Parisian Phoenix Publishing

• Doylestown Bookshop has compiled its publicity for their next Local Author Spotlight, June 14 from 1 to 3 p.m. To read more about Larry Sceurman’s visit there, click here.

Larry Sceurman became an educator in his twenties, a storyteller in his fifties, a writer in his sixties, and a published author of nostalgic fiction and children’s stories in his seventies. He grew up in the Kaywin section of Bethlehem, Pa., in the 1950s and 1960s. In his early teens, he worked with his grandfather in a small auto body repair shop where he observed that stories were a big part of the human experience. This laid the groundwork for his historical fiction novella, The Death of Big Butch. He then taught auto body repair in a vocational program. During his teacher training, he learned that he had dyslexia which he believes made him a good listener.

Larry blends storytelling, writing, and reading in his dyslexia-friendly children’s book, Bookworm’s Magical Journey. He plans to release his second children’s book, which he also illustrated, this summer. From vocational teacher to storyteller and now author, Larry has learned and shared the value of stories. He mixes truth and fiction to produce enjoyable, thought-provoking snippets of life, as shown in the short story collection, Coffee in the Morning.

Larry is influenced by the writings of Laura E. Richards, John O’Connor, Richard Ford, Michael J. Meade, Richard Rohr, and Billy Collins. Larry’s titles are published by Lehigh Valley small press, Parisian Phoenix Publishing.