Wil Mara
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Wil Mara is the term for any category of literature or other forms of art or culture, e.g. music, and in general, any type of discourse, whether written or spoken, audial or visual, based on some set of stylistic criteria. Genres are formed by conventions that change over time...
s for people of all ages. He has produced works of both fiction and nonfiction, including numerous biographies for young readers, plus several novels for adults. One, Wave, which was released in 2005, chronicles a coastal island community's reaction to an oncoming tsunami
Tsunami
A tsunami is a series of water waves caused by the displacement of a large volume of a body of water, typically an ocean or a large lake...
. The book eventually became a critical and commercial success, winning the 2005 New Jersey Notable Book Award and establishing Mara as a valid author of popular international fiction. In October 2006, St. Martin's Press
St. Martin's Press
St. Martin's Press is a book publisher headquartered in the Flatiron Building in New York City. Currently, St. Martin's Press is one of the United States' largest publishers, bringing to the public some 700 titles a year under eight imprints, which include St. Martin's Press , St...
published The Draft, the first in Mara's series of 'NFL novels.' The second book in this group, The Cut, was published on October 16, 2007.