Glenn Meganck
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Glenn Meganck is a novelist and composer
. Born in Michigan
, he currently resides in Florida
. His most recent novel
, George And The Angels, is a work of magic realism
and fantasy
. Besides his literary works
, he has also published a number of genre novels, mostly in the mystery category, under the pseudonym
J.R. Ripley. He has also written under other names through the years and has had some success at radio as well, particularly in the 80s within the college-alternative market. Some of his better known mysteries include: Murder In St. Barts, featuring Gendarme Charles Trenet
; and the Tony Kozol series which includes the titles: Still In The Freezer, Skulls Of Sedona (featuring the crystal skulls, Lost In Austin, The Body From Ipanema and Bum Rap In Branson (which featured real-life celebrity/entertainer Jim Stafford
as well as the Kewpie dolls of Rose O'Neill
).
Sources include: Florida Humanities Council, August 2004. News-Press Jan. 1, 2006, Mystery Readers Journal, Winter 1999-2000 and Fall 2003, Boca Raton News Dec. 9, 1998, Palm Beach Post Feb. 11, 2004, Springfield News Leader March 4, 2004.
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
. Born in Michigan
Michigan
Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
, he currently resides in Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
. His most recent novel
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
, George And The Angels, is a work of magic realism
Magic realism
Magic realism or magical realism is an aesthetic style or genre of fiction in which magical elements blend with the real world. The story explains these magical elements as real occurrences, presented in a straightforward manner that places the "real" and the "fantastic" in the same stream of...
and fantasy
Fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common...
. Besides his literary works
Literature
Literature is the art of written works, and is not bound to published sources...
, he has also published a number of genre novels, mostly in the mystery category, under the pseudonym
Pseudonym
A pseudonym is a name that a person assumes for a particular purpose and that differs from his or her original orthonym...
J.R. Ripley. He has also written under other names through the years and has had some success at radio as well, particularly in the 80s within the college-alternative market. Some of his better known mysteries include: Murder In St. Barts, featuring Gendarme Charles Trenet
Charles Trenet
Charles Trenet was a French singer and songwriter, most famous for his recordings from the late 1930s until the mid-1950s, though his career continued through the 1990s...
; and the Tony Kozol series which includes the titles: Still In The Freezer, Skulls Of Sedona (featuring the crystal skulls, Lost In Austin, The Body From Ipanema and Bum Rap In Branson (which featured real-life celebrity/entertainer Jim Stafford
Jim Stafford
James Wayne "Jim" Stafford is an American comedian, musician, and singer-songwriter, prominent in the 1970s. Stafford is self-taught on guitar, fiddle, piano, banjo, organ and harmonica....
as well as the Kewpie dolls of Rose O'Neill
Rose O'Neill
Rose Cecil O'Neill was an illustrator who created a popular period comic called Kewpie.-Early life:...
).
Sources include: Florida Humanities Council, August 2004. News-Press Jan. 1, 2006, Mystery Readers Journal, Winter 1999-2000 and Fall 2003, Boca Raton News Dec. 9, 1998, Palm Beach Post Feb. 11, 2004, Springfield News Leader March 4, 2004.