BRICK TOWER PRESS - Key Persons
Houston, TX, April 18, 2008 -- The Portofino Deception is the premiere novel of Jeffrey Stephens and has again received top reviews, the most recent being from Steve Alten, NY Times best-selling author of Meg and The Shell Game. "Jeffrey Stephens takes the reader on a fast-paced tale of international intrigue and suspense in this, his first novel, The Portofino Deception. With a terrific lead character in Jordon Sandor, and many plot twists, I look forward to watching Stephens develop as a top-notch author," says Steve. Another rave review from NY Times best-selling author, Vince Flynn, who had this to say: "This is a ripping, good yarn of intrigue that will keep you turning the pages all the way to its explosive ending."
Jeffrey Stephens has written a novel that many are saying would make the "movie of the decade" - it definitely sounds like a book to keep a close eye on. For additional information visit www.jeffreysstephens.com
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- Founder and Publisher of Manhattan
John T. Colby Jr. is the founder and publisher of Manhattan based Brick Tower Press and J. Boylston & Company, Publishers. Brick Tower Press ranks in the top 100 United States independent book publishers while the J. Boylston & Company imprint ibooks was named "America's fastest growing small publisher" by Publishers Weekly in 2004. Besides ibooks, J. Boylston & Company includes the children's imprint Milk & Cookies Press, and Byron Preiss Visual Publications a book packager with licensed books to Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins, Dutton, Scholastic, and Reader's Digest.
Prior to Brick Tower Press and J. Boylston & Company, John worked for London-based Dorling Kindersley (DK), Barnes & Noble, Bertelsmann, and Doubleday & Company, Inc. John is a graduate of Syracuse University.
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- Ex - Agent With the Central Intelligence Agency