{"id":2340,"date":"2015-04-12T20:41:55","date_gmt":"2015-04-13T03:41:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lindacollison.com\/?p=2340"},"modified":"2015-04-12T20:46:43","modified_gmt":"2015-04-13T03:46:43","slug":"redfeather-spotlight-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madhatdesign.com\/newsite\/redfeather-spotlight-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking for Redfeather wins Spotlight Award"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"spotlightspring.fw\"Looking for Redfeather<\/em> (Fiction House, Ltd.) has been named the Spring recipient of Literary Fiction Book Review’s Spotlight Award<\/a>. A full review and author interview will follow.<\/p>\n

Literary fiction has always been my favorite form of literature. I love the imagery well-crafted words create; I read to find human experience revealed in a character’s thoughts, emotions, and observations. For me, a good novel isn’t so much about what <\/i>happens — it’s about who <\/i>it happens to, and how it changes them, or how it changes those around them. Literary fiction is also about setting and the power it has to shape our lives. When I read a good novel I feel connected not only with the characters but with the author. I hope to connect with others through my stories.<\/p>\n

If you ever wanted to run away from home, I think we might connect through Redfeather<\/em>. There are no zombies, no shoot-outs, no bodies in the trunk (only stolen wine and a little weed. Oh, and LaRoux and Ramie’s guitars.) But there is action, adventure, heartbreak, love, and friendship. Although it’s about teens, I believe mature readers will best appreciate its subtleties.<\/p>\n

I recently adapted Looking for Redfeather<\/em> for the stage and I put together a sound track on Spotify<\/a>. The one song that isn’t available commercially is Outlaw Trail<\/em><\/a>, written by Matt Campbell (my youngest son) and performed by Red Whiskey Blue. To hear this song, check out our book trailer on YouTube.<\/a><\/p>\n

Looking for Redfeather<\/em> is also available as an Audible audiobook<\/a>, read by actor\/singer Aaron Landon <\/a>(plays Pesto on Disney’s hit series Crash and Bernstein.)<\/p>\n

The novel was a Foreword Reviews finalist for Indie Book of the Year 2013.<\/p>\n

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Looking For Redfeather<\/em>; A Contemporary Novel About Three Runaway Teens in the American West. It’s not Jack Kerouac’s road trip!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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