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James Glen Stovall

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James Glen Stovall (Jim) is a retired professor of journalism who lives in East Tennessee. During his teaching career, he taught at the University of Alabama (1978-2003), Emory and Henry College (2003-2006) and the University of Tennessee (2006-2016). He is now working on a second career writing young adult fiction and mysteries.

Jim is the author of the a selling writing textbook, Writing for the Mass Media, as well as other journalism texts such as Journalism: Who, What, When, Where, Why and How and Web Journalism.

Other books include:

• Seeing Suffrage:The 1913 Washington Suffrage Parade, Its Pictures, and Its Effects on the American Political Landscape

• Battlelines: Gettysburg: Civil War Sketch Artists and the First Draft of War

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Writing for the Mass Media

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Writing Like a Journalist

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James Beth,

Thanks for the tip on your book.

All the best,

Jim


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Beth Hi Jim,
Thanks for befriending this mystery author! I hope you'll give my debut, A REAL BASKET CASE, a read. It was one of four mysteries nominated for the 2007 Best First Novel Agatha Award, named for Agatha Christie. The sequel, TO HELL IN A HANDBASKET, will be out in May, 09.


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