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Democratic Luncheons to Feature Local Authors.
December 23, 2024 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Author Stephen H. Provost will be the featured speaker at Monday’s Democratic luncheon, kicking off a six-week series of presentations by Nevada authors. Provost is a prolific writer of historical nonfiction and fantasy adventures.
A journalist with more than 30 years of experience and a former educator, he is the author of 55 books. From 1986 to 2018, Provost worked as an editor, reporter, and columnist at four daily newspapers in California, including as news editor at The Fresno Bee and managing editor of The Cambrian. He is also the founder and publisher of Carson City’s Dragon Crown Books.
Provost’s nonfiction works include numerous historical and travel books on the nation’s highways. Among these are his three-volume “America’s Historic Highways” series, his five-volume “Highways of the West,” two books on “California’s Historic Highways,” and his three-book series “Roadside Illustrated.”
Other nonfiction titles include “Fresno Growing Up” and “Martinsville Memories” (history and nostalgia); “The Great American Shopping Experience” (Americana), “A Whole Different League” (sports history); “The Legend of Molly Bolin” (sports biography); “Mark Twain’s Nevada,” “Virginia City Then & Now,” and “The Comstock Chronicles (history).
His survey of American middle-sized cities and small towns, the Century Cities series, includes 10 titles: “Fresno Century,” “San Luis Obispo Century,” “Cambria Century,” “Goldfield Century,” “Carson City Century,” “Roanoke Century,” “Greensboro Century,” “Charleston Century,” “Huntington Century,” and “Danville Century.”
His works of fiction include “The Talismans of Time” and its sequel, “Pathfinder of Destiny”; the dystopian science fiction novel “Crimson Scourge”; the fantasy novels “Memortality” and its sequel, “Paralucidity”; the alternative history thriller “Meteor Ridge”; and the six-volume “Nightmare’s Eve” collection of short horror stories co-authored with his wife, Sharon Marie Provost.
His extensive survey of ancient history, fable and mythology is contained in his Phoenix series of books.
This event is scheduled for 1:00 PM on Monday, December 23rd, and can either be attended in person at Black Bear Diner, inside Max Casino, or online via Zoom. The presentation will begin after all lunch orders have been taken, around 1:30 PM.
A download link to a video recording of the presentation will be distributed once it’s been uploaded to the cloud. Those wishing to be on distribution for luncheon Zoom links should contact Rich Dunn at richdunn@aol.com.
