"Literary Merlins"
Conrad's Top Ten favorite books:
The Sun Also RisesErnest Hemingway
Island of the Blue DolphinsScott O'Dell
On the RoadJack Kerouac
Education of a Wandering ManLouis L'Amour
A Diary of the CenturyEdward Robb Ellis
Martin EdenJack London
UnbrokenLaura Hillenbrand
My Early LifeWinston Churchill
A Third FaceSamuel Fuller
My Wicked, Wicked WaysErrol Flynn)
The author on the Red Rock Trail at Glacier National Park, MT.
Conrad Wesselhoeft worked as a tugboat hand in Singapore and Peace Corps Volunteer in Polynesia before embarking on a career in journalism. He has served on the editorial staffs of five newspapers, including The New York Times.
He began to write for young adults after meeting the acclaimed YA novelist Scott O’Dell (ISLAND OF THE BLUE DOLPHINS). "Scott was eighty-five&#;more than fifty years older than I,” Wesselhoeft said. “He was still very active and disciplined as a writer and critiqued my early efforts at writing YA fiction. He taught me many things about writing, but one stands out: Writing is about perseverance--never give up."
ADIOS, NIR
When young adult fiction intersects with the past
Dirt Bikes received the "Reading the West" award for young-adult fiction. "It's a huge honor, and I'm extremely grateful to the Mountains and Plains Independent Booksellers Association for choosing my book," author Conrad Wesselhoeft said.
The "Reading the West" awards honor books set in the Rocky Mountains or Great Plains.
More about the winning titles >>>
West Seattle Herald story about the "Reading the West" awards >>>
ENTER BRUCE LEE
Conrad's article in The Seattle Weekly about the martial arts megastar and how he shaped the lives of four Seattle brothers
It started with a phone call one day in September
“It was Bruce Lee saying his landlord had just kicked him out,” Doug Palmer would later remember. “He asked if he could stay with us for a few days, and Ida said ‘Yes.’ ” >>>
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DIRT BIKES, DRONES, AND OTHER WAYS TO FLY is a Junior Library Guild selection.
DIRT BIKES, DRONES, AND OTHER WAYS TO FLY landed on Air &
Adios, Nirvana
December 9, Among my favorite movies are Cameron Crowe's Almost Famous and Elizabeth Town Relevance? These are what Adios, Nirvana reminds me of. In fact, the two things things that I enjoyed the most about these movies and this book are Music and heart. Now, I know next to nothing about music. I sing off-key; I cannot play any instrument, so these just make my appreciation/admiration of anyone with skills in said areas all the greater Precisely why I enjoyed this book so much.
On a bridge, that's where this book starts. From there it grabbed me by my eyeballs and would not let go till the last page. That’s how good it was. I try to steer clear of book flap words to describe things I've read. But I’ll make an exception in this case. This book is riveting.
It’s well written. It’s lyrical without being annoying. Poems just aren’t my thing, knowing that this book is about a boy, a poet really, this book did not alienate me at all. Normally, when I see a stanza here or a stanza there, my eyes glaze over and I lose interest. That did not happen here because it’s also humorous without being too snarky.
It’s a disarmingly straightforward: Jonathan’s brother
Di Bucherfresser (the Bookeaters), the Munich-based group that first championed ADIOS, NIRVANA
ADIOS, NIRVANA and Conrad's Germany tour
In early , ADIOS, NIRVANA was nominated for Germany's top prize for young-adult literature--the Jugendliteraturpreis.
That October, I found myself on a whirlwind tour through Germany--seven speaking gigs in nine days. I dashed between cities on the ICE (Inter-City Express), the high-speed train linking Germany's major cities. I skimmed across green landscapes from Hamburg to Munich, Munich to Cologne, Cologne to Dortmund, Dortmund back to Cologne, Cologne back to Frankfurt. Plus, a sortie to the Bavarian Alps, where I spent the day touring Ludwig II's (or was that Walt Disney's?) castle, with a nice hike in the hills.
Along the way, I met lots of German students and fellow book lovers.
At every stop, my German publisher Carlsen Verlag treated me like a prince. I didn't win the big prize--that honor went to John Green for his YA novel THE FAULT IN OUR STARS.
The big group shot shows Di Bucherfresser (the Bookeaters), the Munich-based group that first championed ADIOS, NIRVANA. The man beside me is Karsten Singelmann, wh
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Adios, Nirvana
On a bridge, that's where this book starts. From there it grabbed me by my eyeballs and would not let go till the last page. That’s how good it was. I try to steer clear of book flap words to describe things I've read. But I’ll make an exception in this case. This book is riveting.
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