Midtown Reader invites you to a meet and greet with three fantastic local authors!
ABOUT EMILY ROBYN CLARK
Emily Robyn Clark is an award-winning poet and filmmaker, and the author of Morning Comes Roaring Down the Mountain (2025) and Art Triumphant (2017). Her poetry has appeared in SLANT, Cantos, Lullwater Review, The Sow’s Ear Poetry Review, and LA’s Cultural Daily, among others, and she has performed her work at venues across the United States, including the historic Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center in Venice Beach, SoHo Music Club in Santa Barbara, The Victory Theatre Center in Burbank, and The Aspen Poets’ Society in Aspen. She studied poetry, fiction, and creative writing at Virginia Commonwealth University and trained in screenwriting and producing in the MFA Film Production program at Florida State University’s College of Motion Picture Arts. She is the founder and president of The Screenwriter’s Guild, a chapter of the League of Utah Writers, a former Artist-in-Residence with California Poets in the Schools, and an alumni mentor at Florida State University.
ABOUT MORNING COMES ROARING DOWN THE MOUNTAIN
In Morning Comes Roaring Down the Mountain, the riveting debut collection from award-winning poet and filmmaker Emily Robyn Clark, the force grounding the collection is the mountain, symbolizing the desire to reach the place "where all the beauty came from." Her imagery is striking, a natural extension of her training as a filmmaker. The landscape of her poems carries us from Western wilderness to blood-soaked Southern soil. With candor and cinematic vision, Clark offers glimpses of healing and rebirth amid devastation.
ABOUT CHECK BECKETT
Chuck Becket is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force; his nine-year military tenure provided the foundation for his writing. Beckett tries to weave intricate layers of logistical and technological realism into his stories. He holds an MBA from Auburn University.
He is an instrument-rated pilot and certified rescue diver, skills that help inform the authenticity of his protagonist’s world. When he isn’t navigating the complexities of his next thriller, he can be found traveling throughout the world or at his home in Tallahassee or at his condo in Panama City Beach, Florida, with his wife of over thirty years.
ABOUT DEADLY COLUMBIAN EXTRACTION
A routine prisoner extradition. A plane crash in Colombian jungle. Nothing routine about what comes next. When the aircraft carrying cartel accountant Esteban Rojas goes down in hostile territory, Deputy U.S. Marshal PJ Steele is the only thing standing between two dozen wounded survivors and the sicarios closing in. The cartel wants their man back. They don't care who dies in the process.
Former Air Force Pararescue - eight years of combat medicine, tactical operations, and pulling people out of the worst places on earth - PJ falls back on every bit of that training. Triage the wounded. Arm the able. Move through jungle with a cartel army on their heels and no extraction coming. The briefing said straightforward. The jungle says otherwise. Some are trained to save every wounded soul; others to neutralize threats with cold, precise finality and without hesitation. PJ Steele is both.
ABOUT EMILY FIORE
Emily Fiore is a career counselor with over 10 years of experience in career services at colleges and universities. She holds both a Master of Science and an Education Specialist degree in career counseling. With specialized training in career development and its relationship to mental health, Emily applies her expertise to help young people make career decisions with confidence.
Emily’s goal is to help every student who has wondered, "How do I know what I want to do with my life?" think about career decisions differently than before and navigate their futures with clarity.
ABOUT FOLLOW THE SUNRISE
Are you a high school senior headed to college or a current college student? Do you feel stressed about the future? Have you tried to find your career direction or choose a college major, but still feel stuck?
If yes, this workbook is for you.
Here’s the good news: You don’t need all the answers right now to find your career direction or to make your next career decision.
In Follow the Sunrise, discover how to make career decisions with confidence.
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Midtown Reader & the Piebrary, 1123 Thomasville Rd, Tallahassee, FL 32303, United States
