The 35th event is with historian and novelist Tyler Tichelaar, who will take readers through how he came up with his Marquette time travel novel. The event is planned for 6 p.m. Thursday through the Zoom platform.

As the novel begins, the amnesiac protagonist is found unconscious at the Huron Mountain Club near a mysterious dolmen (“rock pile”) and brought back to Marquette to recuperate. “Everyone assures him it’s the year 1900, but somehow John’s memories of automobiles, televisions, and other modern devices seem to suggest he doesn’t belong in this time

Contact librarian Evelyn Gathu in advance by egathu@crystalfallslibrary.org, or by phone at 906-875-3344. They recommend borrowing a copy of the book from the local library or purchasing from a local bookseller in advance to get the most out of these events.

Tichelaar has a Ph.D in literature from Western Michigan University and bachelor and master’s degrees in English from Northern Michigan University.

Tichelaar will discuss his novel “Odin’s Eye” during a author event Thursday on Zoom.

He is the owner of Marquette Fiction, his own publishing company; Superior Book Productions, a professional editing, proofreading, book layout, and website design and maintenance service; and the former president of the U.P. Publishers and Authors Association. He is also considered a local expert on Marquette history and is proud to be a seventh-generation Marquette resident.

Tichelaar began writing his first novel at age 16 in 1987. In 2006, he published his first novel, “Iron Pioneers: The Marquette Trilogy, Book One.” Fifteen more books have followed. In 2008, Tyler won first place in the historical fiction category in the Reader Views Literary Awards for his novel “Narrow Lives” (2008). He has since sponsored that contest, offering the Tyler R. Tichelaar Award for Historical Fiction. In 2011, he was awarded the Marquette County Outstanding Writer Award, and the same year, he received the Barb Kelly Award for Historical Preservation for his efforts to promote Marquette history. Tichelaar also writes on such diverse topics as 19-century Gothic fiction and historical fantasies about King Arthur. He remains engrossed in writing about Marquette and Upper Michigan as microcosms for the greater American story.

“One of the best things about this novel is how time and history change all of us, even if we never travel through time. Each of Tichelaar’s characters changes in some way. Neill reflects on all this near the end of the novel, before he is even sure if he will ever see his own time again.

“The complexities and problems of time travel continue to be explored by the author and his characters in what becomes a book most readers will not want to put down and will ponder long afterward. Book clubs will have an almost endless list of what-ifs and ethical situations to discuss. For those who have never read a time travel novel before, start with ‘Odin’s Eye’ it will make you think,” Deborah K. Frontiera states in U.P. Book Review.

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