Jeff Schnader, Author

17/11/2023

THE SERPENT PAPERS, by Jeff Schnader, is named:
2023 GRAND PRIZE FICTION (2nd Place in all fiction entries)
& OUTSTANDING HISTORICAL FICTION WINNER (1st Place in genre)
—by the Independent Author Network Book of the Year Awards

It was already named:
—"BRONZE WINNER" in Foreword Reviews Book of the Year Awards, 2022

—"FINALIST" in American Book Fest 20th Annual Best Book Awards 2023
—"FINALIST" in the Indie Excellence Awards 2023
—"STAFF PICK" in Book Corner of VFW Magazine 2023
—"FINALIST" in the Blue Moon Novel Contest 2021

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The book is about the Vietnam War and the protests during that era which defined its generation. The reviews have been superb; see http://jschnaderauthor.com or www.linktr.ee/jschnader


"SCHNADER'S WRITING IS MULTI-SENSUAL & POWERFUL"
-NY JOURNAL OF BOOKS


"AUTHENTIC, INTENSE TALE OF COMING OF AGE IN VIETNAM ERA"
-RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH


“One of the best manuscripts I’ve read all year. Written extremely—extraordinarily—well. Characters are fully-fleshed, complex and interesting. Use of The Serpent is original and interesting. And the evocation of the times is vivid and apropos.”
—FORMER PUBLISHER & PRESIDENT OF DUTTON BOOKS and EDITOR OF ERNEST HEMINGWAY, ROBERT LUDLUM, JAMES PATTERSON & JAMES BALDWIN

"I CAN'T STOP THINKING ABOUT THIS BOOK"
-THE JEWISH NEWS

"THE SERPENT PAPERS IS ELEGANT & ALLUSIVE, A SENSITIVE MEDITATION ON DISCOVERING ONE'S PRINCIPLES AND ACTING ON THEM"
-Aaron Kaiserman, PhD, Faculty, English Literature Dep't, University of Ottawa



CHESAPEAKE STYLE MAGAZINE REVIEW:
“The Serpent Papers is a tour de force, intimate, fast paced, can’t-put-it-down adventure"


FOREWORD REVIEWS:
“Probing the consciences of people and a nation during a pivotal era, The Serpent Papers, an intimate novel, is about the development of one’s personal values, the costs of following one’s conscience, taking a stand when life itself is at risk, and what it means to be a patriot.”
—Kristine Morris, FOREWORD REVIEWS




Columbia College, Columbia University

See the author's website: www.jschnaderauthor.com

"Bronze Winner," — Foreword Reviews Book of the Year Awards

15/11/2023

Jeff Schnader, Author of The Serpent Papers, will be at the:

THANKSGIVING WEEKEND BOOK SIGNING & SALES
NOV 26, 2023 (Sun), Noon - 4PM
TURN-THE-PAGE BOOKSHOP
Prime Outlets next to Banana Republic
5707 Richmond Rd Suite 040
Williamsburg, VA
https://www.turnthepagebookshopburg.com
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100095019765220

The Serpent Papers has been named:
—"BRONZE WINNER" in Foreword Reviews Book of the Year Awards
—"FINALIST" in historical fiction by 20th ANNUAL BEST BOOK AWARDS
—"FINALIST" in the Indie Excellence Awards 2023
—"STAFF PICK" in Book Corner of VFW Magazine 2023
—"FINALIST" in the Blue Moon Novel Contest 2021

Williamsburg's only Independent New & Used Bookshop, featuring great selection and unbeatable prices.

