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 Christopher Meeks writes stories that have a unique twist all his own. Whether short fiction, a drama, or his novels, each story, while serious, is layered with the odd. As author Gina B. Nahai says, "If the object of art is to capture the reality of the human condition one glimpse at a time, then Christopher Meeks succeeds gloriously." Critic Grady Harp says, "Meeks is a master craftsman."
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BLOOD DRAMA Arrives in June
Now going out to the earliest reviewers, Blood Drama is the newest novel coming from Christopher Meeks. June 1st will be the publication party for it at Book 'Em Mysteries Bookstore in South Pasadena, and you're invited to the reading that day at 2 p.m. The store is located at 1118 Mission St South Pasadena, California 91030
(626) 799-9600 Novel An Unusual Romance
A ForeWord Reviews Book of the Year Finalist, Christopher Meeks's new novel, Love at Absolute Zero, like his short stories, lasers in on relationships, yet this one involves a physicist. (Hey, skeptical reader--physicists can love!)
Love At Absolute Zero is about Gunnar Gunderson, a 32-year-old physicist at the University of Wisconsin. After being given tenure and channeling his inner salmon, he's determined to meet his soul mate within three days using the Scientific Method. When he accidentally steps on the toes of a visiting kindergarten teacher from Denmark, his world turns upside down. "Watching Gunnar and his band of nerds apply the scientific method to romance will keep you laughing and deliciously engaged," says author Lynn Hightower (High Water, Fortunes of the Dead). "Refreshing, delightful, and unique." "Speed-dating and other events are laugh-out-loud funny,” says best-selling author Darcie Chan. "As if Einstein didn't struggle hard enough failing at a unified field theory," says Philip Persinger, author of Do the Math, "Meeks ups the ante by tossing philosophy, anthropology, hashish and love (with a capital L) into the mix. And while we're so sorry, Uncle Albert, in Love At Absolute Zero, Meeks succeeds absolutely." "I've read both of Meeks's short story collections and The Brightest Moon of the Century," says author Kevin Gerard (Conor and the Crossworlds). "I roared through Love At Absolute Zero in a day and a half. Meeks's prose is carefully crafted, his characters compelling and entertaining. I love everything he writes, and I recommend Love At Absolute Zero without reservation." You can get it in print at $14.95, and on Nook, Kindle, and other eBook platforms for $3.99. Buy At Amazon: Click here Buy At Barnes and Noble: Click here Buy On Kindle: Click here Buy On Nook: Click here If you don't have a reader, you can get apps for your computer, phone, and other devices. Kindle apps: Click here Nook apps: Click here Critic Marc Schuster of Small Press Reviews says, "As engaging as it is amusing, Love at Absolute Zero is, ultimately, a heartfelt study of the tension between the head and heart, science and emotion, calculation and chance." "It is a given, now, that Christopher Meeks is a master craftsman as a writer," says critic Grady Harp. To read more of his review or about the book, click here to go to Amazon. Five Interviews
Thanks to his recent blog tour, Christopher Meeks spoke about writing and publishing in four interviews. In one, he explains, "Absolute zero was the furthest from my mind when I started this," and then reveals how his main character ended up being a physicist who falls in love.
In another interview, one of his novel's characters, Ursula Nordstrom, is the one questioned. "I had fun being in Ursula’s POV," he says. To read the interviews, click on the links below. From Digital Book Today: click here With Ty Johnson: click here From Gabriel Reads: click here From Book Addict: click here (*interview with a character in the book) From Laurie’s Thoughts and Reviews: click here |
Goodreads Book Giveaway
Blood Dramaby Christopher MeeksGiveaway ends April 28, 2013. See the giveaway details at Goodreads. Kindle Version LOVE AT ABSOLUTE ZERO is just $2.99
You can get Love at Absolute Zero for just $2.99 on Kindle from its usual $4.99. See the description and the links to the left. Grady Harp that says, "Christopher Meeks has crossed that bridge [to novels] so successfully that his stance in the echelon of new important American writers seems solidly secure." 
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Launch Party at Vroman's Bookstore SRO
Vroman's Bookstore in Pasadena was the setting for the launch of Love At Absolute Zero. Book critic and Amazon Top-Ten Reviewer Grady Harp introduced Mr. Meeks with how the new novel fits in among his four other books, reading from his newest review in which he says, "[Meeks] is likely to continue on his climb to one of America's more important writers this decade." Here are some photos from the evening.
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Meeks Short Story in English Literature Text
Christopher Meeks's short story "The Farms at 93rd and Broadway" appears in the new college textbook English Literature from Kendall Hunt Publishing Company, authored by Lawrence Driscoll.
Meeks's story joins those by Jhumpa Lahiri, Martin Amis, Junot Diaz, Sandra Cisneros, Donald Barthleme, and 11 others. Each of the stories has questions after it to lead students to a better understanding of what they just read. The book also contains poetry and guidelines on how to write the literature essay.
"The Farms at 93rd and Broadway" originally appeared in Meeks's second collection, Months and Seasons. English professors can get an evaluation copy of Driscoll's textbook by clicking here.
Meeks's story joins those by Jhumpa Lahiri, Martin Amis, Junot Diaz, Sandra Cisneros, Donald Barthleme, and 11 others. Each of the stories has questions after it to lead students to a better understanding of what they just read. The book also contains poetry and guidelines on how to write the literature essay.
"The Farms at 93rd and Broadway" originally appeared in Meeks's second collection, Months and Seasons. English professors can get an evaluation copy of Driscoll's textbook by clicking here.
The Brightest Moon of the Century wins three "Best" Awards
The Brightest Moon of the Century, a comic novel about a Minnesota boy's travails through high school, college, a trailer park and more, has landed at the top on three literary websites. First, the Literary Feline at Musings of a Bookish Kitty selected the novel as one of ten Best Books of 2009, which you can read by clicking here.
Second, Sam Sattler at the website Book Chase also placed The Brightest Moon of the Century in his top ten books, which also includes books by Pete Dexter and Jon Krakauer. Sattler says, "Meeks's characters, and his slightly off-centered view of life, continue to remind me of John Irving's early work, definitely a good thing." You can read more by clicking here.
Third, The Brightest Moon of the Century won a Noble (not Nobel) Award in MyShelf.com's seventh annual end-of-the-year awards, created by Carolyn Howard-Johnson in her "Back to Literature" column. In listing the award, Howard-Johnson says, "If the world is just, Christopher Meeks is destined to be widely read." To read more about the Noble Awards, click here.
Meeks's short story collection, Months and Seasons, was on the long-list for the prestigious Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award in 2009.
Second, Sam Sattler at the website Book Chase also placed The Brightest Moon of the Century in his top ten books, which also includes books by Pete Dexter and Jon Krakauer. Sattler says, "Meeks's characters, and his slightly off-centered view of life, continue to remind me of John Irving's early work, definitely a good thing." You can read more by clicking here.
Third, The Brightest Moon of the Century won a Noble (not Nobel) Award in MyShelf.com's seventh annual end-of-the-year awards, created by Carolyn Howard-Johnson in her "Back to Literature" column. In listing the award, Howard-Johnson says, "If the world is just, Christopher Meeks is destined to be widely read." To read more about the Noble Awards, click here.
Meeks's short story collection, Months and Seasons, was on the long-list for the prestigious Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award in 2009.
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Left, protagonist Edward's first trailer in a trailer park in Alabama is where some of the wild action of The Brightest Moon of the Century takes place.
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