Eileen P. Duggan is a freelance journalist, writer and editor based in St. Louis, Missouri.
Her second novel, 'April Fools Daily,' was published Oct. 1, 2021. April Fools Daily chronicles the life of a shy rock singer as she struggles to succeed in life, career and love over the obstacle of her less-than-stunning looks. The saga traces the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s world of the St. Louis music scene from the vantage point of a fan and aspiring musician. Both the paperback and ebook included a Suggested Soundtrack for your reading accompaniment. It is available in ebook and paperback from Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09CKJ9PQK.
Her literary musical mystery novel, 'The Not-Ready-for-Juilliard Players,' originally published in April 2016 by Rocking Horse Publishing,is now available in paperback and Kindle editions on Amazon or on request at any bookstore or through Indiebound: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9798665293042.
She wrote the location profiles and created the book design for '250 Years — 252 Cakes: The Definitive St. Louis 250th Anniversary Cake Book,' by Matt Nolan, published in February 2015.
Duggan won First Place in the 2010 Missouri Professional Communicators Communications Contest—Writing for the Web, Feature Article (read it free at www.stlbeacon.org/content/view/8199/227/). She also won an Honorable Mention for her essay, 'The Dead Lady's Stuff.' in the 78th Annual (2009) Writer's Digest Writing Competition. 'The Dead Lady's Stuff' appeared in the December 2010 issue of Toasted Cheese Literary Journal. http://tclj.toasted-cheese.com/2010/10-4/duggan.htm
Next up is a YA magical realism novel, 'Touch,' expected in 2022. She also is working on a detective series.
OTHER SELECTED WORKS:
The Marathon From Hell (story of the 1904 Olympic Marathon). Marathon and Beyond Magazine, 2004.
www.marathonandbeyond.com/choices/duggan.html. Now available at https://wordpress.com/page/dugganpubs.wordpress.com/51.
PianoFest has winning line-up
Saint Louis Beacon, 11/3/09.
www.stlbeacon.org/content/view/12675/72/
Vickie Newton: Fantasy to be TV anchor came true
St. Louis Journalism Review, 2008.
www.thefreelibrary.com/Fantasy+to+be+TV+anchor+came+true.(Vickie+Newton+)(Interview)-a0193343923
vnewtoncommunications.com/sljr.pdf
Reprinted and updated on Versatiliosity blog: http://dugganpubs.wordpress.com/nonfiction/vickie-newton-fantasy-to-be-tv-anchor-came-true/
BOOKS EDITED:
'250 Years — 250 Cakes: The Definitive St. Louis 250th Anniversary Cake Book'
By Matt Nolan, 2015
Wrote location profiles and executed design and layout
http://www.amazon.com/250-Years-Cakes-Definitive-Anniversary/dp/0990809218
'Late Cretaceous and Early Cenozoic History of Latin American Vegetation and Terrestrial Environments'
By Alan Graham, 2010
http://www.mbgpress.info/index.php?task=id&id=10062
'The Ladyslipper and I' (Autobiography of botanist G. Ledyard Stebbins).
http://www.mbgpress.info/index.php?task=id&id=07123&PHPSESSID=bf5bdb459a99bd1822537bb926ed77da
'Benjamin Smith Barton: Naturalist and Physician in Jeffersonian America'
http://www.mbgpress.info/index.php?task=id&id=07033
CONTACT ME: DugganPubs[at]sbcglobal[dot]net
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