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Sam Weller

About Me

The story so far....I've been a writer for awhile now. My most recent offering is THE BRADBURY CHRONICLES: THE LIFE OF RAY BRADBURY, published by William Morrow in 2005. The book was a finalist for the Bram Stoker Award for Nonfiction. It was named by the Society of Midland Authors as the best biography of 2005.Currently I am a full-time professor of creative writing at Columbia College Chicago. I'm also a frequent contributor to many regional and national magazines, newspapers, web sites, and radio programs. I am a regular literary critic for The Chicago Tribune, The Chicago Sun-Times, and Punk Planet Magazine. I also write about rock, pop, and punk for these publications as well. I am a frequent contributor to the Chicago Public Radio program 848, and I am a fill-in host for the Chicago Public Radio program Hello Beautiful. I also write regularly for Playboy.com. You can learn more on my web site:
www.bradburychronicles.com

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Texas Bound

I will be in San Antonio, Texas this weekend, roaming the River Walk,hitting some Tex-Mex, and speaking at the gorgeous main branch library.I will be signing books immediately after.The details:12:30 ...
Posted by on Wed, 25 Feb 2009 12:37:00 GMT

Fall 2008 Lecture and Book Signing Tour

The Test of Stamina Lecture Tour 2008 kicks off manana in Sheboygan, Wisconsin and I'm stoked. I'm teaching in the middle of all this, moderating an event with Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Julia Kell...
Posted by on Tue, 30 Sep 2008 21:06:00 GMT

Tails from the Road

Yet another example of the far less than glamorous life of an author on the road. I'm in Baton Rouge, Louisiana right now. I woke up this morning at about 5:30 to use the facility, as it were. At tha...
Posted by on Sat, 01 Mar 2008 08:00:00 GMT

FALL TOUR [Updated]

I'm hitting the road yet again next month with another Test of Stamina Tour. I'm teaching in the middle of all this and trying to work on a few new book projects. I'm not sure what the hell I'm thinki...
Posted by on Sat, 08 Sep 2007 09:21:00 GMT

451 NOT ABOUT CENSORSHIP?!?

There has been considerable controversy lately regarding the Ray Bradbury classic, FAHRENHEIT 451. To the surprise of many, Ray has stated more than once in recent weeks that his 1953 opus is not abou...
Posted by on Fri, 13 Jul 2007 19:55:00 GMT

TALES FROM THE ROAD

Well, I made it through my spring test of stamina tour. All told, I traveled nearly 20,000 miles in a month and a half. I gave 14 presentations and I signed a TON of copies of THE BRADBURY CHRONICLES....
Posted by on Sun, 01 Jul 2007 13:04:00 GMT

SPRING TOUR

Greetings from snow-dumped Chicago!I am hitting the road again this spring as part of the National Endowment for the Arts "Big Read" program. I will be talking about the origins and impact of Fahrenhe...
Posted by on Tue, 13 Feb 2007 15:15:00 GMT

HOLA

Greetings True Believers!Wait....That's Stan Lee's salutation. Speaking of the stupendous Stan the Man, I interviewed him a few weeks ago and our conversation should be up on Playboy.com in the next f...
Posted by on Sun, 19 Nov 2006 22:57:00 GMT