Gulfport Florida Writers

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‘Paradise is Deadly’ is a Deliciously Twisted Treat

Amanda Hagood September 20, 2023

‘Paradise is Deadly’ is a new anthology from the Florida Gulf Coast Sisters in Crime offers a little bit murder.

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‘Sand Moon’: Life is a Beach… Then Comes College

Amanda Hagood September 18, 2023

Boca Ciega High grad Jennifer Westlake captures the struggle to find ourselves in the years after high school in her YA novel, ‘Sand Moon.’

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Senior Sleuth Seeks Sunshine in ‘Yesterday Rising’

Amanda Hagood April 28, 2023

Gulfport author Stephen Burdick is embracing a second career as a writer of fast-paced, Florida-focused detective stories. The Gabber reviews his newest volume – “Yesterday Rising” – and gets his advice on how to start writing.

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Gulfport Author Wins ALA Award, Conjures Old New Orleans

Amanda Hagood August 22, 2022

Gulfport author Nikki Marsh evokes life in old New Orleans through the eyes of a teenage witch in her new young adult novel, The Juju Girl. The Gabber reads this engrossing new coming of age story, with a magical twist.

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Sheila McNaughton’s Mom’s Disease Inspired Book

Amanda Hagood March 24, 2022

St. Petersburg author Sheila McNaughton explores Alzheimer’s disease and its impact on one family in her novel “You Don’t Know What I Have Done”, which won a Florida Writers Association prize in 2020. She talks with the Gabber about the need to tell our stories and the surprising gifts family give us.