Praise for The Poet's Funeral... "Nonstop wisecracks and an amiable tweaking of the publishing world add up to a highly entertaining debut." -Kirkus Reviews Everything goes wrong at the 1990 convention of the American Booksellers Association. Julia Child's cooking demonstration in the Random House aisle catches fire. A top New York editor catches a pie in the face. Invitations to the most exclusive publisher's party are stolen, and all the wrong people show up. Worse, Heidi Yamada, the world-famous poet, is found dead, spread over the late Elvis Presley's king-sized bed. Rich with poetry, publishing, book collecting, literary gossip, and a cast ranging from small-time players to the famous Rock Bottom Remainders, The Poet's Funeral is a story of ego, love, art, and murder. John M. Daniel has worked as a bookseller, freelance writer, editor, entertainer, and teacher. He is now a small-press literary book publisher in California. He has taught fiction writing at UCLA Extension and Santa Barbara Adult Education and is on the faculty of the Santa Barbara Writers Conference. www.danielpublishing.com