Elaine Stienon Launches New Marketing Push for 2011 Book
By: Christina Mancuso Dec. 12, 2014
ANN ARBOR, Mich.
Author Elaine Stienon explored the lives of a group of early Mormons in the 2011 historical novel "The Way to the Shining City: A Story of the Early Mormons in Missouri and Nauvoo, Illinois" (published by AuthorHouse).
This year, Stienon is renewing the marketing efforts for the book by submitting it to Thruline Entertainment for potential adaption into a screenplay and promoting the book through an upcoming Reader's Digest advertisement, to appear online and in print.
"I've always been intrigued by the underdog," Stienon explains, "and the early Mormons were certainly persecuted and harassed."
Unlike other Mormons of their time, Stienon's fictional group rejects polygamy. Set in the Midwest, "The Way to the Shining City" follows protagonist Gabriel Romain and his people as they are thwarted in their attempt to settle in northern Missouri. They flee to Illinois, where they establish a city called Nauvoo on the Mississippi River. The novel describes their search for a place of refuge, the story of their persecution and the ultimate destruction of their city.
Stienon hopes her readers will finish "The Way to the Shining City" with a deeper understanding of, and compassion for, early religious pilgrims.
"The Way to the Shining City"
By Elaine Stienon
Softcover | 6 x 9 in | 300 pages | ISBN 9781456754167
E-Book | 300 pages | ISBN 9781456754150
Available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble
About the Author
Elaine Stienon attended the University of Michigan, where she received a Hopwood Award for a collection of short fiction. She is the author of "Lightning in the Fog," "Utah Spring," "The Light of the Morning" and "In Clouds of Fire." Her short fiction has appeared in The Potomac Review, Cimarron Review, The Writer's Journal and Bear River Review.
AuthorHouse, an Author Solutions, LLC self-publishing imprint, is a leading provider of book publishing, marketing, and bookselling services for authors around the globe and offers the industry's only suite of Hollywood book-to-film services. Committed to providing the highest level of customer service, AuthorHouse assigns each author personal publishing and marketing consultants who provide guidance throughout the process. For more information or to publish a book, visit authorhouse.com or call 1-888-519-5121. For the latest, follow @authorhouse on Twitter.
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