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Sidney Thompson

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The first two novels in THE BASS REEVES TRILOGY--FOLLOW THE ANGELS, FOLLOW THE DOVES (2020) & HELL ON THE BORDER (2021)--inspired the 2023 Paramount+ miniseries LAWMEN: BASS REEVES (produced by Taylor Sheridan & starring Golden-Globe nominee David Oyelowo, Dennis Quaid, and Donald Sutherland). I was a Creative Consultant with the show. Book Three, THE FORSAKEN AND THE DEAD, was published in 2023. This bestselling trilogy has received numerous honors for preserving whitewashed cultural history.

Though enslaved for the first 22 years of his life, Bass Reeves rose to epic heights as the most successful and feared lawman in the Old West. The trilogy narrates his life story.

My other books include a middle-grade novel, KUDZU'S ENORMOUS NEW LIFE, w ...more

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What mystery in your own life could be a plot for a book?

Sidney Thompson The first one that comes to mind is the plot for a book, or for a story in a book. I wrote the story "The Voyeur" (in my collection Sideshow) to reliv…moreThe first one that comes to mind is the plot for a book, or for a story in a book. I wrote the story "The Voyeur" (in my collection Sideshow) to relive and examine the mystery of why my parents decided to get a divorce. Sometimes we can't ever know what happens behind closed doors until our parents separate, and then, isolated, they begin to reveal themselves to us. My book of poetry, You/Wee: Poems from a Father, is also a plot from my own life, based on the mystery of life and all the sub-mysteries it contains, that a pregnant wife and growing baby in essence create by their very evolving, sensational, profound nature. And my autistic son Owen in part inspired the plot of Kudzu's Enormous New Life; what he perceived and how he communicated his thoughts, needs, and questions early in his life led to a plethora of mysteries, until his mother and I learned to accommodate to his method of communication, instead of expecting him to accommodate to ours.(less)

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What are your favorite children's books?

Sidney Thompson The first ones that come to mind are Charlotte's Web and Stuart Little for older kids craving a story, and Dr. Seuss and Goodnight Moon for younger on…moreThe first ones that come to mind are Charlotte's Web and Stuart Little for older kids craving a story, and Dr. Seuss and Goodnight Moon for younger ones who simply enjoy playful language and concepts. I think Goodnight Moon by Brown and Hurd is just breathtakingly good; it's a poem in exquisitely concise, musical words and images, equivalent to a Bach concerto, either D or F minor, for sure. Really. I'm not kidding. And for those children in between, who crave more mature stories in their picture books, I really like Corduroy by Don Freeman.(less)

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Average rating: 4.02 · 1,069 ratings · 91 reviews · 22 distinct works • Similar authors

	Follow the Angels, Follow the Doves (Bass Reeves Trilogy #1) 4.08 avg rating — 558 ratings — published 2020 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hell on the Border: The Bass Reeves Trilogy, Book Two 3.94 avg rating — 296 ratings — published 2021 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Forsaken and the Dead: The Bass Reeves Trilogy, Book Three 4.06 avg rating — 152 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kudzu's Enormous New Life 4.67 avg rating — 9 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sideshow 3.89 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2006	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	You/Wee: Poems from a Father it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	The Missing Years: A Play 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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A Conversation with Kristee Lane

A virtual event from April 17, 2021, with my hometown bookstore, Novel Books. Kristee Lane and I discuss my books in The Bass Reeves Trilogy, along with all relevant subjects: race relations, police brutality, whiteness, appropriation, historical fiction, my upbringing in Memphis, and all things Bass Reeves.

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