Mason Wiley (1955 - October 7, 1994)

Mason Wiley was coauthor of Inside Oscar with Damien Bona, and sometime contributor to Entertainment Weekly.

Mason Wiley, 39, author and freelance writer, died on October 7, 1994, at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center in Manhattan.

The cause was complications of AIDS, said his companion, Gilbert Cole.

Wiley had been seriously ill for about two years. With fellow Columbia University classmate Damien Bona, Wiley in 1986 wrote a year-by-year account of the fantasies and foibles of the Oscar presentations. The writing and research had taken them more than four years. Titled "Inside Oscar: The Unofficial History of the Academy Awards," the book -- published by Ballantine -- has sold tens of thousands of copies. A fourth, updated edition was published in 1993.

Mr. Wiley was also one of four authors of "The Official Preppy Handbook" (Workman Publishing).

Source: http://www.nytimes.com/1994/10/09/obituaries/mason-wiley-writer-39.html

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GayRomLit Ebook Giveaway: M.J. O'Shea & Piper Vaughn - The Luckiest

I asked to all the authors joining the GayRomLit convention in Albuquerque in October (http://gayromlit.com/authors.php) a personal favor, a special Ebook Giveaway: every day I will post 1 book from each author, and among those who will leave a comment, I will draw a winner. Very easy and very fast ;-) I will send a PM to the winner, so remember to not leave anonymous comments! (comments close on October 9)

And the ebook giveaway goes to: vitajex, please contact me.

Today author is Piper Vaughn (http://www.pipervaughn.com/)

The Luckiest (Lucky Moon) by M. J. O'Shea and Piper Vaughn
Publisher: Loose Id LLC (March 26, 2012)
Amazon Kindle: The Luckiest (Lucky Moon)

Rock star Nick Ventura has finally hit rock bottom. Jealous of his brother’s new love, he starts overindulging in his usual vices and winds up crashing his car into a department store in a drunken haze. Publicly humiliated and on the verge of jail time, he enters into a court-ordered rehabilitation program.

Nutritionist Luka Novak is flamboyant, effeminate, the type of gay man that bisexual Nick would normally sneer at. His sunny nature hides a deep hurt from a previous relationship. Luka knows he should be wary of Nick’s reputation, but he’s drawn to Nick despite himself. Their tentative friendship turns into romance, but Luka soon comes to realize that Nick's fear of losing his bad boy reputation means he'll probably never go public with their relationship.

Nick never thought he needed anyone, until Luka Novak came into his life. Now he has to reconcile his carefree past with the future he suddenly wants more than anything. And the first lesson he has to learn is how to become the man that both he and Luka need him to be, the luckiest man, rather than stay the boy he always was. Alone.