Athol Dickson
Athol Dickson’s writing has been favorably compared to the work of Octavia Butler ( Publisher’s Weekly), Daphne du Maurier ( Cindy Christianity Today fiction critic) and Flannery O’Connor( The New York Times). His They Shall See God was a Christy Award finalist. River Rising was selected as one of the Top Ten Christian Novels of 2006 and was a Christianity Today's Best Novel of 2006 finalist. Both River Rising and The Cure won Christy Awards for best suspense novel. His latest novel, Winter Haven is currently a finalist for the 2009 Christy Award in the suspense category, making four novels in a row to receive that honor. Although a life-long Texan, Athol currently lives with his wife, Sue, in southern California.
You can visit Athol at: www.atholdickson.com
UP FOR BID: Name a character after yourself.
This item will appear in an untitled novel (working title Flat Line, to be released from Howard Books (Simon & Schuster) in 2010.
Detailed Listing: Give your own name and physical description to a minor character in Athol Dickson's next novel. Winning bidder must supply: your own name for a minor character and whether you are male or female, along with a physical description of yourself. Photos would be helpful but are not required.
Auction winner must provide this information to the author by June 15, 2009. Author's contact information will be provided to the winner after the close of the auction. Auction winner must complete and mail the AUCTION RELEASE FORM – AUTHOR/PUBLISHER RELEASE and the AUCTION RELEASE FORM – CFF/BEINANOVEL RELEASE (click here) by June 15, 2009, to Mindy Clark, PO Box 38, Dresher, PA 19025.
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