The novelist Monte Schulz released his first novel, Down by the River, in 1990. He then spent more than twelve years writing the Jazz Age-based novel, Crossing Eden, for his father, the late, extraordinarily influential cartoonist, the creator of Peanuts, Charles M. Schulz. The book was initially released in three smaller volumes called This Side of Jordan, The Last Rose of Summer, and The Big Town.
\xa0 \xa0 \xa0 \xa0 \xa0 \xa0 Monte\u2019s latest novel, Metropolis, is a grand dystopian tale in a time of war, with a blossoming romance throughout. I\u2019ve read Metropolis and can tell you it\u2019s a powerful and intense journey through a world into which I hope we never find ourselves. If you enjoy marvelously epic storytelling, I highly recommend you read Metropolis.
\xa0 \xa0 \xa0 \xa0 \xa0 \xa0 Since 2010, Monte has been the owner of the Santa Barbara Writers Conference and has taught a class in voice and style both there and at UC Santa Barbara.
\xa0 \xa0 \xa0 \xa0 \xa0 \xa0 He\u2019s also a composer/songwriter with an album out worldwide: \u201cSeraphonium \u2013 After Many a Summer.\u201d