Books by John Reid

A book industry insider, who is also a contest judge and an acclaimed author, details sure-fire stratagems to achieve success in creative writing contests and literary competitions.

An Anthology of Award-Winning Verse from the 2nd International Tom Howard Poetry Contest. Major prize-winners include such outstanding poets as Elaine Winer, Guy Kettelhack, Mary Ann Wehler, Catherine De Laney, Paul Barlin, Tina Richardson, Ross Gillett, Michelle Bitting, Peggy Smith Duke, Julie Lynn Golladay, Adam Wallace, Dennis Maulsby, Sook Moy Yew, John B. Lee, Tom Berman, Annamaria Hemingway, and Fiona Sievers.

The essays in this volume deal with topics such as colonial habitation, imperial exchange, and aboriginal engagement, all of which were pervasive phenomena of the time.

13-year-old Russian Alexi Gertoff had a chance meeting with Lev, Leon Trotsky's son. In the spring of 1917, Lev has come to Amherst to help his father escape from the wartime prison camp and Alexi becomes involved in this dangerous attempt to reunite Trotsky with his family.