John Hafnor
Lone Pine Productions
3116 W. County Rd. 38E
Fort Collins, CO 80526
office cell phone 970-443-5211
email jhafnor@aol.com.
Author John Hafnor is presently completing a book to be distributed nationwide, and is concurrently North American press agent for RMSI, New Delhi, India. He graduated with honors from Augustana College, and studied at Schiller University in Heidelberg, Germany.
Hafnor began his career in San Antonio as a publicist for a North American Soccer League team. Subsequently he was director of marketing for the Rapid City (SD) Journal, and then the Stockton (CA) Record. Hafnor spent 12 years as director of marketing/sales for GIS World, GeoEurope and Business Geographics magazines. Other positions included director of development for the collegiate ACCED-International, and teaching history and political science at National College.
Hafnor's Lone Pine Productions published and also marketed Strange But True, Colorado. During the launch of the title, it achieved #1 regional bestseller status for the Intermountain States for the period 5-1-2005 to 2-1-2006. (Source: Books West, Inc.)
Retail book sellers can order the book directly from Books West, Boulder, Colorado. Books West specializes in distributing Rocky Mountain regional titles to retail booksellers in Colorado, Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, Wyoming, Montana and Idaho, and may be contacted at www.bookswest.com or 800-378-4188. Retailers may also order through Baker & Taylor. To order through a different distributor, contact author John Hafnor at jhafnor@aol.com. In special circumstances, Lone Pine Productions may stock books directly to your store. Ask about selling autographed copies, each with a sticker that alerts buyers.
Book Signings, Readings, Meet the Author, Meet the Illustrator, Caricatures by the Illustrator
Lone Pine Productions can arrange the events listed above. Contact John Hafnor at jhafnor@aol.com.
February 9, 2007 9:30 AM Reader's Cove Book Store, Fort Collins. Lecture & book signing for book clubs and general public.
April 20, 2007 10:30-12:00 AM featured speaker at Colorado Welcome Center Appreciation Brunch, Hilton Hotel, Fort Collins, CO.
August 14, 2007 Noon lunch, 1 P.M. presentation. Featured speaker at Lakewood Heritage Center, Lakewood, CO.
September 27, 2007 Luncheon presentation. Red Hat Society, Elks Club, Fort Collins, CO.
October 25, 2007 Author presentation at Our Savior's Luthern Church, Fort Collins, CO.
December 8, 2007 2 PM, Book Signing with fellow author Ken Jessen, Barnes & Noble Centerra, Loveland. CO.
January 24, 2008 6 PM, Annual Dinner Speaker, Loveland Friends of the Library, First United Methodist Church, Loveland, CO.
May 15, 2008 7-8 PM, "Weird Tales of Colorado" presentation. Fort Collins Main Library, Fort Collins, CO
February 24, 2009, Noon, Book talk at Denver Lion's Club, Mangiano's on 16th Street Mall, Denver, CO
2005-2006 Event Archive
September 12, 2005 6 PM Fort Collins Posse of the Westerners Club- Presentation and book signing featuring author John Hafnor and illustrator Dale Crawford.
October 1, 2005 2:30-4:30 PM Book signing and readings at Macdonald Bookstore, Estes Park. Part of Elk Fest, 2005!
October 12, 2005 12:00-1:30 PM Breckenridge, CO. Presentation and book signing. John Hafnor is a presenter during the Author Luncheon at the 2005 Rocky Mountain Skyline Bookstore Association Annual Meeting at the Beaver Run Resort.
October 20, 2005 7 PM Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Fort Collins. Book signing and Meet the Author
October 22, 2005 2-4 PM Hastings Books and Music, 3015 S. 23rd Ave. Greeley. Book signing and Meet the Author.
November 30, 2005 4-7 PM Colorado State University Bookstore "Faculty & Staff Appreciation Night." Lory Student Center. Book signing.
