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Dennis Hetzel

Dennis Hetzel

Dennis Hetzel is the author of three novels for Headline Books. His latest, Azalea Bluff, is a UFO mystery set in a Carolina beach town. His two award-winning thrillers, Killing the Curse and Season of Lies, explored the prices paid to succeed at the highest levels of politics and sports. A Chicago native, Hetzel was an award-winning reporter, editor and publisher before becoming executive director of the Ohio News Media Association. He has also taught journalism at Penn State and Temple universities. He lives in Holden Beach NC where he writes, edits, consults and plays lots of guitar. To learn more, visit his website.

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Coming-of-Age Near the 1940s Chicago Baseball Scene

Ernie’s Bleachers was clearly a passion project for author Tim Pareti, whose family owned the Ernie’s Bleachers tavern in Chicago’s Wrigleyville neighborhood just across from Wrigley Field. It’s the tavern that became Ray’s Bleachers, home of the 1969 Bleacher Bums, and then Murphy’s Bleachers, which is still going strong eight decades…
Dennis Hetzel
August 17, 2022
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A Globe-Trotting Sci-Fi Thriller Worth Your Time – No Matter How You Measure It

"Jam-packed with action, adventure and magic! It takes you on a fantastical journey filled with descriptive imagery from start to finish. ... A page-turner for sure!" —Hina Khan, reviewer —∞— You’ve probably seen the lithographs of the artist M.C. Escher, whose mind-bending optical illusions make you question the nature of…
Dennis Hetzel
March 22, 2022