Location: United States
Member Since: June 11, 2010

Jon Foyt


Biography

Striving for new heights on the literary landscape, along with his late wife Lois, Jon Foyt began writing novels 20 years ago, following careers in radio, commercial banking, and real estate. He holds a degree in journalism and an MBA from Stanford and a second masters degree in historic preservation from the University of Georgia. An octogenarian prostate cancer survivor, Jon is a runner, hiker and political columnist in a large active adult retirement community near San Francisco.

Where to find Jon Foyt online

Website: http://www.loisjonfoyt.com
Facebook: Facebook profile
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/myprofile?trk=hb_tab_pro
Blog: http://writerlygifts.wordpress.com

Where to buy in print

http://www.loisjonfoyt.com

Books

The Sculpture of Time    by Jon Foyt
Price: $2.49 USD. 49680 words. Published on July 22, 2011. Fiction.
Our ninth novel is a 21st century adaptation of Shakespeare’s The Winters Tale set in present-day Northern California, specifically in the exclusive Bohemian Club in San Francisco and in the equally exclusive Bohemian Grove in Monte Rio 70 miles to the north on the banks of the Russian River.
The Times of Your Life    by Jon Foyt
Price: Free! 14400 words. Published on July 3, 2011. Fiction.
Short stories from a married couple who are veteran published novelists, some fiction, some non-fiction, some...well, you decide.
The Portrait of Time    by Jon Foyt
Price: $2.49 USD. 52360 words. Published on September 17, 2010. Fiction.
Come to Trinidad, Colorado to witness the triptych of Natural Law, Religion and Eternal Love as a Zuni Pueblo artist vies with a cyberspace evangelist for one woman’s womb. Whose 2018 manifesto decreed the Indian War of Words? Who masterminded the Indian Casino Massacre of 2048? Who will take command in 2084?
Painted Waters—an Original Screenplay    by Jon Foyt
Price: $2.49 USD. 21170 words. Published on August 9, 2010. Fiction.
In the year 2084, Native American artist Joseph Rhodes portrays a man with vision, drive and humility. Pulitzer Prize winner Katherine Reilly likes what she sees. Cyberspace evangelist Reverend Reginald Reichard offers an unsettling apparition. Bring on the popcorn!
A Nuclear Tide—The Screenplay    by Jon Foyt
Price: Free! 17880 words. Published on July 25, 2010. Fiction.
Lead character Lawrence Masterson, his career path aborted in an IBM downsizing, bounces back from despair with a grand plan to solve society's much-debated dilemma as to where to put the country’s nuclear waste. He’ll create an autonomous city-state out of the ghost town of Marathon, Texas to store the radioactive stuff. Out of site, out of mind ’til the mushroom cloud appears.
Romancing the Ruins, a Film Treatment    by Jon Foyt
Price: Free! 9620 words. Published on July 18, 2010. Fiction.
Get Ready for a dramatic visual. Get Set for the authors’ film treatment based on their novel, The Architecture of Time. Go for this rollercoaster read.
Ocotillo Omen    by Jon Foyt
Price: Free! 3140 words. Published on July 17, 2010. Fiction.
This short story will give you the talking points, so that on your next museum visit you can pose perceptive questions to the Curator about provenance and authenticity of the artworks. Lee Roberts will also instruct how to deal with the FBI.
The Architecture of Time    by Jon Foyt
Price: $2.49 USD. 66980 words. Published on July 14, 2010. Fiction.
Worthington Rhodes, the powerful man behind the 21st century trans-continental bullet train, competes with equally-strong and charismatic woman archaeologist, Anna Ardmore, who strives to save her Southwest prehistoric Anasazi Pueblo ruins that lie in the train’s wide right-of-way
The Landscape of Time    by Jon Foyt
Price: $2.49 USD. 42990 words. Published on July 11, 2010. Fiction.
You’ll cheer Millennials Josh Foreman and Maggie Sullivan as they put their heads together with African-American Ollie Davis—a protégé of the Civil Rights Movement—to remedy a modern malfeasance by staging a cooked poker game with the wrongdoer, who was bent on tarnishing the reputation of Josh’s grandfather along with the family’s legacy dating back to the early days of the Erie Canal
The Test of Time    by Jon Foyt
Price: $2.49 USD. 66400 words. Published on July 6, 2010. Fiction.
Feels like you’re landing on a Normandy beach in ’44 with heroine WAC Captain Betty Tillerman, US Army. Advance with her and her father, a WW I legatee, through the civilian Eisenhower military-industrial complex of the ‘50s to witness her consumer disposition that manifests into her business prowess and escape with her into the sexual revolution of the ‘60s as she reconnoiters a full life
Postage Due    by Jon Foyt
Price: $2.49 USD. 65280 words. Published on June 30, 2010. Fiction.
Thirty-something Toledo Squires, having made all that money, wants to do a “Bill Gates” for a little Mediterranean country emerging from the yoke of communism in 1991. Octogenarian Grace Templeton, dreaming of a royal adventure, wants to play a mean ”Mimi Rogers” Texas hold ’em in her Santa Fe retirement home. Altruism wins the day in a surprising dénouement.
Marathon, My Marathon    by Jon Foyt
Price: $2.49 USD. 35790 words. Published on June 18, 2010. Fiction.
Come run with these ancient, present-day and prophetic characters in an emotionally gripping race with nuclear proportions. Albion E. Shepard, an old sea captain, will oversee the tides of time for your mental critique.
Last Train from Mendrisio    by Jon Foyt
Price: $2.49 USD. 78070 words. Published on June 13, 2010. Fiction.
Are Caribbean offshore trusts hiding U.S. wealth? Was billionaire Trevor Thomson killed in a mysterious fall from a Swiss train, did he jump, did he suffer a heart attack…or was he pushed? The answer is critical for Trevor’s stepson, Sam, a history professor in New Mexico and high-powered, beautiful Felicia, allegedly fathered by Trevor. Enter attorneys, bankers, trustees and even the Mafia.

Jon Foyt’s tag cloud

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