08/11/2023

Jeff Schnader, Author WILL BE AT THE HAMPTON ROADS WRITERS CONFERENCE, NOV 9 (THURS eve) - NOV 11 (SAT), Holiday Inn, Virginia Beach, VA (Newtown Rd exit of Rte 264)

He will be available to sell & sign copies of his historical novel, THE SERPENT PAPERS:
⭐️Bronze Winner in the "Foreword Reviews Book of the Year:" https://www.forewordreviews.com/reviews/the-serpent-papers/
⭐️Finalist in 20th Annual "Best Book Awards," 2023
⭐️Finalist in the 2023 "Indies Excellence Awards"
⭐️Finalist in the 2020 "Blue Moon Novel Competition," and
⭐️Staff Pick in VFW (Veterans of Foreign Wars) Magazine's Book Corner, 2023

-The book has a 4.9 rating (out of 5.0⭐️) on Amazon
-It was also nominated for several other notable prizes, including: the Pulitzer Prize, the PEN/Hemingway Prize, and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, among others

NOV 9-11 2023 (Thu - Sat)
HAMPTON ROADS WRITERS ANNUAL CONFERENCE
BOOK SIGNING & SALES
Holiday Inn, Virginia Beach, VA
https://hamptonroadswriters.org/2023-conference/

The Serpent Papers: Probing the consciences of people and a nation during a pivotal era, "The Serpent Papers" is a novel about the intricacies of decision-making and taking a stand when life itself is at risk. Growing up in the 1960s, J-Bee, the son of an admiral in...

06/11/2023

THE SERPENT PAPERS, by Jeff Schnader, is NAMED "FINALIST" in historical fiction by 20th ANNUAL BEST BOOK AWARDS, 2023

It is already named:
—"BRONZE WINNER" in Foreword Reviews Book of the Year Awards
—"FINALIST" in the Indie Excellence Awards 2023
—"STAFF PICK" in Book Corner of VFW Magazine 2023
—"FINALIST" in the Blue Moon Novel Contest 2021

PRESS RELEASE AmericanBookFest.com
For Immediate Release; November 2023
Contact: American Book Fest; E-mail Press Contact
American Book Fest, Los Angeles | Phoenix

AMERICAN BOOK FEST™ ANNOUNCES
WINNERS AND FINALISTS OF
THE 20th ANNUAL BEST BOOK AWARDS

Mainstream & Independent Titles Score Top Honors
in the 2023 Best Book Awards

Penguin Random House, HarperCollins, Wiley, Hachette Books, McGraw-Hill, Routledge, Rowman & Littlefield, Johns Hopkins University Press, The White House Historical Association, American Bar Association, HCI Press, Bear & Company, Shambhala Publications and hundreds of national and international Independent Houses contribute to this year’s Outstanding Competition!

LOS ANGELES, NOVEMBER 2023 – American Book Fest announced the winners and finalists of THE 20th ANNUAL BEST BOOK AWARDS (BBA), one of the world’s largest international book award programs for mainstream, indie, and self-published titles. Awards were presented for titles published in 2021, 2022, and 2023.

Jeffrey Keen, President and CEO of American Book Fest, said this year’s contest yielded thousands of entries from authors and publishers around the world, which were then narrowed down to the final results.

Keen says of the awards, "Over our 20-year history, thousands of self-published and indie authors have leveraged the promotional power of their Best Book Award to increase online recognition, enhance their title’s credibility, and garner more attention in the crowded book buying marketplace."

Full results for the 20th Annual Best Book Awards can be found at: https://www.americanbookfest.com/2023bbafullresults.html

Winners and finalists of this year’s contest join a prestigious group of past laureates, including Pope Francis, Amy Tan, Anne Lamott, George Sanders, Julie Andrews, Clive Barker, Vanessa Williams, Shark Tank’s Daymon John, Brad Thor, Kitty Kelley, and many others.

Visit the Award Laureate page for an expanded list: https://www.americanbookfest.com/aboutusco.../laureates.html
American Book Fest covers books from all sections of the publishing industry—mainstream, independent, & self-published.

A 20-year timeline and award archives can be found at https://americanbookfest.com/aboutuscontactus.html
American Book Fest has an active social media presence, with over 132,000 current Facebook fans.

