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Orlando, FL, USA – April 3, 2024 – Siblings Charlie and Cheryl Young bring their childhood fantasies to life in their new historical fiction novel, Houdini’s Last Handcuffs. This book brings the famous magician Harry Houdini to life.

This is a literary gut punch. It is the great Houdini book the world has been waiting for. A perfect escape!
– John Kelly, Detroit Free Press

On Halloween, three children-a brother, sister, and their friend-receive an Ouija Board from a family friend. After a séance, the magician Houdini is brought back to life, but not by the séance itself. Houdini needs the children’s help to retrieve his notebook of scientific formulas. However, the formula for his return is flawed. Houdini, the family, and many close friends are part of The Inner Circle, a clandestine group using science, math, and physics for mankind’s good, as opposed to the Outer Circle, which uses them for evil. The notebook contains the formula that everyone wants. (Watch the book trailer here: https://bit.ly/Houdinis_Last_Handcuffs_Trailer)

Houdini’s Last Handcuffs is that rare book one will be lucky to find where the reader can look back at a beloved performer, enjoy some childhood memories and nostalgia, join the characters on a journey leading to an unexpected battle and look a bit more deeply into one’s own inquisitiveness about the afterlife, spirituality and the mind’s power.
– Chris Cordani, Host of Book Spectrum

In real life, Houdini’s handcuffs were displayed as part of the Young’s home magic library. These are the inspiration for a part of this tale. Morris Young, the father of Charlie and Cheryl, related that story in his April 1992 article for The Linking Ring titled The Last Handcuffs. The Young siblings draw from real-life people, places, and objects to shape the story, and their passion and enthusiasm pour from every page.

Brother and sister duo Charlie and Cheryl Young have quite successfully created a mesmerizing novel that is at once a masterful blend of history, science, magic, philosophy, cryptography, and investigative mind stretching.
– Grady Harp, Top 100 Amazon Hall of Fame Reviewer, 5-stars

Accompanied by detailed descriptions, lovable characters, and factual information about the actual Houdini, Houdini’s Last Handcuffs will captivate any reader. Charlie says, “It is for those who have imagination or still have a part of who they were when they were children for that is where this story begins.”

Houdini’s Last Handcuffs is available on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and Vine Leaves Press. Published March 2024. ISBN: 978-3-98832-051-3. www.HoudinisLastHandcuffs.com. Listen to an interview with the authors on the Dr. Pat Show: https://bit.ly/Dr_Pat_Show

About Charlie Young

By profession, Charlie trained as a physician receiving his formal medical education at New York University, The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, and Louisiana State University. He is an author, artist, and Vice President of music publishing companies: Denton and Haskins and Life Music. He has previously published poetry, Chuck’s Wagon of Verses, and Houdini’s Last Handcuffs is his first foray into the world of writing historical fiction. More about his sideline adventures and his life’s endeavors can be found on his website: musicmagicandmore.com.

About Cheryl Young

Cheryl Young Deknatel is active in the financial industry where she has worked for over 40 years both in Europe and the USA. She has previously worked with leading Wall Street firms and European banking institutions, and she currently serves as a financial advisor. Houdini’s Last Handcuffs, written with her brother, is their debut novel and they are currently working on a sequel. She and her brother also own one of the oldest turn-of-the-century music publishers in the USA, Denton and Haskins. To learn more about all of their activities, visit their website link: musicmagicandmore.com.

Media Contact: For a review copy of Houdini’s Last Handcuffs or to arrange an interview with Charlie and Cheryl Young, contact Scott Lorenz of Westwind Book Marketing at scottlorenz@westwindcos.com or by phone at 248-705-2214. Reach Lorenz on Twitter @abookpublicist.

