Unfortunately, no; he died in 2002. I was about to write to him to ask some questions--I can't remember now what--and went to his site and found out he'd just died. If only I'd written when I'd first thought about it--though he might have been to ill to respond. He died of brain cancer at the age of 73. Cindy > � > On a side note, do you know if�the author�is still > alive? > � > Thanks! > � > Barbara > > --- On Wed, 1/14/09, Jill O'Connell > <jillocon@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > From: Jill O'Connell <jillocon@xxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Just submitted The > Chosen > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Wednesday, January 14, 2009, 12:09 AM > > > > _filtered #yiv2089606963 {margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in > 1.25in;} > #yiv2089606963 P.MsoNormal { > FONT-SIZE:12pt;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;FONT-FAMILY:"Times > New Roman";} > #yiv2089606963 LI.MsoNormal { > FONT-SIZE:12pt;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;FONT-FAMILY:"Times > New Roman";} > #yiv2089606963 DIV.MsoNormal { > FONT-SIZE:12pt;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;FONT-FAMILY:"Times > New Roman";} > #yiv2089606963 A:link { > COLOR:blue;TEXT-DECORATION:underline;} > #yiv2089606963 SPAN.MsoHyperlink { > COLOR:blue;TEXT-DECORATION:underline;} > #yiv2089606963 A:visited { > COLOR:purple;TEXT-DECORATION:underline;} > #yiv2089606963 SPAN.MsoHyperlinkFollowed { > COLOR:purple;TEXT-DECORATION:underline;} > #yiv2089606963 SPAN.EmailStyle17 { > COLOR:windowtext;FONT-FAMILY:Arial;} > #yiv2089606963 DIV.Section1 { > } > > > I searched for this book on the proofread page and > couldn't find it. Will you please doublecheck and > see if it is there and I will try again. This new > web site is going to take some getting used to for > me. Jill > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Virginia Tallman > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 12:19 PM > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Just submitted The Chosen > > > > I just submitted BSO-The Chosen by Chaim Potok. I > did state to hold for Jill O as requested. The new > web page is very nice and submitting the book was > much easier to do. The instant spell check and > numbers of �misspelled� words reported by it was a > little scary. I did figure out what the words were > they considered misspelled and were largely > correctly spelled but many Jewish terms that my own > spell checker picked up and I had to verify they > were correct. > � > Have fun reading it. I found it a very interesting > book. I will now start on the last Chaim Potok book > I have �In the Beginning� � > � > Virginia Tallman > > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.229 / Virus Database: 270.10.6/1889 - > Release Date: 01/11/09 17:57:00 > WISH LIST (CALLED REQUESTED ADDITIONS TO THE BOOKSHARE COLLECTION)IS AVAILABLE AT http://www.friendsofbookshare.org/wish_list/wish_list.htm www.lljfm.net/bookshare/home.htm A LIST OF BOOKS CURRENTLY BEING SCANNED IS AVAILABLE AT http://www.friendsofbookshare.org/ www.lljfm.net/bookshare/home.htm To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.