Location: United States
Member Since:
May 23, 2012
George Padgett
Biography
George Padgett is on the faculty in the School of Communications at Elon University in North Carolina where he teaches Media Writing, Media Law & Ethics and New Ideas in Communications. He is the author of New Directions in Diversity and the soon to be published Diversity A to Z. He Tweets on diversity issues at DiversityAtoZ and blogs at www.diversityatoz.com. He was the 2007 winner of the Tony Hillerman Mystery Short Story Contest. You may email him at padgettg@elon.edu or padgett.george@gmail.com.
Where to find George Padgett online
Twitter: @padgettg
Where to buy in print
Books
Along the Way: "Families Are for Love & Stuff" and Other Stories from an Ordinary Life
by George Padgett
Price:
$1.99 USD.
Words: 74,780.
Language:
English.
Published: July 13, 2016
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Categories:
Essay » Author profile
Personal reflections, essays, editorials, short stories, even excerpts from three mystery novels make this eclectic collection a roller coaster of emotions from the author's "ordinary life" as a writer, journalist and university professor. The collection is in five parts and includes 83 pieces: sad, funny, angry . . . all told with an addictive passion that will make it a favorite.
Just the Facts
by George Padgett
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 73,830.
Language:
English.
Published: July 22, 2014
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Categories:
Fiction » Mystery & detective » General
Racial tensions ignite when a black tenure candidate at McKinley University becomes a suspect in the murder of renowned English professor Franklin Lodge, chair of the tenure committee. Former NY cop reporter, now McKinley New-Press editor, Jake Bertrain becomes embroiled in an investigation that extends to a time and place that challenges his professional belief that news is just about the facts.
Random Acts
by George Padgett
Price:
$3.99 USD.
Words: 68,790.
Language:
English.
Published: June 27, 2012
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Categories:
Fiction » Mystery & detective » General
When former ATF investigator Eli Hurlbert wins a $150 million lottery, he quits his job, buys a used Winnebago, and along with his Golden Retriever, Earl, heads west. On a layover in Quartzsite, Arizona, Eli discovers the body of an octogenarian snowbirder in the Cactustown Trailer Park and is drawn into an intriguing murder mystery that could change his life forever.