Retired Public Works Director Turns Author
“If you ever see her in a fight with a bear, get ready to help the bear,” is how some see MICAH ANN CAMERON, newly retired Public Works Director of a Cincinnati suburb. Others in this small town see MAC as a petite, feisty, modern-day combination of John Wayne and Mary Poppins. Happy with her carefree retirement life, she hurries to a convenience store before it closes and is attacked by a fleeing assailant dressed in white from head to foot. Staggering into the store, she finds the almost decapitated clerk lying on the floor in a pool of blood. Two other stores, in neighboring cities, were also robbed, and the clerks murdered, in a similar manner. Mac is the only live witness, and becomes the target of the perpetrator. MAC’s steel-like will has carried her over many of life’s hurdles, but is sorely tested as she becomes the main player in finding and stopping the culprit before it strikes again.
(PRWEB) November 9, 2003
She has been an IBM operator, a columnist, a city editor, the CEO of her own company, a recreation director, a public works director, and president of the Princeton Board of Education.
Today, recently retired City of Sharonville Public Works Director Audrey Privett can add author to her list of careers.
Privett’s first novel, “ABSOLUTE FURY,” was released nationwide November 2.
“I’ve been writing for a long time,” said Privett, referring to her weekly editorial column, “Audrey’s Analysis,” in the Suburban Press. She published Sharonville’s annual booklet of services and developed and maintained its web site. She has had articles published in The Cincinnati Enquirer and the Cincinnati Bar Association’s monthly magazine, and she’s a member of the Society of Professional Journalists.
“You can use so many of life’s experiences and fashion a story around them,” says Privett.
“ABSOLUTE FURY,” a thriller, introduces Micah Ann Cameron. Mac is a petite, feisty, modern-day combination of John Wayne and Mary Poppins. “If you ever see her in a fight with a bear, you better get ready to help the bear,” is how some see Mac, the newly retired Public Works Director of Valleydale, a Cincinnati suburb. Mac sees herself as sweet and loveable.
Happy with her carefree retirement life, she hurries to a convenience store before it closes and is attacked by a fleeing assailant. Staggering into the store, she finds the almost decapitated clerk lying on the floor in a pool of blood. Two other stores in neighboring cities were also robbed, and the clerks murdered, in a similar manner. Mac is the only live witness, and becomes the target of the perpetrator. MacÂ’s steel-like will has carried her over many of lifeÂ’s hurdles, but is sorely tested as she becomes the main player in finding and stopping the killer before it strikes again.
“ABSOLUTE FURY” is published by PublishAmerica, and is available at www. publishamerica. com, at bookstores nationwide and on the Internet at www. amazon. com.
“Retirement has offered me a new beginning, very busy and very rewarding. I guess I’ll have to postpone the ‘golden years’ for a while longer. I don’t mind a bit. I like the challenge.”
She and husband Boyce spend a good deal of time commuting from their home in Cincinnati to their home in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, where her next novel, “Blazing Fury,” is taking shape.
You can contact the author at www. audrey-privett. com.
Absolute Fury, 2003, ISBN: 1-4137-0096-9, PublishAmerica
