Radio Days & Historical Novels - Stephen G. Eoannou

Stephen G. Eoannou is the author of two historical novels, Rook and Yesteryear. Yesteryear will be published later this year by SFWP, a traditional publisher with international distribution. Yesteryear’s publication coincides with the 90th anniversary of the The Lone Ranger’s radio debut. Yesteryear is based on the true story of Fran Striker, a struggling radio play scriptwriter who would eventually create The Lone Ranger—and sell the rights away for ten dollars. Set in Buffalo, New York during the early 1930s, Yesteryear explores the events and magical influences that led to the show’s debut. Populated by characters who lived during that time—former boxing champion Jimmy Slattery, radio actor John L. Barrett, Mafioso Stefano Magaddino, and president-elect Franklin Delano Roosevelt— it’s written in the same spirit as W.P. Kinsella’s Shoeless Joe, Bernard Malamud’s The Natural, and Daniel Wallace’s Big Fish.