Literary Arts has announced the finalists for the 2020 Oregon Book Awards. The Oregon Book Award winners will be announced live at the 33rd annual Oregon Book Awards Ceremony on Monday, April 27 at Portland Center Stage at The Armory. Omar El Akkad and Elena Passarello will host the ceremony. Tickets are available for this …
Peter Rock is the author of Alex Award-winning novel, My Abandonment, as well as The Bewildered, The Ambidextrist, This Is the Place, Carnival Wolves, and a story collection, The Unsettling. He lives in Portland with his family. Rock’s most recent novel, The Shelter Cycle, fearlessly addresses the complexities of coming to terms with a fringe faith from childhood as the two main …
“Ghostman is one hell of a ride, starting with the first sentence and not letting go until the last. If you are a fan of Lee Child, this is the book for you. It’s been a long time since I have read such a well-written page turner. Hobbs’ knowledge of the world of the big …
“This book is based on a true story that Rock read in The Oregonian several years ago. It involved the brief tale of a homeless man and his daughter who lived in Forest Park, were discovered, then relocated to a farm to work and build a “better life” for themselves. Then they disappeared. Rock has …
