Gabriella’s Voice Heard Worldwide
15 March 2000

COMPANY PRESS RELEASE HOQUIAM, WA – January 10, 2000: Dead End Street Publications is pleased to announce that Michael J. Vaughn’s novel GABRIELLA’S VOICE will be available 15 March 2000. GABRIELLA’S VOICE is the product of several years of research and study funded by a large fellowship from the Arts Council Silicon Valley. “The book is truly first rate,” comments Dead End Street Publications CEO John P. Rutledge. “We are extremely pleased to offer GABRIELLA’S VOICE on the Dead End Street.”

GABRIELLA’S VOICE chronicles the life of Bill Harness, a man in his fifties who’s been wandering the country in an old Pontiac and leaving generous checks with small-town opera companies to help support young singers with promising voices. Bill's journey ends outside of Seattle where he finds an extraordinary soprano, Gabriella Compton, performing "The Barber of Seville" on Bainbridge Island. The power of Gabriella's voice, and the strength of her compassion and friendship, help Bill slowly untangle the three family tragedies that propelled him to make the strange journey.

"The initial reviews by our staff, editors and targeted focus group have been extraordinary," says DES CIO Ivan R. Black. "In fact, Mr. Vaughn’s editor called to say how she was rushing out to buy a handful of opera CDs… and she’d never liked the music before reading GABRIELLA’S VOICE!"

About the Author:

Michael J. Vaughn has more than a dozen years of experience in the fields of journalism and press relations and is the author of two earlier books, Frozen Music (Northwest Publishing 1995) and An Agnostic Christmas, "a comic tale of religious extremism, Christmas decorations, and a poodle named Spikey" (Dragonfly Press – Chicago).

About the Company:

Dead End Street Publications LLC is a multimedia publishing firm founded in 1997. Based upon the fundamental precept that more speech is preferable to less, the company is a forum for literary works considered outside the mainstream. Visit the Dead End Street Publications Homepage at www.deadendstreet.com and discover for yourself why so many people have decided to … "Take a ride down the Dead End Street."