| Larry Keough |
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Larry Keough’s new children’s book, Dirty Dan, is a fun adventure for children ages 3-7 set in the Old West featuring hero Tom Gantz, damsel in distress Sally Blake and villain Dirty Dan. The book features colorful illustrations and a bonus CD that children can sing along with while reading the book. A resident of El Cajon, Keough has written original songs for two children’s’ albums. His first book Fragilly was published in 2008. Besides his career as an author, Keough has been a performer in San Diego for the past 20 years as a juggler, mime and musician. He teaches guitar and songwriting to elementary schoolchildren at the Explorer School where he’s produced six CD’s of kids writing and singing songs for two children’s albums. Keough, along with partner Jerry Hager form the duo, Music With A Twist of Mime. Together they have performed for over 20 years with Young Audiences of San Diego, a local nonprofit arts education organization. They are also a mainstay at the San Diego County Fair. Dirty Dan is illustrated by John Wismont who has produced illustrations for Disneyland, Sea World, the San Diego Zoo, IBM and Mattel among many other companies. Keough is a graduate of San Diego State University with a B.A. degree in Recreation Administration with an emphasis in Therapeutics. He also has an A.A. in Dramatic Arts from San Diego City College. Dirty Dan is available locally at La Mesa-Readers Inc., a children’s bookstore. To order Dirty Dan or Fragilly, visit www.fragilly.com or e-mail Larry Keough at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . |
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| P. J. Sáinz |
P. J. Sáinz is a bilingual journalist and fiction writer in the San Diego-Tijuana border region. He writes for several publications, including The San Diego Union-Tribune and its Spanish-language weekly, Enlace, where he covers Latino arts and entertainment. His first young adult novel, “Mica chueca. Novela en cuentos para la plebada inmigrante” was published this summer by Fondo Editorial Tierra Adentro, a publishing house for emerging Mexican writers. This Fall, the Centro Cultural Tijuana (Cecut) will publish his nonfiction collection on Mexican regional music, “Crónicas chúntaras. La música de la plebada.” In 2007, Calaca Press published his fiction chapbook, “Conjunto norteño. Relatos para la plebada.”
P. J. Sáinz es un periodista y narrador bilingüe en la región fronteriza de San Diego-Tijuana. Escribe para varios periódicos, incluyendo The San Diego Union-Tribune y su semanario en español, Enlace, donde cubre arte y entretenimiento latino. Su primera novela para jóvenes, “Mica chueca. Novela en cuentos para la plebada inmigrante”, fue publicada este verano por el Fondo Editorial Tierra Adentro, un programa cultural para jóvenes escritores mexicanos. Este otoño, el Centro Cultural Tijuana (Cecut) publicará su colección sobre música regional mexicana, “Crónicas chúntaras. La música de la plebada”. En el 2007, Calaca Press publicó su colección de cuentos, “Conjunto norteño. Relatos para la plebada”. Recientemente recibió una beca del programa Jóvenes Creadores del Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, el equivalente mexicano al National Endowment for the Arts. |
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