KNODE, HELEN — The Ticket out
New York, NY: Harcourt, Inc, 2003. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0151001847. SIGNED EDITION. This copy has been signed and dated by the author on the title page. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "A long, winding road brought me to novels. There was a fling with Cornell's Ph. D program in English that got me an M. A. In Theater instead. There was a longer and much sexier run through alternative journalism, from the East Village Eye in New York to the L. A. Weekly in Los Angeles. At the Weekly I mostly reviewed movies, but also covered theater, performance art, music, books, local events, politics -- and ended up with a regular column called "Weird Sister." At some point I got exhausted with movies and newspapers. It pushed me to write a novel, The Ticket Out, a murder story based on my experiences as a Hollywood fringe-dweller. The second novel is equally personal. I was born and raised in Calgary, Alberta, the heart of the Canadian oil business, and Knodes have worked in oil since the nineteenth century. This history inspired Wildcat Play, a warm hello and goodbye to a family tradition and grassroots American oil." (from FantasticFiction) ; Signed by Author. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .
