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Author Pen Name:
Clay Cormany
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Author Bio
Septuagenarian Clay Cormany enjoys writing YA novels. Besides The Secrets We Keep: Journal of a Girl in Trouble, he is the author of Fast-Pitch Love, which combines the angst of teenage romance with softball competition, and The Bullybuster, which also involves a teenage romance as well as robots and revenge.
Before completing his novels, Clay spent 28 years as a writer and editor for Ohio’s State Board of Education. His creative work appeared in the Columbus Dispatch and Spring Street, Columbus State Community College’s literary magazine. He also edited numerous books, including A Death Prolonged by Dr. Jeff Gordon, which received coverage in The New York Times and on PBS.
When he is not writing, Clay enjoys reading, bicycling, and – when he has enough energy – spending time with his grandchildren.
Bio Snippets for Social Media
I'm definitely not a young adult, but I enjoy writing YA novels and helping other writers with their work.
Interest in Participating in Panels or Story Time
Writing YA stories when you are not a young adult
The Editor-Writer Relationship
Book 1:
The Secrets We Carry: Journal of a Girl in Trouble
$10
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Summary
It has to be a joke. That’s what high school senior Collin Morris thinks when a brown felt-covered journal falls out of his backpack along with his textbooks one evening. But after reading only half the journal, Collin realizes it is no joke. It’s the narrative of a female classmate desperately seeking to escape an abusive boyfriend who holds some grip on her because she “cheated.” But who is the “girl in trouble” who wrote the journal? How did it get into his backpack? And who is the abusive boyfriend the girl refers to only as “Red Lion"? With help from his brainy, allergy-afflicted friend Herbie Kessler, Collin sets off to answer these questions and rescue the girl. In the end, however, Collin may be the one who needs to be rescued.
Book 2:
The Bullybuster
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$8
Summary
Ridgeview High School is abuzz with gossip after notorious bully Trevor Newsome is knocked flat by someone -- or something. After Trevor claims a robot attacked him, Principal Wilma Allan sends her nephew, ace student newspaper reporter Owen Dinsmore, to investigate. The police are stumped, but Owen’s investigation leads to some amazing discoveries as well as a chance to go out with beautiful Erica Litvak, who might know more about Trevor’s attacker than she admits. In the end, Owen and Erica learn just how harmful bullying can be as well as the danger that results when bully victims take revenge.
Book 3:
Fast-Pitch Love
Price:
$5
Summary
Seventeen-year-old Jace Waldron is hopelessly attracted to new-girl-in-school Stephanie Thornapple. But star football player Carson Ealy is already her boyfriend – and doesn't tolerate rivals. Jace's hopes rise when he discovers that “S. J. Thornapple” will be an assistant for the girls softball team his mom coaches. By volunteering to be a coach, too, he can make his move after Carson leaves for an out-of-town job. Unfortunately, “S. J. Thornapple” turns out to be Stephanie's sister, Sylvia. But… Sylvia can't stand Carson and helps Jace hook up with Stephanie. On their dates, Jace is swept away by Stephanie's beauty, but at the same time, his relationship with Sylvia develops as the two of them deal with discouraged players, surly opponents, and overbearing parents. Before long, Jace becomes torn between the two sisters, and when Carson discovers he's been dating Stephanie, he can't back down either from his adversary or from the choice he must make between the siblings.
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