24/09/2023

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21/06/2023

The Serpent Papers, a historical novel, is already named:
—"BRONZE WINNER" in Foreword Reviews Book of the Year Awards
—"STAFF PICK" in Book Corner of VFW Magazine 2023
—"FINALIST" in the Blue Moon Novel Contest 2021

Now, The Serpent Papers has just been named "FINALIST" in the Indie Excellence Awards 2023

See: https://www.forewordreviews.com/reviews/the-serpent-papers/

The book has also been nominated for The Dayton Literary Peace Prize, the BIBA Awards, and the Pulitzer Prize, among others

The book is about the Vietnam War and the protests during that era which defined its generation. The reviews have been superb; see http://jschnaderauthor.com or www.linktr.ee/jschnader

THE REVIEWS OF THE SERPENT PAPERS ARE SUPERB:

"SCHNADER'S WRITING IS MULTI-SENSUAL & POWERFUL"
-NEW YORK JOURNAL OF BOOKS

"AUTHENTIC, INTENSE TALE OF COMING OF AGE IN VIETNAM ERA"
-THE RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH

“One of the best manuscripts I’ve read all year. Written extremely—extraordinarily—well. Characters are fully-fleshed, complex and interesting. Use of The Serpent is original and interesting. And the evocation of the times is vivid and apropos.”
—FORMER PUBLISHER & PRESIDENT OF DUTTON BOOKS and EDITOR OF ERNEST HEMINGWAY, ROBERT LUDLUM, JAMES PATTERSON & JAMES BALDWIN

"THE SERPENT PAPERS IS ELEGANT & ALLUSIVE, A SENSITIVE MEDITATION ON DISCOVERING ONE'S PRINCIPLES AND ACTING ON THEM"
-Aaron Kaiserman, PhD, Faculty, English Literature Dep't, University of Ottawa

"WOW"
“This is an important book. This is literature that makes you happy that literature exists”
-Reviewer of The Serpent Papers on Audible

"Finished Book!!! Awesome!! Portions brought me to tears"
-Richard Simon, Renowned International Attorney

"This is an intense piece of fictionalized history- I was able to finish in two days even with March Madness. The only other work of fiction I've read anywhere similar was American Pastoral [by Philip Roth]. This book is similarly horrific and fantastic, a miasma of life and death issues interlaced with the harsh reality of the ever present Vietnam War. It's got a Less Than Zero meets American Pastoral thing going on about it.
It's an important piece of art, and you can quote me on it!"
-MT Green, Amazon Reviewer

“Right at the top of my reads ever...”
-Skip Keith, Hampton Roads Writers

"Blown Away"
"Both the narration and story were off the chain ! I was riveted by the first sentence"
-Reviewer of The Serpent Papers on Audible

"A gripping human story of our inner and outer conflicts"
"I found the book deeply descriptive and moving"
-Reviewer of The Serpent Papers on Audible

“I cried at the end and want to re-read it as soon as possible. A page turner with excellent character development & plenty of drama. Wow, just wow!"
-Anne Bacher, Amazon Reviewer

The Serpent Papers: Probing the consciences of people and a nation during a pivotal era, "The Serpent Papers" is a novel about the intricacies of decision-making and taking a stand when life itself is at risk. Growing up in the 1960s, J-Bee, the son of an admiral in...

15/06/2023

PRESS RELEASE:
June 15, 2023: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

THE SERPENT PAPERS is named a 2022 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards Winner

CONTACT: The Permanent Press

THE SERPENT PAPERS



SAG HARBOR, NY—Today, The Permanent Press is pleased to announce THE SERPENT PAPERS has been named a winner in the 25th annual Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards.

Foreword Reviews, a book review journal focusing on independently published books, announced the winners of its INDIES Book of the Year Awards today. The INDIES recognize the best books published in 2022 from independent and university presses, as well as self-published authors.

SEE the book’s winning review: https://www.forewordreviews.com/reviews/the-serpent-papers/
See the historical fiction winners: https://www.forewordreviews.com/awards/winners/2022/historical/

“What a monumental and exciting effort the judging process was this year,” says Matt Sutherland,

Foreword’s Executive Editor. “So many worthy titles, so thin the margins between medal winners and finalists.”

“Schnader’s writing is multi-sensual and powerful.”
—New York Journal of Books

“NOVELIST DELIVERS AUTHENTIC, INTENSE TALE OF COMING OF AGE IN VIETNAM ERA: Worlds collide at the climax to a tale rendered with intensity of purpose, vigor of prose, authenticity of time and place, and depth of characterization.”
—The Richmond Times-Dispatch & The Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star

For this year’s competition, over 2,600 entries were submitted, with Foreword’s editors choosing the finalists. Those titles were then mailed to individual librarians and booksellers charged with picking the Gold, Silver, Bronze, and Honorable Mention winners.

