CREATION

About the Book

After living in the depths of poverty, despair and abuse in the desperate town of Catfish City, Mississippi, Sly Shula and his siblings are rescued by a protective aunt and uncle on Sly's 17th birthday and brought to safety and a hopeful future, outside the town of Creation.

Sly, a bright but illiterate teenager with a driving thirst for knowledge, reinvents himself in Creation. His inspiring journey from darkness to light takes him through several decades, mirroring the 17-year life cycle of his beloved cicada, a resilient insect with which he is obsessed.

Filled with unique and memorable characters, Creation is an uplifting love story reveling in one man's zeal for learning, his love of family, his passion for a woman, and his connection to a simple insect that guides his life forever.

About the Author

Robbie Woliver is a New York Times bestselling author and award-winning journalist and editor who was a columnist for Newsday, senior editor at the Long Island Voice, the Village Voice?s suburban edition, and writer for The New York Times. He is currently the editor-in-chief of the Long Island Press and is the co-author of the Amy Fisher memoir, If I Knew Then?. He has freelanced for such diverse publications and media outlets as the Village Voice, Rolling Stone, CBS Market Watch, Salon, BankRate, San Francisco Chronicle, New York Post and numerous others. He is also the founder of the National Music Awards, owner of the legendary music venue Folk City, and author of several books: Wyoming & March (New Directions in Education), Bringing It All Back Home (Random House), and Hoot! (St. Martin?s Press). He lives in New York with his wife, Marilyn, son, Cory, and daughter, Emma.