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Martinsville, VA 24115
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Stephen H. Provost is an author of paranormal adventures and historical non-fiction. “Memortality” is his debut novel on Pace Press, set for release Feb. 1, 2017.

An editor and columnist with more than 30 years of experience as a journalist, he has written on subjects as diverse as history, religion, politics and language and has served as an editor for fiction and non-fiction projects. His book “Fresno Growing Up,” a history of Fresno, California, during the postwar years, is available on Craven Street Books. His next non-fiction work, “Highway 99: The History of California’s Main Street,” is scheduled for release in June.

For the past two years, the editor has served as managing editor for an award-winning weekly, The Cambrian, and is also a columnist for The Tribune in San Luis Obispo.

He lives on the California coast with his wife, stepson and cats Tyrion Fluffybutt and Allie Twinkletail.

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On Writing

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Starting 2023 with a bang: 15 ebook releases and big plans ahead

Stephen H. Provost

Big news: All the books in my Highways of the West series, as well as my Century Cities books, are now available as ebooks for Kindle! So is Martinsville Memories, which profiles a small town in southern Virginia with a fascinating history in tobacco, textiles, and furniture-making. So when you’re out exploring, you can take my historical travel guides along with you in handy, electronic form for easy reference.

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tags ebooks, Lincoln Highway, author events, Mark Twain, Reno, Carson City, Sparks, Winnemucca, Elko, Nevada, history, highways

If you like Images of America books, you'll love these

Stephen H. Provost

If you know authors, you know we’re always on the lookout for good ideas, books that inspire us and may even prompt us to say to ourselves: “I could do that, only better!” That might sound a bit arrogant, and we’re not always right. Sometimes we are, though, and even when we’re not, the results can still be pretty damn good. The more good books there are, the better — especially when it comes to history.

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categories My Books
tags Arcadia Publishing, The History Press, Images of America, Century Cities, History, 20th century, American cities, American towns, small-town America, rural America, Greensboro, Fresno, Virginia, West Virginia, Huntington, Charleston, Cambria, San Luis Obispo, Nevada, Goldfield

Goldfield Century: Prizefights, ghosts, and lots of gold

Stephen H. Provost

Here’s a quiz-show stumper for you: What did boxing’s first great promoter, Virgil Earp from the O.K. Corral, the richest man in Nevada, and the founder of UPS have in common? They all spent time in Goldfield.

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categories My Books
tags Goldfield, ghost town, boomtown, gold rush, Nevada, Rhyolite, Beatty, Esmeralda County, Nye County, Tonopah, Old West, Wild West, saloons, Tex Ricard, Goldfield book, Ghost town book, Nevada ghost town