Posts Tagged ‘Empire of Light by Gregory Earls’

New Book for Review: Empire of Light

Gregory Earls is touring from November 1 – 23 with his general fiction novel, Empire of Light. Jason Tisse is in over his head. As a young black cinematography student at LA’s notoriously tough American Film Institute, he’s got the vision, but not the balls to battle the ruthlessness that is Hollywood. After a failed year at AFI, which includes nearly electrocuting a fellow classmate, Jason embarks on a trip to Europe to hunt down the works of his favorite painter. Armed with an enchanted camera gifted to him by an eccentric film professor, Jason is prepared to master the art of light and shadow as depicted in the
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Gregory Earls, author of Empire of Light

When Gregory Earls isn’t eating at Roscoe’s House of Chicken and Waffles, he pays the bills by taking up space at 20th Century Fox in the Feature Post Production Department. He’s a proud graduate of Norfolk State University and the American Film Institute, where he studied cinematography. He’s an award-winning director who has amassed a reel of short films, music videos, and (yes) a wedding video or two. Steadfastly butchering the Italian language since 2002, he hopes to someday master the language just enough to inform his in-laws how much he loves their daughter, Stefania, who was born and raised in Milan, Italy. Gregory currently resides in Venice, California
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Empire of Light by Gregory Earls Virtual Book Publicity Tour September, October and November 2011

Join Gregory Earls, author of the general fiction novel, Empire of Light (Simon and Fig), as he virtually tours the blogosphere September 26 – November 23, 2011 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Gregory Earls When Gregory Earls isn’t eating at Roscoe’s House of Chicken and Waffles, he pays the bills by taking up space at 20th Century Fox in the Feature Post Production Department. He’s a proud graduate of Norfolk State University and the American Film Institute, where he studied cinematography. He’s an award-winning director who has amassed a reel of short films, music videos, and (yes) a wedding video or two.
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