Big Island La (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781567030693)

Boston Teran is the anonymous author of a dozen acclaimed novels published worldwide. For a generation now there has been much speculation as to whether the author is a man, a woman, or a group of acclaimed artist working together and writing about America and the moral territory of its soul. Known for a far reaching vision of time, place and humanity, Boston Teran has been named alongside such great American writers, including Hemingway and Larry McMurtry, as well as filmmakers John Ford and Sam Peckinpah, and is also considered a dramatist of the first order. Hi debut novel, GOD IS A BULLET, is considered a cult classic that has been compared to such seminal works as Joan Didion's THE WHITE ALBUM and John Ford's THE SEARCHERS. NEVER COUNT OUT THE DEAD has been called a modern equivalent of MacBeth. THE CREED OF VIOLENCE is currently in pre production to star Daniel Craig. His novel GIV - THE STORY OF A DOG AND AMERICA is being transformed into a play in Japan.. The books in his DEFIANT AMERICANS SERIES have been praised for confronting an America mired in hatred and human corruption, injustice, racism and inequality, and his characters' quest for moral order and redemption. The author has been nominated or won over 17 awards, including The EDGAR AWARD for Best First Novel and the FOREWORD "Book of the Year Award" as well as the INTERNATIONAL IMPACT AWARD OF DUBLIN for Best Novel, the Best Novel of the Year in Japan and the John Creasy Award in England.