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My first novel, January’s Paradigm, was published by Minerva Press, London, England. Current Entertainment Monthly in Ann Arbor, Michigan, wrote of January’s Paradigm, “(readers) will not be able to put it down.” I have two other novels based on the Joe January character, One Hot January and January’s Thaw. The former is available from Second Wind Publishing and the latter is forthcoming in early 2012.

 

In 2008 I completed Backstop: A Baseball Love Story in Nine Innings, which is now available from Second Wind Publishing, as well as from Amazon in both book and Kindle formats.

Chaotic Theory, a novella that explores the conjecture of how the flap of a butterfly’s wings in Brazil might result in a tornado in Texas, is now available from Amazon.

In April 2010, I completed my fifth novel, The Cobb Legacy, a murder mystery that spans two centuries written around baseball legend, Ty Cobb, and the shooting death of his father by his mother. Look for The Cobb Legacy, from Pulse Publishing, in winter 2012.

Death is considered a universal ideal in fiction writing, so you’ll want to check out my last project, A Retrospect in Death, which is now being considered for publication.

My current project is nearing completion: 500 Miles to Go (the working title) is a piece set during the golden era of motor racing (the 1960s) and centers on Alex Król and his efforts to find love while making his dream to win the Indianapolis 500 come true.

My fiction and essays appear in various online and print publications, including Cezanne’s Carrot, Saucy Vox, River Walk Journal, 63 Channels, The Writers Post Journal, Redbridge Review, and Blood and Thunder: Musings on the Art of Medicine. I am also a contributing writer to Impact Times and am cofounder of The Smoking Poet. My sports writing can be found at Bleacher Report.

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What’s new with J. Conrad?

 

Check back often to see what’s happening in my literary world. To read more of my work, visit my blog.

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Lewis Department of Humanities at the Illinois Institute of Technology has adopted Backstop: A Baseball Love Story in Nine Innings as required reading for one of their courses—Baseball: America’s Literary Pastime.

 

Check out my interview in support of Backstop: A Baseball Love Story in Nine Innings.

 

 

The photos below are from my author event at Barnhills in Winston-Salem, signing copies of Backstop: A Baseball Love Story in Nine Innings

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