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P. A. Bechko

Autor(a) de Cloud Dancer

14 Works 45 Membros 2 Críticas

About the Author

Obras por P. A. Bechko

Cloud Dancer (1991) 13 exemplares
Dark Side of Love (1983) 8 exemplares
Hawke's Indians (1979) 5 exemplares
night of the flaming gun (1974) 5 exemplares
Blown To Hell (1976) 3 exemplares
Gunman's Justice (1974) 2 exemplares
Stormrider (2013) 2 exemplares
Gunman's Justice (1976) 1 exemplar
The winged warrior (1977) 1 exemplar

Etiquetado

Conhecimento Comum

Nome legal
Bechko, Peggy Anne
Outros nomes
Bechko, P. A.
Bechko, Peggy
Haller, Bill
Data de nascimento
1950-08-26
Sexo
female
Nacionalidade
USA
Local de nascimento
South Haven, Michigan, USA
Locais de residência
Sarasota, Florida, USA
Educação
Manatee Junior College (1968-1969)
Relações
Chappell, Steven (husband)

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Peggy Anne Bechko was born on 26 August 1950 in South Haven, Michigan, USA, daughter of Elizabeth Schleimer and Edwin L. Bechko. She raised in Indiana and Florida, she now lives in New Mexico, a beautiful state of mountains, pines, desert and cactus. She is married to Steven Chappell, also novelist.

As P.A. Bechko and Peggy Bechko is the author of fifteen novels that have been sold to major publishers in several genres: western, romance and SciFi/fantasy. Published in hardcover, paperback, audio and Ebook formats, her books have been published with Doubleday, Harlequin, Pinnacle and Thorndike Press as well as The FictionWorks and others. Her books have been reprinted internationally.

Her spec screenplays have been optioned domestically and abroad, her screenplay titled Replica (formerly Spitting Image) climbed to a high ranking place in two well-known competitions while one of her short stories, Skykicker took two first place prizes in competition. She’s also written a produced episode of a 1/2 hour animated series, Diabolik, for Saban Entertainment. She is also a ghostwriter having ghosted a full-length movie script, a screen treatment and a non-fiction book. She’s published articles with her own byline (travel articles, articles on writing, biographical article) in a number of areas digitally and in hard copy.

Over the years Peggy has taught writing in different venues as well. On the ground she’s taught workshops locally. Online, she’s taught Romance writing with UCLA Online Extension and she is currently putting together a new class to be taught online.

Membros

Críticas

Silly book. Loved the pictures. Laugh all the way through it.
 
Assinalado
caanderson | Nov 7, 2015 |
This is a fun book. In the late 1860’s, Elias McPherson and his granddaughter Emma set out for California in a windwagon, a covered wagon fitted with masts and sails. They hope both to demonstrate the vehicle’s abilities and to look for Emma’s father, who disappeared years before. The first two-thirds of the book recounts their adventures along the way as they find themselves involved in every classic Western situation from train robberies to Apache attacks to gunfights. They also become the nucleus of a sort of motley wagon train, collecting a diverse troupe of traveling companions, including the third major character in the book, Chance Fargo, an itinerant gambler who is handy with a gun. When the windwagon finally breaks down irreparably, however, the group decides that it would make more sense to settle down and found a town than to continue on—but running a town on the frontier turns out to have its own set of problems.

Partly a mixture of Western and Romance, the book is most engaging as a road book, and much of the charm comes from the concept of the windwagon itself (these did, in fact, exist). The action sequences, described in almost cinematic detail, are all skillfully handled. All in all, a worthwhile read.
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Assinalado
wkerr8 | Jun 9, 2011 |

Estatísticas

Obras
14
Membros
45
Popularidade
#340,917
Avaliação
3.8
Críticas
2
ISBN
39