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Brian J. Dolan

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Brian J. Dolan has written for Business Insider, the Boston Globe, and numerous trade publications. Notes from Star to Star is his first novella.

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What mystery in your own life could be a plot for a book?
Brian J. Dolan The mystery in my family that I’d love to write is about my great aunt Suzy, who turned out not to be my great aunt at all.

Suzy, born, Suzanne Elizabe…moreThe mystery in my family that I’d love to write is about my great aunt Suzy, who turned out not to be my great aunt at all.

Suzy, born, Suzanne Elizabeth Gilgan, was born to immigrant parents on a farm in Woburn, Massachusetts, but became a successful milliner with fancy hat shops on Newbury Street and Boylston Street in Boston. She would travel to and from Europe yearly to bring back the latest fashions, and would always go with a married Jewish because it was unseemly for a woman to travel alone.

I was able to buy one of her hats on eBay in the early 2000s. It’s a small purple number designed to be worn forward on the head, with a long purple feather that rakes back and curves along the head. You can imagine an immaculately dressed woman waiting to board a steam train or an ocean liner wearing it, with gloves and a matching clutch.

Not long after I was born, my father learned that his aunt Suzy was really his maternal grandmother. She had given my grandmother to her brother raise, saving her the shame of being raised by a single mother, and confessed it only on her deathbed.

Who was my great grandfather? How did Suzy rise from poverty to being a successful female business owner during the depression? There’s a great story in there somewhere…(less)
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If you could travel to any fictional book world, where would you go and what would you do there?
Brian J. Dolan Probably the universe of Arthur Dent and Ford Prefect in Hitchhikers Guide, so I could explore the galaxy while avoiding a horrible death. So many of …moreProbably the universe of Arthur Dent and Ford Prefect in Hitchhikers Guide, so I could explore the galaxy while avoiding a horrible death. So many of the other “universes” that captivate me are so dangerous or uncomfortable that it probably wouldn’t be much fun. Think of the Road for example. Even if you could hop into the world of The Count of Monte Cristo there’s a distinct lack of sanitary facilities.(less)
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Hey all! I'm super pumped to announce that Notes from Star to Star was a finalist for a Next Generation Indie Book Award. To celebrate, Notes is free to download until June 8, 2025.

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“Earth. A blue dot suspended in space. With people and oceans and teeming cities, forests, and plains, ice at the poles on a cold year, wild and domestic animals, and some not nice stuff that wasn’t important at the moment with all the pleasant things to think about as her memory steadily, hopefully, came back.”
― Brian J. Dolan, Notes from Star to Star
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“She awoke on the ship, alone, certain of only those two things. That she was aboard a vessel moving through space and that there was absolutely no one else on it.”
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“You have travelled to the stars, set foot in new worlds, and shown that beauty is universal.”
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