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EDUCATION:Tufts University, Ph.D.; also studied at Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art.
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Writer, actor, speech coach, and leadership communication public speaker. Has lectured at Harvard University, Boston College, Tufts University, Bentley University, Emerson College, Simmons College, and University of Illinois; creator of the Genard Method of performance-based public speaking training.
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Author of the Speak for Success! blog.
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Gary Genard is an actor, speech coach, and leadership communication public speaker. He is the author of several instructional books on public speaking, including How to Give a Speech; Fearless Speaking: Beat Your Anxiety. Build Your Confidence. Change Your Life.; Speaking Virtually: Gain Confidence, Boost Your Presentation Skills, and Acquire Virtual Presence in Online Meetings; and Speak for Leadership: How to Engage, Persuade, and Inspire Any Audience. Genard is the founder of the Genard Method for performance-based public speaking training. Using this method, he trains individuals and teams across industries to be more effective communicators. Genard is also the author of the Speak for Success! blog.
Red Season is Genard’s first thriller novel. Dr. William Scarlet works as the assistant chief surgeon for Scotland Yard. However, he is even more valuable to the organization for his secret ability to experience psychometric visions by touching people or the things they have held. Along with his Romani medium friend, Django Pierce-Jones, Scarlet is a member of the Society for Supernatural and Psychic Research. They begin to investigate a series of child disappearances with the help of a séance. However, another pressing case falls in their laps, when it is determined that the deceased wife of artist Ambrose Reed has been causing harm to him and his fiancé. Scarlet and Django take to the case and combine their paranormal abilities to more effectively deal with the mystery.
A Publishers Weekly contributor remarked that “Genard’s cast of characters is rich and engaging enough to build a series upon.” The same reviewer added that the “protagonist is both kind and rebellious … and his humane use of his powers will endear him to readers.” A contributor to Kirkus Reviews called it “a top-notch cast and a sublimely rendered historical setting elevate this supernatural mystery.”
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BookLife Reviews, April 15, 2024, review of Red Season.
Kirkus Reviews, May 15, 2024, review of Red Season.
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Gary Genard website, https://www.garygenard.com (June 15, 2024).
Gary Genard is an actor, author, and speaker. He is the creator of the Dr. William Scarlet Mysteries. RED SEASON, Book #1 in the series, has just been published (March 2024) on Amazon! RED SEASON is a tale of obsession, murder, and the supernatural. The action takes place in London in June of 1887. The entire country is celebrating Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee, until the murders begin . . . A Scotland Yard police surgeon and detective, Dr. Scarlet must use his psychic ability to track down the serial killer who begins terrorizing London. The book was chosen as an Editor's Pick by BookLife, which called the supernatural thriller "a standout fiction debut."
Dr. Genard is also the author of four books on leadership through public speaking (two of them Amazon bestsellers): HOW TO GIVE A SPEECH, SPEAK FOR LEADERSHIP, FEARLESS SPEAKING, and SPEAKING VIRTUALLY. As one of America's top speech coaches, Gary helps professionals become exceptional speakers and presenters. He is the creator of The Genard Method of performance-based public speaking training. TGM uses theater-inspired tools and techniques in workshops held worldwide to help you and those in your organization become more confident, authentic, and memorable communicators.
GARY GENARD is an actor, author, speech coach, and speaker on the topic of leadership communication. He is the author of the Amazon best-selling titles How to Give a Speech, Fearless Speaking (named by Book Authority as “One of the 100 Best Confidence Books of All Time”), and Speaking Virtually and Speak for Leadership.
Gary is the founder and president of The Genard Method of performance-based public speaking training. He trains leadership teams and individuals in business, government, nonprofit organizations, and diplomacy. He has been named as one of the world’s top 30 communication professionals, and also as one of America’s 5 best speech coaches. He writes the blog Speak for Success!
He studied acting at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London, and holds a Ph.D. in Theater from Tufts University. He has served on the faculty at Harvard, Boston College, Tufts, Bentley University, Emerson College, Simmons College, and the University of Illinois. He lives in Massachusetts.
Genard, Gary RED SEASON Cedar & Maitland Press (Fiction Fiction) $17.99 3, 12 ISBN: 9781736555644
In Genard's debut thriller, a psychic medical examiner in 19th-century London dives into cases of missing youths and murder.