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About Foreword Magazine: Celebrating 25 years, Foreword Reviews provides trade book reviews of the best titles from independent presses. In print, and online, its FOLIO award-winning design and editorial content has made the magazine a favorite among librarians, booksellers, and avid readers since 1998. This June, Foreword is introducing the Library Insights Summit (LIS), a conference for publishers to engage with librarian innovators in a day-long, pre-ALA event.

The Serpent Papers: Probing the consciences of people and a nation during a pivotal era, "The Serpent Papers" is a novel about the intricacies of decision-making and taking a stand when life itself is at risk. Growing up in the 1960s, J-Bee, the son of an admiral in...

10/05/2023

Author Jeff Schnader will be signing and selling his novel, The Serpent Papers, at:

YORKTOWN SPRING VENDOR FAIR
Yorktown Masonic Lodge
221 Ballard Street
Yorktown, VA
https://www.facebook.com/events/869900444079747

THE SERPENT PAPERS is an historical novel written and published this year about the complexities of the Vietnam era, which created a rift in our generation. It has been NOMINATED FOR A PULITZER PRIZE AMONG OTHERS

The book is intended to bring both sides of this painful issue to a rapprochement. Although he did protest the war, the author has always felt strongly that the boys who fought in Vietnam were patriots, which is why he wrote the book. Major characters include a WWII veteran and a boy who volunteers and goes to VN who is the best friend of the protagonist. Schnader’s centrist attitudes come through his characters and the pain they feel over the war.

In 1971, he had a draft card and was classified as 1A. He was assigned a number in the draft lottery in 1972 and had no student deferment.

He protested against the Vietnam War in 1972 and marched in Manhattan with TPF (riot police) on horseback riding next to him, towering over him (intimidating).

He was present at the riot when Columbia president William McGill called the TPF (tactical riot police, all over 6'0" and large men in battle regalia with jackboots, plastic battle shields, helmets with plastic visors covering their faces, batons, guns, etc) to surround our demonstration (about 1000 students on their own campus and the same number of police). They charged the protestors (they were doing their job; the fault was in calling them), and a riot ensued, a melee. Schnader stood against the Vietnam War when it counted.

THE REVIEWS OF THE SERPENT PAPERS ARE SUPERB:
"SCHNADER'S WRITING IS MULTI-SENSUAL & POWERFUL"
-NEW YORK JOURNAL OF BOOKS

"AUTHENTIC, INTENSE TALE OF COMING OF AGE IN VIETNAM ERA"
-THE RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH

“One of the best manuscripts I’ve read all year. Written extremely—extraordinarily—well. Characters are fully-fleshed, complex and interesting. Use of The Serpent is original and interesting. And the evocation of the times is vivid and apropos.”
—FORMER PUBLISHER & PRESIDENT OF DUTTON BOOKS and EDITOR OF ERNEST HEMINGWAY, ROBERT LUDLUM, JAMES PATTERSON & JAMES BALDWIN

"THE SERPENT PAPERS IS ELEGANT & ALLUSIVE, A SENSITIVE MEDITATION ON DISCOVERING ONE'S PRINCIPLES AND ACTING ON THEM"
-Aaron Kaiserman, PhD, Faculty, English Literature Dep't, University of Ottawa

CHESAPEAKE STYLE MAGAZINE REVIEW:
“The Serpent Papers is a tour de force, intimate, fast paced, can’t-put-it-down adventure"

"I CAN'T STOP THINKING ABOUT THIS BOOK"
-THE JEWISH NEWS

FOREWORD REVIEWS:
“Probing the consciences of people and a nation during a pivotal era, The Serpent Papers, an intimate novel, is about the development of one’s personal values, the costs of following one’s conscience, taking a stand when life itself is at risk, and what it means to be a patriot.”
—Kristine Morris, FOREWORD REVIEWS

"This is an important book. This is a piece of literature that makes you happy that literature exists.”
-Reviewer of The Serpent Papers on Audible

When Schnader became a physician, he ran an intensive care unit in the VA Hospital system for 15 years and proudly served the veterans for 22 years- full time- in VA hospitals while a Professor of Medicine at university. He knew the sacrifices our soldiers made in Vietnam and always felt that those who fought were patriots.

