{"product_id":"tomboy-a-jane-benjamin-novel-9781647424077","title":"Tomboy: A Jane Benjamin Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003eAt the peak of Tommie O'Rourke's on-court triumph at the 1939 Wimbledon women's championship, her closest companion, Coach, drops dead of heart attack. Now gossip columnist Jane Benjamin's got to choose: score a big scoop reporting her friend Tommie's private life, or put herself in danger by investigating Coach's murder and its connection to a conspiracy involving US participation in the coming war?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlanton-Stroud, Shelley:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Shelley Blanton-Stroud grew up in California's Central Valley, the daughter of Dust Bowl immigrants who made good on their ambition to get out of the field and into the city. She taught college writing for three decades and consults with writers in the energy industry. She codirects Stories on Stage Sacramento, where actors perform the stories of established and emerging authors, and she serves on the advisory board of 916 Ink, an arts-based creative writing nonprofit for children. She has also served on the Writers' Advisory Board for the Belize Writers Conference. \u003ci\u003eTomboy\u003c\/i\u003e is the second book in her Jane Benjamin series. Her debut novel, \u003ci\u003eCopy Boy\u003c\/i\u003e, was the first. Shelley and her husband live in Sacramento with an aging beagle and many photos of their out-of-state sons.","brand":"She Writes Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50567988314386,"sku":"9781647424077","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9677f535-b1d5-4b08-9f9b-1355572d3bca.jpg?v=1731934721","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/tomboy-a-jane-benjamin-novel-9781647424077","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}