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Company Name: Westwind Communications Book Marketing
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Phone: 248-705-2214
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Detroit, MI, USA – April 3, 2024 – Pen names have been used throughout history, says Book Publicist Scott Lorenz, President of Westwind Book Marketing. “One of the most famous pen names was Samuel Clemens who wrote under the name Mark Twain. Another well-known pen name was Lewis Carroll, used by Alice in Wonderland’s author, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. He gained a considerable reputation as a mathematician and didn’t want to create confusion by writing fiction under his real name.”

A rich tradition has existed for hundreds of years for fiction writers to use pen names. Some authors have more than 10 pen names, and many authors believe their name affects how their audience sees them and even their book sales.

“Whether you call it a pen name, pseudonym, non de plume, alias or AKA, you are creating a new persona that’ll need care and feeding!” Lorenz says.

Authors have a variety of reasons for using pen names. Lorenz discusses one client: “One of my book marketing clients served as a Navy Seal in the Iraq War and then returned to write a book about his war experiences. To protect his personal safety and maintain security for his family, he used the pen name Chuck Bravedy. The author was concerned that extremists living in America would be offended and angered by his controversial book and come after him or his family. The fact that Chuck Bravedy was not listed as a Navy Seal caused The Pentagon to call me. They explained they wanted to keep phonies from impersonating military officials. I gladly connected them both!”

Other clients of Lorenz’s include a former CIA station chief who was concerned about the impact a pen name would have on promoting his book. After discussing the pros and cons, he decided to use his real name. Lorenz also represented two Medical Doctors who both wrote serious erotica. Neither wanted their hospitals to know about their ‘other’ life so they both chose pen names and donned disguises for their headshots.

From a marketing standpoint, there’s no need for a pen name if your work and your business are connected. But if you have success, and don’t want that success threatened by pursuing writing, then a pen name may be necessary. Pen names may create marketing challenges, so the marketing implications need to be examined before publishing. So, let’s discuss the main pros and cons, as quoted by Lorenz:

Reasons to use a pen name include:

• To avoid embarrassment

• For personal safety or security

• If you write under more than one genre

• If your name is hard to pronounce or spell

• If your name is not marketable

• If your name conflicts with the name of another author

• To hide gender (a male writing in predominantly female genre)

• To avoid confusing readers if you are well known in another field

Reasons to use your real name:

• If you are not trying to hide from anyone.

• To brand yourself and promote your name for speaking gigs or consulting assignments

• If you are planning to write a series of books

• So people can find your published works

• Your face behind your name builds trust and confidence with readers

• Because long-term loyalty with readers is easier to build with real name

It can be difficult to come up with a pen name, so check out some of these name generators linked on Scott Lorenz’s blog, available here, for inspiration.

The Bottom Line: A Pen Name is an author’s useful tool for the right reasons.

About Book Publicist Scott Lorenz

Book publicist Scott Lorenz is President of Westwind Communications, a public relations and marketing firm that has a special knack for working with authors to help them get all the publicity they deserve and more. Lorenz works with bestselling authors and self-published authors promoting all types of books, whether it’s their first book or their 15th book. He’s handled publicity for books by CEOs, CIA Officers, Navy SEALS, Homemakers, Fitness Gurus, Doctors, Lawyers, and Adventurers. His clients have been featured by Good Morning America, FOX & Friends, CNN, ABC News, New York Times, Nightline, TIME, PBS, LA Times, USA Today, Washington Post, Woman’s World, & Howard Stern to name a few.

Learn more about Westwind Book Marketing at https://www.WestwindBookMarketing.com or contact Lorenz at scottlorenz@westwindcos.com or 734-667-2090 or fill out the form below. Follow Lorenz on Twitter @aBookPublicist. Want help titling a book? Check out Scott Lorenz’s new award winning, bestselling book: Book Title Generator – A Proven System in Naming Your Book

Media Contact
Company Name: Westwind Communications Book Marketing
Contact Person: Scott Lorenz
Email: Send Email
Phone: 248-705-2214
Country: United States
Website: https://www.WestwindBookMarketing.com