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August 9, 2010

Local author to sign copies of new book

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Ada —  Local author Stephen B. Bagley will sign copies of his new book "Floozy and Other Stories" Friday, Sept. 10, from 4-6 p.m. at Ada Public Library, 124 S. Rennie.

"Floozy and Other Stories" collects more than 80 humorous articles that Bagley wrote for various newspapers, magazines, newsletters and websites.

"Over the years, I was asked to collect the humor articles in a book, particularly the ones published on the Web," he said. "I finally started work on what would become 'Floozy' late last year, and it was published this July."

The book will be available for purchase at the signing. The soft cover version is $17.95, and the hard cover is $25. The book can also be ordered from Lulu.com.

Bagley said compiling the book was harder than he expected. "At first, it was great fun picking out the articles. I hadn't realized how many I had written, and some I had even forgotten, so that was enjoyable. But picking the last few articles to put in the book was hard. I had to decide which of my 'babies' would make the cut. Eventually I just chose my current favorites. I also wrote five new articles for the book."

The title of the book has attracted a lot of attention, Bagley said. "It's been funny the number of ladies who, when they hear the title, immediately claim  I wrote the book about them. But, they don't find it quite so funny if their husbands or boyfriends say that."

As for who is the Floozy" in the title, Bagley won't say. "You have to read the book," he said. "It surprises most people when they find out."

Bagley also published the mystery novels "Murder by Dewey Decimal" and "Murder by the Acre." He also wrote the full-length plays "Murder at the Witch's Cottage" and "Two Writers in the Hands of an Angry God" and co-wrote "Turnabout." His poetry has been published in Byline Magazine, Prairie Songs, Free Star, and other publications. He co-authored two one-act plays — "Hogwild" and "There's A Body in the Closet" — that were published by Dramatic Publishing Co. His articles and humorous essays have been published in Nautilus Magazine, OKMagazine, Pontotoc County Chronicles, Your Country Music Magazine, various Oklahoma newspapers and other publications.

Bagley graduated from Oklahoma State University in Stillwater. For more information about Bagley's publications, visit his website 51313 Harbor Street at www.51313.blogspot.com.

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