Read the essay I wrote at the request of the Asbury Park Public Library's Friends of Bruce Springsteen Collection, to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Bruce Springsteen's 1978 masterpiece Darkness on the Edge of Town.
In Borders and Waldenbooks stores now: The Great Snape Debate (Borders/BenBella) by Joyce Millman, Orson Scott Card and Amy Brenner. An examination of the pivotal role of Professor Severus Snape in the upcoming final installment of J.K. Rowling's saga, Harry Potter and theDeathly Hallows. The Great Snape Debate discusses Snape's loyalties and possible fate, as part of Borders' "Severus Snape: Friend or Foe?" campaign. I wrote the chapters "In Defense of Snape," "Snape the Hero," "Snape the Villain" and several speculations on everything from "Why Is Snape's Hair So Greasy?" to "What's on Snape's iPod?" The book is a Borders exclusive and is only available in-store.
The April 16 edition of USA Today included The Great Snape Debate in a feature on Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows prediction books. The quotes in the USA Today chart come from my essay, "In Defense of Snape."
Published May 21, 2007: Neptune Noir: Unauthorized Investigations into Veronica Mars. Available from SmartPop Books and Amazon.com as well as fine brick-and-mortar booksellers everywhere, Neptune Noir, is an anthology of essays about the terminated-before-its-time TV series Veronica Mars, edited by the show's creator Rob Thomas. I contributed the essay "Daddy's Girl," about the relationship between Veronica and her father, Keith.