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Real Deal Productions is proud to announce that S. S. Wilson’s novel, Tucker’s Monster, won the prestigious Bill Fisher Award for Best First Book - Fiction, presented at the 2011 Benjamin Franklin Awards, May 23 in New York. Sponsored by the Independent Book Publishers Association, the awards, now in their 23rd year, originated as a way of recognizing excellence in independent publishing. Each year, works grouped by genre are judged on editorial and design merit by top practitioners in each field.

 Tucker's Monster - a new novel by S. S. Wilson

 

 Publisher’s Weekly called Tucker’s Monster: “A rip-roaring portrait of a man with the money, recklessness, and tenacity to pursue his single-minded goal... That both Tucker's companions and the novel's readers are inclined to forgive the manipulative, volatile dinosaur hunter is a testament to the author's character-building... Tense action scenes, including a particularly memorable haunted house, keep the pace moving at a brisk clip. A heartfelt and well-realized tall tale.

 

 Entertaining  for all ages! Adult & Young Adult.

Wilson has a long history of turning the familiar into the unexpected. Short Circuit side-stepped movie robot clichés to give us the unforgettable Johnny Five. Tremors was both an action film and a send-up of 1950's monster movies. His story and dialogue work on Land Before Time contributed to its becoming a multi-sequel family film franchise. With Tucker’s Monster,  Wilson not only tells a first-rate adventure tale, he subtly pokes fun at classic Hollywood horror films. 

Tucker’s Monster soundly debunks the embedded misconception that  any book  a young adult will read must  feature only angst-ridden teenagers (or angst-ridden teenage vampires). With cantankerous middle-aged rancher Harry Tucker as his “star,” veteran screenwriter and director S. S. Wilson delivers a rollicking story with the same excitement and surprises that have thrilled audiences of his hit movies.

Synopsis
Tucker's Monster deliberately harks back to the style those classic adventure tales. Set in 1903, it chronicles the adventures of young zoologist Gerard Whitney when he is hired by wealthy, eccentric cattle rancher, Harold B Tucker. He is soon caught up in Tucker's true passion, searching the world for legendary creatures, with the ultimate goal of discovering a live dinosaur. As they embark on one wild and dangerous adventure after another, wide-eyed Whitney learns about werewolves, mummies, ghosts, and even meets a mad scientist. Whitney is sure Tucker will never succeed. But what they eventually discover exceeds both men’s wildest dreams — and nightmares.  On a more subtle level, Wilson also pokes ample fun at classic horror movie clichés.
While the prose is light-hearted and the action lively and sometimes tense, the novel also explores the darker side of Tucker’s obsession. Disappointed time and again in his lifelong goal, he becomes increasingly desperate, and his methods increasingly extreme. Unable to sway Tucker from this path, Whitney has sadly decided to quit his job when a major twist plunges them into an unexpected (and Hollywood sized) climax.     

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Fraidy Cats -  a new novel by S.S. Wilson     You’ve read Mary Shelley’s account (inaccurate). You’ve seen Hollywood’s many versions (way inaccurate). Now, at last, you can learn the truth! Find out what really went wrong with Dr. Frankenstein’s famous experiment.    It’s all revealed in S. S. Wilson’s new, meticulously researched exposé! Fraidy Cats!     Coming soon.