December 7, 2005 7 PM Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Fort Collins. Book signing, readings and Meet the Author
December 10, 2005 9-10:30 AM. Book signing and weird history lecture at Java Java Coffee, Lafayette.
December 28, 2005 6:30-8:00 PM Dustcover Bookstore, Minneapolis, MN. Book signing and lecture. Refreshments.
Month of December, 2005 All this month illustrator Dale Crawford has a minature gallery of works featured at Centennial Galleries,233 Linden, Fort Collins.
December 18, 2005 Noon-2 PM Rushmore Mall/B. Dalton Bookstore, signing and meet the author.
December 30, 2005 12 Noon Lincoln Center, Book Lecture to Sertoma Club, Fort Collins. This event for Sertoma members and their guests.
February 4, 2006 2:00 PM Promonade @ Centerra Barnes & Noble. Loveland. Book signing.
March 4, 2006 9:00-12:00 Noon Colorado History Museum, Denver. Open House- State Historical Society. Book Signing-Meet the Author
March 12, 2006 6:30-7:00 PM Radio Interview, "Story Time" hosted by anthropologist Katy Little. Listen live or stream anywhere in the world at www.krfcfm.org. Click on "Listen Now."
March 15, 2006 Noon, Colorado State University Libraries System. In-service "brown bag" on book content, research. Employee event.
April 5, 2006 7:00 PM Main Library, Fort Collins. Event for National Library Week. Discussion of research/writing techniques. Examples from the book.
April 8, 2006 SPECIAL Four-City Borders Books "Meet the Author" Caravan- starting at the Broomfield store 10 AM to 11:30 AM, Boulder store 12 Noon to 1:30 PM, Longmont store 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM, Greeley store 4:15 PM to 6:00 PM.
April 22, 2006 CSU Bookstore, Lory Student Center, Colorado State University, Fort Collins.
May 16, 2006 Noon. Hilton Hotel of Fort Collins, Book Lecture to Kiwanis Club. This event for Sertoma members and their guests.
June 8, 2006 Noon. National Jewish Hospital Auxilary Luncheon, Denver. Lecture, open forum and book signing.
June 10, 2006 9:30-11:30 Writers Coffeehouse Series, Senior Center-City of Fort Collins. Open forum on book. Free to the public. Coffee/refreshments available.
July 15, 2006 Centennial Village Anniversary, Greeley. 11-Noon, giftshop book signing. Noon-12:30 Book Chat in School House followed by giftshop signing and Meet the Author.
July 22, 2006 11 AM-12:30 PM Barnes & Noble SW, Denver, book signing. Also: Meet Kenneth Jessen, author of "Colorado's Strangest."
July 22, 2006 2-4 PM Barnes & Noble Colorado Springs, book signing. Also: Meet Kenneth Jessen, author of "Colorado's Strangest."
August 16, 2006 Noon. Fort Collins Country Club, Book Lecture to Newcomers Alumni Club.
August 24, 2006 , 7:00 PM. Loveland Museum/Gallery, Loveland at Fifth and
Lincoln , author John Hafnor presents “Exploring Colorado’s Weird History.” Booksigning to follow. Free admission.
September 22, 2006, 7 PM Estes Park Museum, Estes Park. Program- "Zany History from Estes Valley and Beyond." Book signing to follow.
November 16, 2006 Cheyenne Westerners, Cheyenne, WY. Hitching Post Inn.
December 1, 2006 1 PM Radio Interview, FourK 1580 AM, Colorado Springs. The Chuck Baker Show.
December 1, 2006 5 PM Exhibit Opening and Local Author Event, Fort Collins Museum.
December 1, 2006 7 PM Holiday Book Signing, Barnes & Noble, Fort Collins, CO.
December 3, 2006 6:30-7:00 PM Radio Interview, "Story Time" hosted by anthropologist Katy Little. Listen live or stream anywhere in the world at www.krfcfm.org. Click on "Listen Now."
