ABOUT
Jim Prothero is a painter, writer, musician, and English professor living in Orange County, California. He writes fiction, both literary and historical, as well as mystery novels for young adults, and young adult fantasy.
FICTION
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The Sun is But a Morning Star -- is a story to two twin boys living in Southern California in the 70s and beyond, caught in a conflict of love and hate.
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The Poet's Passion: The Revolutionary Diaries of William Wordsworth -- Fictional diaries of the years of Wordworth's youthful adventures and mistakes.
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Y O U N G A D U L T F I C T I O N
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Maggie of Long Hollow -- The story of a young girl caught in the South between factions in the American Civil War
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The Wind on the Grass -- Young Sam Plunkett runs away to find his mountain man father in the Rocky Mountains in 1832.
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Ana Sanchez and the Coyote Murder -- Ana Sanchez is trying to solve the mystery of her brother's murder, and graduate high school at the same time.
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Ana Sanchez and the Hidden Assassins -- Ana is in college when four killers are hunting down her and her father.
POETRY AND SPIRITUALITY
The Form of Faith -- The spiritual autobiography of the author
Simply Mary: Meditations on the Real Life of the Mother of Christ -- An honest look at the history of the mother of Christ, from neither a Protestant nor a Catholic point of view, but still from a view point of faith.
LITERARY STUDIES
Wordsworth and Welsh Romanticism -- An in-depth look at 20th century Welsh poets and novelists inspired by the 19th century poet, Wordsworth.
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Gaining a Face: The Romanticism of C.S. Lewis -- with Donald T. Williams. A study of the Romantic literary thought in the mind of the writer, CS Lewis.