Dr. William Scarlet puts his expertise to work as an assistant chief surgeon for Scotland Yard. Only a select few know of another of his skills--he experiences psychometric visions that he triggers by touching people or an object they've handled. He and his friend Django Pierce-Jones, a medium of Romani descent, belong to the newly formed Society for Supernatural and Psychic Research. They catch their very first case after a string of children's disappearances stumps the authorities. They've only just begun to investigate (soliciting spiritual assistance via a seance) when another case falls into the Society's collective laps: Elizabeth Wilson and her budding-artist fiance, Ambrose Reed, have been made to suffer, both in their relationship and in their physical bodies, and the potential culprit is none other than Reed's late first wife. ("Do you think it's possible, Julius, for someone to exert an influence from beyond the grave?") Genard effectively grounds this mystery in its real-life environment, name-checking such familiar locations as Notting Hill and Hyde Park. His narrative delivers indelible set pieces, from Scarlet's bizarre, unsettling dream to a particularly chilling autopsy. This book, intended as a series opener, focuses on Scarlet and Django; most of the other Society members share a single scene. The two friends easily carry the story as they blend their paranormal abilities with more traditional sleuthing, including the 19th-century version of a background check. While their novel methods of investigation net relatively few clues and culminate in a revelation that won't surprise many readers, that certainly doesn't dampen the polished characterizations of the romantically conflicted Reed, the unorthodox gumshoes, and one character who grows progressively creepier as the story continues.
A top-notch cast and a sublimely rendered historical setting elevate this supernatural mystery. (dedication; dramatis personae; author's note; sequel preview; about the author)
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"Genard, Gary: RED SEASON." Kirkus Reviews, 15 May 2024, p. NA. Gale General OneFile, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A793537122/ITOF?u=schlager&sid=bookmark-ITOF&xid=28e89876. Accessed 24 May 2024.
Red Season, Cedar & Maitland Press, Gary Genard, 17.99 (229p), 978-1-7365556-4-4
Genre: Fiction/Mystery/Thriller
Genard's standout fiction debut follows Dr. William Scarlet, surgeon for Scotland Yard in the Golden Age of Queen Victoria's reign, and man with a secret: he possesses psychic abilities that allow him to glimpse the darkest hearts roaming the streets of London. With just one touch, Scarlet can expose the horrific fate of victims and their killers, a talent that lands him in the spotlight when children start disappearing from London after dark. As the crimes escalate, the supernatural seems to gain in power as well, sparking all manner of intriguing happenings: a séance plunges its participants into visions of snakes and rivers of blood, sleepwalking hints at something darker, and madness abounds.
The blend of mystery, history, and something possibly beyond our ken is enticing. Scarlet, a member of the wonderfully named Society for Supernatural and Psychic Research, is quickly bonded to this like-minded group of gentlemen desperate to solve the horrific crimes. Those crimes, tantalizingly, seem to coordinate with sundown and the moon's patterns each month, prompting Scarlet and his trusted colleague, Django Pierce-Jones, to initiate a perilous investigation that will please lovers of supernatural-adjacent suspense as the heroes find themselves in the crosshairs of evil from both sides of the veil.
Genard's cast of characters is rich and engaging enough to build a series upon, including the famous (and slightly pompous) artist Ambrose Reed, a widower who has found love again with fiancée Elizabeth Wilson, as well as Elizabeth's elder sister, Catherine, unmarried and independent, strong of mind and opinion. Added to the mix are Mrs. Bain, the mysterious older woman who woos Ambrose away from Elizabeth, and the late Mary Reed, Ambrose's deceased wife. Genard's protagonist is both kind and rebellious, unable to stop using his powers as long as they bring peace and aid the public, and his humane use of his powers will endear him to readers--while keeping them eager to see his future adventures.
Takeaway: Scotland Yard faces séances, murder, and the possibly supernatural.
Comparable Titles: Michael Ward's Rags of Time, T. L. Huchu's The Mystery at Dunvegan Castle.
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Design and typography: A
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Editing: A
Marketing copy: A
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MLA 9th Edition APA 7th Edition Chicago 17th Edition Harvard
"Red Season." BookLife Reviews, vol. 8, no. 15, 15 Apr. 2024, p. NA. Gale General OneFile, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A789714602/ITOF?u=schlager&sid=bookmark-ITOF&xid=4216a5f3. Accessed 24 May 2024.