The Foreword to the book, THE SERPENT PAPERS, was written by a decorated Vietnam combat vet who said the book was the best book he had read in the last 10 years. Another veteran who served in Vietnam for 1000 days and who was extremely decorated loved the book [Recipient of 3 Purple Hearts & 2 Bronze Stars, Army Commendation Medal with "V" Device with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters, Air Medal, Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry with Gold Palm Award, Meritorious Service Medal; US Army, 1st Infantry & Americal Divisions; Vietnam, 1966-67, 68-69, 70-71 (served 1000 days)].

Send a message to learn more

24/04/2023

The author of The Serpent Papers, Jeff Schnader, will be at:
WILLIAMSBURG SPRING ARTISAN MARKET
Williamsburg Outlet Mall Parking Lot
5715 Richmond Rd
Williamsburg, VA
See: http://4eventplanning.com/springartisanmarket

Signed copies of the historical novel, The Serpent Papers, will be available in hardcover and paperback.

WHERE WERE YOU IN 1972?
The Serpent Papers, a traditionally published novel about the Vietnam era, is a ⭐️Finalist⭐️ in the Foreword Reviews Book Awards of the Year (it may yet win); see: https://www.forewordreviews.com/reviews/the-serpent-papers/

The Serpent Papers was also a Finalist in the 2020 Blue Moon Novel Competition and was a "⭐️Staff Pick⭐️" in the 2023 VFW (Veterans of Foreign Wars) Magazine's Book Corner. It has been nominated for several other notable prizes, including the Pulitzer Prize and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize.

The book is dedicated to "those who fought and those who protested" the Vietnam War; the book outlines the complex issues of the day and seeks rapprochement between those of our generation who are still divided over the war. The Serpent Papers is about this tumultuous time; it culminates in riots.

THE VIETNAM WAR IS STILL THE DEFINING EVENT OF ITS GENERATION. It created a rift between those who fought and those who protested—a rift which this novel aims to heal with rapprochement.
-Publication March 1, 2022 (THE PERMANENT PRESS)

“Schnader’s writing is multi-sensual and powerful.”
—Fran Hawthorne, NEW YORK JOURNAL OF BOOKS

“A tale rendered with intensity of purpose, vigor of prose, authenticity of time & place, and depth of characterization. Schnader engages the reader with telling detail & emotional impact.”
—Jay Strafford, FREDERICKSBURG FREE LANCE-STAR & RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH
“One of the best manuscripts I’ve read all year. Written extremely—extraordinarily—well. Characters are fully-fleshed, complex and interesting. Use of The Serpent is original and interesting. And the evocation of the times is vivid and apropos.”
—FORMER PUBLISHER & PRESIDENT OF DUTTON BOOKS and EDITOR OF ERNEST HEMINGWAY, ROBERT LUDLUM, JAMES PATTERSON & JAMES BALDWIN

"THE SERPENT PAPERS IS ELEGANT & ALLUSIVE, A SENSITIVE MEDITATION ON DISCOVERING ONE'S PRINCIPLES AND ACTING ON THEM"
-Aaron Kaiserman, PhD, Faculty, English Literature Dep't, University of Ottawa

FOREWORD REVIEWS:
“Probing the consciences of people and a nation during a pivotal era, The Serpent Papers, an intimate novel, is about the development of one’s personal values, the costs of following one’s conscience, taking a stand when life itself is at risk, and what it means to be a patriot.”
—Kristine Morris, FOREWORD REVIEWS

"This is an important book. This is literature that makes you happy that literature exists.”
-Reviewer of The Serpent Papers on Audible

Spring Artisan Market

21/04/2023

GHENT SQUARE LITERATURE SERIES
Jeff Schnader
Sunday, April 23rd, 6:30 - 8 PM
Ghent Square Clubhouse
Finalist: Foreword Reviews Book of the Year Awards, 2022

The Serpent Papers is a historical novel set at Columbia University amidst the 1971-72 campus demonstrations against escalation of the Vietnam War on a back-drop of murders & ’70s counterculture.

