Another Good Review for GBF Featured Author Tom Shroder

GBF featured presenter Tom Shroder, co-author of "Fire on the Horizon: The Untold Story of the Gulf Oil Disaster," can yet another good review for his book to his list of accolades.

A reviewer in the Cleveland Plain Dealer praises Shroder and his co-author for how they "fill in the features of the frail and sometimes heroic human players in the disaster." He also praises Shroder and John Konrad for how they "build their story well."

Read the full review.

A Trailer for "Fire on the Horizon" by GBF featured author Tom Shroder

As GBF featured author Tom Shroder ("Fire on the Horizon: The Untold Story of the Gulf Oil Disaster") wrote on his Facebook page yesterday: "Even BOOKS must have film trailers now."

So here's the film trailer for Tom's book, featuring Tom's co-author John Konrad.

Go watch it. Get a taste for the book. It will make you want to come see Tom speak. Because as John explains it: "This is a story about people..."

The Washington Post Reviews Tom Shroder's "Fire on the Horizon"

The Washington Post ran a short review of Tom Shroder and John Konrad's "Fire on the Horizon: The Untold Story of the Gulf Oil Disaster." (NOTE: Shroder will be at the festival. Konrad will not.)

The review commends the book for how it "covers a remarkable amount of territory with brisk efficiency." It also praises the authors' depiction of everyday life aboard rigs as being "especially fascinating" and say the book deserves "a prominent place in the growing literature on the Gulf oil disaster."

Read the full review.

Reviewer Praises "Fire on the Horizon" as Being One of the Best Books about the Gulf Oil Spill

The Chicago Tribune recently ran a review of "Fire on the Horizon: the Untold Story of the Gulf Oil Disaster," co-authored by featured presenter Tom Shroder, that was originally published by the Los Angeles Times.

The reviewer not only included "Fire on the Horizon" in this round-up of books about the Gulf oil spill disaster, but said Shroder's book (along with two others) stands above the others on this topic.

The reviewer singled out "Fire on the Horizon" for being the "most cinematic of the lot. Artfully and compellingly told, the book marries a John McPhee feel for the technology to a Jon Krakauer sense of an adventure turned tragic."

Read the full review.

Featured Author's Co-Author Talks about Gulf Oil Disaster

GBF featured author Tom Shroder is the co-author, with John Konrad of "Fire on the Horizon: The Untold Story of the Gulf Oil Disaster."

Konrad, who is a veteran oil rig captain, was interviewed yesterday on Weekend Edition Sunday about their book, which recounts in vivid detail the life of the rig itself and reveals the day-to-day lives, struggles and ambitions of those who called it home.

Listen to -- or read -- the interview.

Featured Author Tom Shroder Writes About the Government's Case Against BP

Featured author Tom Shroder (co-author, "Fire on the Horizon: The Untold Story of the Gulf Oil Disaster") penned a piece for The Daily Beast examining whether the government has a case against BP for the deaths of workers in the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion. In the piece, Shroder provides a timeline of what happened starting in early April 2010 and ending on April21 when the Horizon toppled into the Gulf of Mexico and sunk.

Read Tom's article.

Miami Herald Reviews Fire on the Horizon by GBF Featured Author Tom Shroder

This past weekend, the Miami Herald reviewed "Fire on the Horizon: The Untold Story of the Gulf Oil Disaster" by John Konrad and GBF featured author Tom Shroder.

From the review: "At its best, the book is a fascinating look at a little-understood industry and a fast-paced and emotional story of the efforts to save the Deepwater Horizon. The authors’ account of the workers’ race to save themselves is thrilling and suspenseful, and yet the book is also a sensitive account of the lives forever changed."

Read the full review.

Featured Author Tom Shroder to Speak at Politics & Prose

While we certainly encourage you to come see Tom at the festival on May 21, for those of you who can't make it that day -- and if you can't, shame on you! -- here's another opportunity to see Tom speak about his new book, "Fire on the Horizon: The Untold Story of the Gulf Oil Disaster."

WHERE: Politics & Prose
WHEN: Sunday, March 6, at 5 p.m.

Details.