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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Buzzy Jackson, author of Shaking the Family Tree

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Buzzy Jackson, author of Shaking the Family Tree
(Touchstone/Fireside)

Historian Buzzy Jackson’s SHAKING THE FAMILY TREE: Blue Bloods, Black Sheep, and Other Obsessions of an Accidental Genealogist (Simon & Schuster: July 2010) offers a lively tour through the strange and fascinating subculture of genealogy buffs – a quest that begins with questions about her own family tree, then takes her from the archives of the Mormon church, to a dedicated “genealogy cruise” and even into a lab for a DNA test — all to figure out why the pursuit of our past fascinates so many Americans.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the idea and inspiration to write Shaking the Family Tree?

Buzzy Jackson: I spent seven years getting a PhD in History from UC Berkeley and, during that time, students I taught often asked me why there weren’t more Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Buzzy Jackson, author of Shaking the Family Tree →

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Charles Weinblatt, author of Jacob’s Courage

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Charles Weinblatt, author of Jacob’s Courage
(Mazo Publishers)

Jacob’s Courage chronicles the dazzling beauty of passionate love and enduring bravery in a lurid world where the innocent are brutally murdered. This is a tender coming of age story of two young adults living in Salzburg at the time when the Nazi war machine enters Austria.

The historical novel presents scenes and situations of Jews in ghettos and concentration camps, with particular attention to Theresienstadt and Auschwitz. Follow lovers Jacob and Rachael from their comfortable Salzburg homes to a decrepit ghetto, from there to a prison camp where they became man and wife.

Revel in their excitement as they escape and join the local partisans, fighting their Nazi tormentors. Finally ride the crowded, fetid train to the terror of Auschwitz-Birkenau. Stung by the death of loved-ones, enslaved and starved, they have nothing to count on but faith, love and courage.

From desperate despair, to unforgettable moments of chaste beauty, Jacob’s Courage examines a constellation of emotions during a time of incomprehensible brutality.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the idea and inspiration to write Jacob’s Courage?

Charles Weinblatt: I’ve always had an interest in the Holocaust. As a child, I was the recipient of some verbal and physical anti-Semitism. By the time I reached Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Charles Weinblatt, author of Jacob’s Courage →

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Frank Fiore, author of Cyberkill

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Frank Fiore, author of Cyberkill
(TrapDoor Books)

A brilliant programmer, Travis Cole, inadvertently creates “Dorian,” an artificial intelligence that lives on the Internet. After Cole attempts to terminate his creation, Dorian stalks his young daughter through cyberspace in an attempt to reach Cole to seek revenge even if he has to destroy all of humanity to do it.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the idea and inspiration to write Cyberkill?

Frank Fiore: Many years ago I read an article in Time magazine about a young Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Frank Fiore, author of Cyberkill →