It is the story of J-Bee, raised in the 1960-70s, son of a rear admiral from a Catholic military family. When his best friend volunteers to fight in Vietnam, J-Bee is expected to join the military or enroll at the US Naval Academy. However, because of unexpected childhood trauma, he matriculates at Columbia University in 1971, where he becomes ideologically trapped between the military perspective of his family and Columbia’s cauldron of anti-Vietnam War culture and protest.

As ratcheting tensions and bullhorns incite students to protest, factions collide in campus demonstrations which turn into riots, and J-Bee is forced to make the decision that comes to define his life.

RVSP to Marc (marcdrabinowitz@gmail.com). In true Ghent Square tradition, please bring a snack and drink to share.

21/04/2023

THE SERPENT PAPERS, a historical novel:
-FINALIST, the Foreword Reviews Book of the Year Awards, 2022
-FINALIST, the Blue Moon Novel Competition, 2021
-“️STAFF PICK️,” Book Corner VFW Magazine, 2023, for novel

April 19, 1972, 50 YEARS AGO. After a noon rally at the physics building (Pupin Hall), over 1000 Columbia students marched through Morningside Heights demanding Columbia University be shut down for complicity in mining the Ho Chi Minh Trail as its professors had grants to advance war technologies.

Chanting "One, two, three, four, we don't want your f------ war!" their ranks swelled further as they marched to 106th Street from campus and then back to the School of International Affairs where they smashed nine windows and graffitied the building with "SIA = CIA" (Columbia later changed the name of SIA to SIPA).

At 3PM that day, University President William McGill personally presented protestors, who had barricaded Hamilton Hall so that he could not enter it, with a restraining order, enjoining them from preventing faculty and students from entering the building.

THE SERPENT PAPERS, by Jeff Schnader, is set at Columbia in 1971-72 during the campus demonstrations, sit-ins & marches against the Vietnam War. It features murder on a back-drop of ’70s counterculture, and it accurately portrays the riot which occurred on campus when police troops were called in to disperse the protestors.

THE VIETNAM WAR IS STILL THE DEFINING EVENT OF ITS GENERATION. It created a rift between those who fought and those who protested—a rift which this novel aims to heal with rapprochement.
-Publication March 1, 2022 (THE PERMANENT PRESS)

“Schnader’s writing is multi-sensual and powerful.”
—Fran Hawthorne, NEW YORK JOURNAL OF BOOKS

“A tale rendered with intensity of purpose, vigor of prose, authenticity of time & place, and depth of characterization. Schnader engages the reader with telling detail & emotional impact.”
—Jay Strafford, FREDERICKSBURG FREE LANCE-STAR & RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH

“One of the best manuscripts I’ve read all year. Written extremely—extraordinarily—well. Characters are fully-fleshed, complex and interesting. Use of The Serpent is original and interesting. And the evocation of the times is vivid and apropos.”
—FORMER PUBLISHER & PRESIDENT OF DUTTON BOOKS and EDITOR OF ERNEST HEMINGWAY, ROBERT LUDLUM, JAMES PATTERSON & JAMES BALDWIN

"THE SERPENT PAPERS IS ELEGANT & ALLUSIVE, A SENSITIVE MEDITATION ON DISCOVERING ONE'S PRINCIPLES AND ACTING ON THEM"
-Aaron Kaiserman, PhD, Faculty, English Literature Dep't, University of Ottawa

FOREWORD REVIEWS:
“Probing the consciences of people and a nation during a pivotal era, The Serpent Papers, an intimate novel, is about the development of one’s personal values, the costs of following one’s conscience, taking a stand when life itself is at risk, and what it means to be a patriot.”
—Kristine Morris, FOREWORD REVIEWS

