Bleeding Hearts, a gay-themed mystery novel by author and columnist Josh Aterovis, was recently announced the recipient of the 2002 Whodunit Award by the StoneWall Society’s first annual Pride in the Arts Awards.
Bleeding Hearts, a gay-themed mystery novel by author and columnist Josh Aterovis, was recently announced the recipient of the 2002 Whodunit Award by the StoneWall Society’s first annual Pride in the Arts Awards. Bleeding Hearts, published by Renaissance Alliance Publishing (http://www.rapbooks.biz), takes a different approach to the traditional mystery. Blending a romance, mystery, and suspense with a powerful coming of age story, Josh Aterovis has created characters and a story that has resonated within the gay community. It tells the story of 16 year old Killian Kendall, a young man struggling with his sexual identity. When Killian's new friend Seth is brutally murdered and he is seriously injured in the process the police think it's just a random mugging. Killian thinks there may have been a darker motive and, with Seth's father, sets out to uncover the truth behind the possible hate crime. Before his investigation is over, he will uncover hatred and corruption in small town America.
Says best-selling lesbian author Lori L. Lake, author of Gun Shy and Ricochet in Time, “Killian Kendall is 16, he's oblivious to matters of his heart, and, when his new friend is murdered, he is about to be whacked upside the head with a terrible dose of reality. Josh Aterovis has written a gripping and topical story about one boy's struggle to find love, acceptance, and chosen family in the face of intolerance. Killian is a real winner--I haven't met a character as kind-hearted and fully presented since Billy Sive. This young man's story, told from his point-of-view, is well-executed, so good, in fact, that I read it all in one sitting. It's an excellent story, ably told, and certain to be just the first of many novels from a talented and capable new author. I highly recommend it!”
Bleeding Hearts is the first in a series of Killian Kendall mystery novels. The sequel, Reap the Whirlwind, will be published in 2003.
Josh Aterovis lives with his partner on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. He is a columnist, artist, and lecturer and serves as the Vice President of the Writers Bloc, a non-profit organization that assists local published and aspiring writers. Already a successful Internet author, Bleeding Hearts is his first published book. He has won numerous awards for his writing and his book’s web site (www.steliko.com/bleedinghearts).
Bleeding Hearts is available directly from the publisher, at various online bookstores, and through Ingram Book Group and Baker & Taylor book distributors. For more information, or to schedule an interview, contact Josh Aterovis at MystryAuthr.aol.com or 410-334-6319, or RAP Publicity at Publicity.rapbooks.biz.
Black Sheep Productions (www.steliko.com/bleedinghearts)
StoneWall Society (www.stonewallsociety.com)
Renaissance Alliance Publishing, Inc. (www.rapbooks.biz)
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