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Arthur Salm

Arthur Salm
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Arthur Salm

Arthur Salm is a former newspaper columnist for the San Diego Union Tribune who now writes books full time.

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Q. What is your motto or maxim?
A. "It doesn't matter how long you put it off as long as you get it done on time."
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My life in 8 words: "Family, books, dogs, books, cats, books, outdoors, books."
News:
Anyway* has won an award
Jun 11, 2013
Anyway* will be released on May 07, 2013 in Trade Paperback
May 07, 2013
Anyway* is now available in Trade Paperback
May 07, 2013
Excerpt:
Chapter 1 from Anyway*
May 20, 2012
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Excerpt 1 from Anyway*
May 16, 2012
Anyway* will be released on May 01, 2012 in Hardcover, eBook
May 01, 2012
Anyway* is now available in Hardcover, eBook
May 01, 2012
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Arthur Salm Revealed

Q. What is your motto or maxim? A. "It doesn't matter how long you put it off as long as you get it done on time." Q. What is your biggest pet peeve? A. People being rude to waiters or sales clerks. It makes me crazy. Q. If you could meet any historical character, who would it be and what would you say to him or her? A. Mark Twain. I'd say, "Are you free for dinner?" Then we'd talk for five hours. Or rather, I'd try to get HIM to talk for five hours. I'd be as interested in the way he talked as in what he said, because somehow, when he wrote, he made it timeless -- so much of it sounds like it could have been written yesterday, when he actually wrote it more than 100 years ago. Q. Who is your favorite fictional hero? A. Huckleberry Finn. Q. If you could be any person or thing, who or what would it be? A. Tennis player Rafael Nadal. But my Spanish isn't very good, so... Learn more about Arthur Salm

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Washington Post, August 30, 2012
...the school year. Thanks to all of you, and keep reading! * That book would be Anyway* by Arthur Salm. Personal Post Ethan Adams Anna Addison Luke Addison Herschel Albert Nyle Ali Xavier Allen Robert Allsbrooks IV Suma Allu Joy Anderson Jack Anglin Olivia...
Washington Post, July 3, 2012
...The Washington Post Next week “Anyway*” by Arthur Salm. Ages 8 to 12. The asterisk in the title says, “A story about me, with 138 footnotes, 27 exaggerations and 1 plate of spaghetti.” What this story is really...
Journal-Gazette, July 3, 2012
...beach they learn how the desire to be part of a family can unite them. •“Anyway*” by Arthur Salm. Ages 8 to 12. The asterisk in the title points to an explanation that says, “A story about me, with 138 footnotes, 27 exaggerations and 1 plate of...
Evansville Courier, June 21, 2012
...EVANSVILLE — Arthur Salm insists he never wanted to write a children's book. To his shock, that's what he found himself doing, almost involuntarily, when the Evansville native set out to...
Community Voice, April 19, 2013
...care of Sam Youney, director of landscaping. The skinny but bushy sapling was planted in the Erna and Arthur Salm Holocaust and Genocide Memorial Grove, among a circle of formally donated trees. As is custom with Jewish funeral traditions, the hands of...
Individual.com, April 14, 2013
...of Holocaust survivors. Lillian Judd lived through Auschitwz but lost her family there. Sitting in the Erna and Arthur Salm Holocaust and Genocide Memorial Grove listening to speakers recount Frank's story of persecution, hope, fear and courage, was...
East County Magazine, April 7, 2013
...call (619) 297-8953 or email writeoutloudsd@gmail.com. April 10 (Wednesday - 6:30 pm) — Experts Discuss Bradbury. Arthur Salm, Charles Harrington-Elster, Stephen Potts, Vinge Vendor at Mission Valley Branch Library, 2123 Fenton Parkway, San Diego. ...
Washington Post, August 30, 2012
...the school year. Thanks to all of you, and keep reading! * That book would be Anyway* by Arthur Salm. Personal Post Ethan Adams Anna Addison Luke Addison Herschel Albert Nyle Ali Xavier Allen Robert Allsbrooks IV Suma Allu Joy Anderson Jack Anglin Olivia...
Washington Post, August 30, 2012
...the school year. Thanks to all of you, and keep reading! * That book would be Anyway* by Arthur Salm. Personal Post Ethan Adams Anna Addison Luke Addison Herschel Albert Nyle Ali Xavier Allen Robert Allsbrooks IV Suma Allu Joy Anderson Jack Anglin Olivia...
U-T San Diego, August 1, 2012
...many years in Italy, his subject was always America. In 1998, he sat down for an interview with Arthur Salm, then the Books editor at the Union-Tribune. The occasion was the release of "The Smithsonian Institution," a novel about the need for the human...
U-T San Diego, August 1, 2012
...many years in Italy, his subject was always America. In 1998, he sat down for an interview with Arthur Salm, then the Books editor at the Union-Tribune. The occasion was the release of "The Smithsonian Institution," a novel about the need for the human...