Who is Gregg SAPP?

 And What is He Doing Here?

   

  A native of Columbus, Ohio, I've crafted a peripatetic career as a writer, librarian, editor, college teacher, and academic administrator. 

Durng my years in higher education, I authored 60- something academic articles, four monographs, around 300 reviews, and served as editor of five professional journals.  I don't think anybody read a word of it. 

Hence, I was thrilled when my first novel, Dollarapalooza, was published by Switchgrass Books of Northern Illinois University Press (2011). My second novel was released by Evolved Publishing in 2018. Entitled Fresh News Straight from Heaven, it is based upon the true mythology of the American folk hero,  Johnny Appleseed. 

I have also launched a new series of short, satiric novels called "Holidazed." Each title is set around a different holiday. To date, I've finished The Christmas Donut Revolution, Halloween from the Other Side, Upside Down Independence Day, Murder by Valentine Candy and Thanksgiving, Thanksgotten, Thanksgone. Soon forthcoming is New Year's Eve, 1999.

(For more information on my publications, see "What I Do." 

I reside in blissful semi-retirement in Olympia,WA with my wife Beatrice. I have two grown children, Kelsey and Keegan, a grandson, Tony, and a new granddaughter, Ellie. 

(A portrait of the artist as a young man, first day of kindergarten, circa 1962)



 

Fresh News Straight from Heaven

A Novel of the True Mythology of Johnny Appleseed

Wherever he went, Johnny Appleseed declared that he was bringing with him “Fresh News Straight from Heaven.” He believed that it was his mission to spread that good news throughout the Ohio and Indiana territory, which from 1801 to 1812 was a brutal place where peace was fragile, living conditions were savage, and the laws of civilization were distant. 

Johnny’s faith is challenged when war breaks out in the land, and when a bloody massacre near the northern Ohio town of Mansfield leaves its citizens terrified and vulnerable, Johnny decides that only he can save them. So he dashes off on a midnight run, seeking to spread peace across a land on the brink of war. But, on his way, he must face various demons from his own past, settle old scores, and confront his only true enemy. 

Watch the Fresh News trailer. 

 Dedicated to Gene & Punkin. And with love, always, to Bee.





Thanksgiving, Thanksgotten, Thanksgone

Holidazed series - Book Five - 

A rampaging mob threatens to tear the store apart. Santa Claus is drunk, and a washed-up Halloween diva takes his place. The store manager’s daughter disappears. A turkey breaks loose. The security guards go into hiding. Somebody is giving out psychedelic brownies. Rookie undercover journalist Mazie Tuttle’s boyfriend gets lost trying to rescue her.

All the while, three very different shoppers battle to figure out the clues leading to a hidden treasure. Then a shot rings out. Mazie has landed right in the middle of a major story... if she can survive to tell it.

ISBN: 1622535103; 978-1-62253-510-1

Cover art by Kabir Shah. Edited by Brandon Sanford. Designed by Lane Diamond. Dedicated to Laura.