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About the Author RITA BUCKLEY (aka Charles Maxwell) is an award-winning medical writer, journalist, and author. She started writing fiction and sending stories to magazines as soon as she learned how to form letters in grade school, and has never looked back. She writes poems and short stories to amaze, amuse, and touch the hearts and mind of friends old, new, and yet-to-be. Her writing has been fine-tuned at the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference. Her medical writing has advanced public health and propelled the careers of many in academic medicine to the top of their fields. It has also called attention to innovative small to mid-sized companies, prompting sales that have turned the well-off into billionaires. Although she takes on assignments that range from covering scientific conferences to creating patient recruitment materials, her specialty is writing publication-ready manuscripts for peer-reviewed medical journals. Her fiction brings her, and hopefully those who read her work, great delight. It can be found in many print and online literary journals, including Bartleby Snopes, Danse Macabre, Monkeybicycle, Versal, and SNReview (SNR). It has been called out twice by FictionDaily and nominated for Dancz Books Best of the Web. Mr. Chiardi & Other Stories is her debut short story collection. Mercury Learning and Information published her first nonfiction book, Childhood Obesity. She's currently working on a memoir.
Reviewed by Michelle Stanley for Readers' Favorite
I smiled while reading the first tale from Mr. Chiardi and Other Stories. My smile then changed to laughter which didn’t stop until this entertaining book was finished. Can you picture an elderly couple getting the urge to slide down a snow covered hill on a toboggan, after watching the neighbours’ kids do it? What would you do if an orange got sassy with you, as was the case in the story called Fresh Fruit? Have you or your child thought about colleges to apply to? Maybe one of the unique institutions from Time for College will help you make a decision. These are just a few of the amusing tales penned by author Charles Maxwell.
It is obvious from reading that Charles Maxwell has a very imaginative mind and a strong sense of humour. This is clearly seen in all his stories which are well written. All the tales are as different as night from day, so my curiosity increased as I started each new one. I was never disappointed, as Mr. Chiardi and Other Stories is cleverly creative with some of the most original plots and colorful characters I’ve come across. The witty exchange of dialogue was also an important part of the stories, and it strongly reflects the author’s personality. He writes in a relaxed manner and is not afraid to be bold with his words or subject content. This lovely short collection of stories is a book I gladly recommend.