"This is an important book. This is literature that makes you happy that literature exists.”
-Reviewer of The Serpent Papers on Audible

Further reviews or purchase the book at:
www.linktr.ee/jschnader

For AWARDS, SEE:
-Finalist in the Foreword Reviews Book Awards of the Year
https://www.forewordreviews.com/reviews/the-serpent-papers/
-VFW MAGAZINE’S BOOK CORNER:
http://digitaledition.qwinc.com/publication/?m=3914&i=773598&p=54&ver=html5

FILM OF COLUMBIA 1972 DEMONSTRATIONS:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPOwxGuxlX0



com/columbiaspectator


Instagram.com/alumniofcolumbiacollege

24/03/2023

Today is the official National Vietnam Veterans Day in the 50th year anniversary of the Paris Peace Accords, which ended the hostilities in Vietnam in 1973.

The Serpent Papers, an historical novel about the Vietnam War era in 1971-73, is now a Finalist in the Foreword Reviews Book Awards of the Year; see:
https://www.forewordreviews.com/awards/books/the-serpent-papers/

The book is also a 2023 current “⭐️Staff Pick⭐️” of VFW MAGAZINE’S BOOK CORNER (page 52 of digitized version):
http://digitaledition.qwinc.com/publication/?m=3914&i=773598&p=54&ver=html5

The Serpent Papers was also a finalist in the 2020 Blue Moon Novel Competition. It has been nominated for several other notable prizes, including the Pulitzer Prize and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize.

The book is about the Vietnam War and the protests during that era which defined its generation. The reviews have been superb; see http://jschnaderauthor.com or www.linktr.ee/jschnader

"SCHNADER'S WRITING IS MULTI-SENSUAL & POWERFUL"
-NY JOURNAL OF BOOKS

"AUTHENTIC, INTENSE TALE OF COMING OF AGE IN VIETNAM ERA"
-RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH

“One of the best manuscripts I’ve read all year. Written extremely—extraordinarily—well. Characters are fully-fleshed, complex and interesting. Use of The Serpent is original and interesting. And the evocation of the times is vivid and apropos.”

—FORMER PUBLISHER & PRESIDENT OF DUTTON BOOKS and EDITOR OF ERNEST HEMINGWAY, ROBERT LUDLUM, JAMES PATTERSON & JAMES BALDWIN

"The Serpent Papers" is a Foreword INDIES finalist in Historical (Adult Fiction). Probing the consciences of people and a nation during a pivotal era, "The Serpent Papers" is a novel about the intricacies of decision-making and taking a stand when life itself is at risk. Growing up in the 1960s, J-B...

10/03/2023

The Serpent Papers, a novel by Jeff Schnader, is announced as a 2022 Foreword Reviews "Indies Awards Finalist" in historical fiction

The Winner(s) for this prize will be announced in June
For Finalist List, see: https://www.forewordreviews.com/awards/finalists/2022/historical/

For specific Finalist info on The Serpent Papers, see: https://www.forewordreviews.com/awards/books/the-serpent-papers/

The Serpent Papers was also a finalist in the 2020 Blue Moon Novel Competition and was a "Staff Pick" in the 2023 VFW (Veterans of Foreign Wars) Magazine's Book Corner. It has been nominated for several other notable prizes, including the Pulitzer Prize and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize.

The book is about the Vietnam War and the protests during that era which defined its generation. The reviews have been superb; see http://jschnaderauthor.com or www.linktr.ee/jschnader

"SCHNADER'S WRITING IS MULTI-SENSUAL & POWERFUL"
-NY JOURNAL OF BOOKS

"AUTHENTIC, INTENSE TALE OF COMING OF AGE IN VIETNAM ERA"
-RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH

“One of the best manuscripts I’ve read all year. Written extremely—extraordinarily—well. Characters are fully-fleshed, complex and interesting. Use of The Serpent is original and interesting. And the evocation of the times is vivid and apropos.”
—FORMER PUBLISHER & PRESIDENT OF DUTTON BOOKS and EDITOR OF ERNEST HEMINGWAY, ROBERT LUDLUM, JAMES PATTERSON & JAMES BALDWIN