Storytime for Grownups – Author Profile: Ward Parker
This summer, Palm Beach Happening has given our readers a glimpse into the minds of some of the greatest fiction and nonfiction authors...
The Tera. . . WHAT?
That’s a question you might be asking as I promote my new historical medical thriller series, The Teragologist. What exactly IS a...
My Glamorous Life as a Novelist
People often ask me, “Ward, what’s your glamorous life as a novelist like?” I usually respond, “People, it’s really challenging.” Here I...
Putting the Palm in Palm Beach
As we count down the days until supernatural historical mystery THE TERATOLOGIST is launched, I’m writing posts about the novel’s setting...
It’s Up to Us to Make Books Cool Again
A relative recently said, “Congratulations on your new novel. Too bad nobody reads books anymore.” I recently overhead someone bragging...
Child Slavery in Haiti
An important character in PARIAH is Vivienne, a young woman who was a restavek (also spelled restavec) in Haiti. She was, in other words,...
Ward Parker Interview: “I was the kind of kid who was forever hidden away somewhere with his nose in
https://dorsetbookdetective.wordpress.com/author/dorsetbookdetective/ As he prepares to launch his latest thriller, I invited Florida...
Edenlawn, the Real-Life Inspiration for Zeke Adams' Home
In the Zeke Adams Mystery series, the former pineapple plantation and current cottage community he owns in Eden, Florida, is called...
The Garden of Eden Was Mainly Pineapples
Ever since Columbus brought the delicious bromeliad back to Europe from the New World, pineapples became a symbol of luxury and...
Eden did exist. And it was in Florida, of course.
Many novelists set their work in imaginary places. You’d expect this in Fantasy and Science Fiction, but in other genres we do this as...
