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Spy Thrillers by Fritz GaltMeet the Author
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Biography of Fritz GaltFritz Galt has lived much of his life abroad while writing about his experiences in the diplomatic community. He co-published The SUN, a worldwide newsletter for and about Foreign Service spouses, and co-founded Tales from a Small Planet, a webzine for people living abroad. Married to a career diplomat, Mr. Galt has worked abroad in American, Canadian, and Argentine embassies. In early childhood, he lived in Havana, Cuba, until Fidel Castro "nationalized" his family's belongings. Having a Swiss-born and –educated mother, Mr. Galt has spent many summers and winters in Switzerland. Raised in Illinois, Mr. Galt attended the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana where he earned a Bachelor's degree in Rhetoric and Composition, Psychology, and English and American Literature with a minor in Film and Cinematography. Following graduate study in the MFA Creative Writing Program at San Francisco State University, Mr. Galt moved to Chicago and pursued a career in social studies textbook writing and editing. From 1985-2000, he worked in the computer field and wrote mass-market, non-fiction books on such subjects as the Internet, UNIX, Windows, and Microsoft Office. Since marrying a career foreign service officer, Mr. Galt has followed his wife on assignments to Yugoslavia, Taiwan, India, and China, where they raise their two children. Since 1991, Mr. Galt has written humorous articles for The SUN, co-published The SUN, and started up Tales from a Small Planet, an online publication for people living abroad. |
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Interview with the Author
What books are you reading at present?
Skin Tight by Carl Hiaasen,
Milosevic by Dusko Doder and Louise Branson, The Ruined City by Clay Putman,
The Quick Red Fox by John D. MacDonald, India: A Million Mutinies Now
by V.S. Naipaul, Rules of Command by C.A. Mobley, and Papillon by Henri
Charriere
Where is your favorite place to read?
On a lounge chair while
on vacation.
Who is your favorite novelist?
Ernest Hemingway
Who is your favorite character?
Philip Marlowe in novels by Raymond
Chandler
What is your favorite children’s book?
The Seahorse Café
by Graem Base
What classic should you have read?
Moby Dick by Herman Melville
What school/college text did you enjoy the most?
The Adventures
of Augie March by Saul Bellow
What is the funniest book that you have read?
Our Man in Havana
by Graham Greene
What book do you feel is overrated?
Bleak House by Charles Dickens
With which book character would you like to spend a day?
Levin
in Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
What poem can you recite by heart?
Several sonnets by William
Shakespeare
What book did you never want to end?
Kidnapped by Robert Louis
Stevenson
What book changed your life?
The Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
What book would you recommend as necessary reading?
Daisy Miller
by Henry James
Technical and Educational Books
Microref Quick Reference Guides
Microref Quick Reference Cards
Follett K-8 Social Studies Series (research and assistant editor)
Additional Works by Fritz Galt
The following works of fiction have never previously been offered for publication.
Novels
The House My Father Built
A young man avoids college and sinks into blue-collar depression. He works on the maintenance staff of a large hospital, which serves as a metaphor for society as he searches for his place in the world. He shuns his mother and follows his father’s dubious lead into adulthood. The episodes reveal much of the trauma of growing up, and depict the colorful and influential characters along life’s journey. This story won Galt honors recognition at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. 35,000 words. 1979
A Swiss Vacation
A young American man and woman allow their tentative friendship to disintegrate on a vacation on the Swiss Riviera in order to explore better relationships. Violence in the lives of Lebanese friends impinges on the beauty of the setting and quenches the heroine’s thirst for "a more real world." The story is told largely through dialog with a strong sense of scene. The pair eventually finds some level of compatibility and friendship. 35,00 words. 1987
Short Stories
Twelve explorations into the fictive form. Largely comprise the tales of a young man’s struggle through adolescence and early manhood. 1976-1982
Movie Scripts
Prima Donna
Feature-length script of a high-school orchestra’s trip to Paris. Certain students befriend a real "American in Paris" and intervene in helping him with his romantic quest for a woman he once knew. (1977)
Smiles
Feature-length script of grandchildren of a former clown helping him out of his old age funk. Told largely visually through the circus metaphor. (1978)
Short Movies
Downstream
As a leaf falls into an ever-widening river, life around it expands in many other dimensions. 16mm. Black and white. 8 minutes. 1978
The Outer Land
A young composer's journey out of his apartment into the night streets. He finds himself drawn into this new landscape by a beautiful tune. 16mm. Black and white. 15 minutes. 1979