December 11, 2006 CSU Women's Assn. Western Lit Group. Lecture, discussion. This event is for members and their guests.
December 21, 2006 7 PM B.Dalton Bookseller, Foothills Mall, Fort Collins, CO.
Here are the latest press releases:
See "Top Ten Strange History Communities of the Rocky Mountains" at http://www.sanepr.com/“Strange-History”-Authors-Pick-Top-Ten-List_11506.cfm
Strange But True, Colorado is Weird Tales of the Wild West (pdf, 110KB)
Strange Colorado Project Seeks Higher Passion for History (pdf, 110KB)
Media Praise for Strange But True...
Patti Thorn, Books Editor, The Rocky Mountain News (Jan. 6, 2006)-
“…Did you know that J.P. Morgan funded a plan in 1899 to communicate with extraterrestrials by beaming radio signals into space from Colorado Springs?...this book is a quick, amusing trek through time that encompasses bats, a frozen dead guy, gunfights, national figures like Billy the Kid—oh, and crazy bankers with a yen to talk to aliens. Who could resist?”
Tom Walker, Book Editor, Sunday Denver Post (Jan. 15, 2006) from "Colorado Reads - Books Worth Reading" Section-
"They don't get much odder than Strange But True, Colorado: Weird Tales of the Wild West...The book gathers together 'quirky facts and wacky trivia' about Colorado."
Clay Evans, Book Editor,
Boulder Daily Camera (Dec. 11, 2005)-
“Strange But True, Colorado is — and I say this with the utmost respect — a perfect bathroom book. It contains short items — most a page long, with 44 nuggets of no more than a paragraph — about some of the state's oddments. Fun and fascinating, I like this book a lot.”
Deb Acord, Colorado Springs Gazette (Nov. 26, 2006)-
"A Fort Collins man mined for quirky Colorado history...then wrote this book with an intriguing title he thought would attract the less-enthusiastic reader. He was right. Strange But True, Colorado has drawn rave reviews."
Kelli Lackett,
Fort Collins Coloradoan (Dec. 6, 2005)-
“Hafnor tackles interesting tales about the state…and attempts to separate fact from fiction.”
From Front Page of The Coloradoan (Dec. 6, 2005)-
“This local author writes fascinating morsels of
Colorado history.”
Amber Taufen, Westword Magazine ( Dec. 8, 2005)-
“Hafnor’s written two bizarre books about historical events; his most recent, Strange But True,
Colorado , is all about the
Rocky
Mountain
State . How could you not read a book documenting J. P. Morgan’s 1899 attempt to communicate with extraterrestrials via a giant coil of wire in
Colorado Springs ?”
Mona Neeley, Editor, Colorado Country Life Magazine’s 2005 "Best of the West...Books Worth
Reading " Section-
“Heard them all before? This book actually has
Colorado historical tales that will be news to you.”
Ginny Cross, Community Manager/Book Buyer, Barnes & Noble (
Fort Collins )-
“For this Barnes & Noble store, I do not recall a bigger three-day rush for a regional book. We can’t keep it on the shelves.” [December 6-8, 2005]
Making Money thru Media Syndication – The Newspaper Column……Shortened versions of the 52 tales in Strange But True, Colorado are available to daily and weekly newspaper editors as a column or series of serialized features, complete with Dale Crawford’s original pen & ink illustrations.
Learn how to make money by using the column to motivate reader purchases of the book Strange But True, Colorado. You’ll increase foot traffic to your lobby, while realizing a nice profit in the form of nearly half the retail price. Call or email to secure your territory for the Strange But True phenomenon, and hear examples of how this column has benefited readership and the bottom line for other newspapers.
Strange But True, Colorado was written by a newspaper journalist, and edited by a newspaper journalist (John Hughes). The column width and typeface mimic a newspaper layout in a book that invites readers to enjoy the Strange vignettes, but also to “Read History as it Happens” in your newspaper.
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