few weeks after taking the exam, I enrolled at my local university. Thank God for an emergency loan and the Federal Pell Grant. I graduated from Southeastern Louisiana University with a BA in communication (1993) and an MA in English and creative writing (2008), and I earned a Master of Library and Information Science degree from LSU in 1997. MacAdam/Cage published my first novel, Welcome to the Fallen Paradise, in 2004. It was named a Best Debut of the Year by The Times-Picayune, a Best Crime Novel Debut of the Year by Booklist, and a Notable Book by Book Sense, among other honors. I've published more than a dozen short stories and was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. I work as a librarian in Hammond, Louisiana, and I live nearby with my wife, son, and our feist dog.
Where to find the book...
Perhaps you'd like a copy of Welcome to the Fallen Paradise personalized. If so, please contact Bayou Booksellers (On the web or at 985-542-1124. I'll go downtown and write something nice.). If you want a signed first edition, check with Lemuria Books, That Bookstore in Blytheville, or Square Books. Otherwise, copies are available through various Internet merchants, such as Amazon.com and the rest.
In 2007, I started working on a short story set in 1964, "For Every Oak a Pine," which got out of hand. Soon, it was 40 or 60 pages long, and I realized it was the first section of a novel. Initially crafted as a stand-alone piece, I used the story for a creative writing master's thesis written under the direction of Dr. Tim Gautreaux. I kept writing on the story a little at a time. Now it's a 275-page novel, and I believe it will be ready to shop to agents in February 2011. It's set in southeast Louisiana, and I believe the quality far surpasses my first novel.
Thanks
for stopping by and have a happy and prosperous New Year.
Contact - daynesherman [at] yahoo.com