I am happy to announce the the paperback edition of my new book, Searching for Ray Bradbury is now available for purchase from Amazon.com.
It was my great pleasure from 2009 to 2012 to write eight essays on my dear friend and inspiration, Ray Bradbury. They have been gathered here in this book, and cover the man, his work, and his place in our world. I also write about my work to honor Ray on his 90th birthday with RAY BRADBURY WEEK in Los Angeles, a week long series of events that were, sadly, his last public appearances. And I detail the successful effort to name the major Los Angeles downtown intersection of Fifth & Flower, right by the Los Angeles Central Library, RAY BRADBURY SQUARE.
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The cover illustration is by the great Lou Romano, the American animation production artist and voice actor best known for his work on Monsters, Inc. and The Incredibles, and the voices of Bernie Kropp in The Incredibles, Snotrod in Cars and Alfredo Linguini in Ratatouille.
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FROM THE BACK COVER
"Steven Paul Leiva's personal and deeply moving tribute to his friend, Searching for Ray Bradbury, shines a loving light upon some little known aspects of this intricate and deeply passionately man... In keeping with Ray's own style, Steve gives way to impulse. To passion and the heart." -- David Brin in his Foreword
"Ray Bradbury will be remembered as one of the literary giants of the 20th
Century. Steven Paul Leiva's book is a perfect tribute to the life and works of this
great artist." -- Joe Mantegna, actor/producer-narrator of Live Forever: The Ray Bradbury Odyssey
Century. Steven Paul Leiva's book is a perfect tribute to the life and works of this
great artist." -- Joe Mantegna, actor/producer-narrator of Live Forever: The Ray Bradbury Odyssey
“In Searching for Ray Bradbury, Steven Paul Leiva helps us negotiate Ray
Bradbury's transition from a vibrant life to an enduring legacy. His
trenchant observations effectively summarize the profound range of
Bradbury's voice and vision, and reveal how his influence extended
from large public audiences and a vast readership to generations of
individual students and writers just beginning to negotiate the great
wide world.” -- Professor Jonathan R. Eller, author of Becoming Ray Bradbury and
Director of the Center for Ray Bradbury Studies, Indiana University
School of Liberal Arts (IUPUI)
Bradbury's transition from a vibrant life to an enduring legacy. His
trenchant observations effectively summarize the profound range of
Bradbury's voice and vision, and reveal how his influence extended
from large public audiences and a vast readership to generations of
individual students and writers just beginning to negotiate the great
wide world.” -- Professor Jonathan R. Eller, author of Becoming Ray Bradbury and
Director of the Center for Ray Bradbury Studies, Indiana University
School of Liberal Arts (IUPUI)
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