Local novelist Drew Gummerson announced earlier this week that his latest novel ‘Me and Mickie James’ is to be published by Jonathan Cape in 2008. This from Publishing News:
“Cape’s Dan Franklin has bought a second novel by Drew Gummerson, which reminds him of The Commitments – “the same amazing energy and humour, the same storytelling ability, the same realisation of how important pop music is in all our lives, the same irresistible charm”
Drew was the first winner of the Leicester and Leicestershire short story contest in 2005, and recently featured in the regions magazine of new writing, Tripod. Find more details and read a few of Drew’s excellent short stories at his website:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/drew.gummerson2
Drew reminds me of an American Author – Clifton Lambreth who just released Ford and the American Dream.