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SR Staley has one more than 11 literary awards for his fiction and nonfiction writing. He is on the full-time faculty of the College and Social Sciences and Public Policy at Florida State University as well as a film critic and research fellow at the Independent Institute in Oakland, California. His award-winning Pirate of Panther Bay series (syppublishing.com) has won awards in historical fiction, mainstream & literary fiction, young adult fiction, and reached the finals in women's fiction. His most recent book is "The Beatles and Economics: Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and the Making of a Cultural Revolution" due out in April 2020 (Routledge).
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Tracy Lawson’s dystopian “Resist” challenges, engages

SR Staley August 29, 2015

When Tracy Lawson published Counteract, her first novel in the Resistance Series (now with 41…

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Tortuga Bay Launches Isabella into Voodoo and Revolution

SR Staley August 16, 2015

The official release date is set for Tortuga Bay, the sequel to The Pirate of Panther Bay:…

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Pirates, Aliens, and Cats, Oh My!

SR Staley July 11, 2015

I will be signing copies of the Pirate of Panther Bay, St. Nic, Inc, A…

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“St. Nic, Inc.” is Royal Palm finalist!

SR Staley July 6, 2015

I’m pleased to announce that St. Nic., Inc., my contemporary re-imagination of the Santa Claus…

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Fixing writer’s block

SR Staley June 22, 2015

By Claire W. Staley As a writer, I am familiar with this common ailment: Writer’s…

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Game of Thrones and rape as a plot device

SR Staley June 20, 2015

By SR Staley A virtual firestorm of debate erupted last month over a rape scene…

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When it’s time to break the writing “rules”

SR Staley June 19, 2015

By Claire W. Staley There are specific rules that are almost always followed in fiction,…

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Slytherins Unite! The good and the bad of the “dark side” of Harry Potter

SR Staley June 9, 2015

By Claire W. Staley Hello all you Gryffindors, Hufflepuffs, Ravenclaws, and Slytherins, and welcome to…

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Knowing Terror

SR Staley June 6, 2015

By SR Staley I now know why people die in riptides. And the experience was…

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St. Nic, Inc. Makes Royal Palm Literary Award Semi-Finals!

SR Staley June 4, 2015

I am pleased to announced that St. Nic, Inc., my reality-based action adventure about the North…

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