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The Puppet Wrangler is funny and fast-paced and set against the fascinating backdrop of the television industry, a world that the author, Gemini-winning Vicki Grant, knows well. She is the writer and creative director of Scoop & Doozie, a TV puppet show. Jim Rankin was one of the puppeteers on the show. “Between takes,” Vicki says, “Jim’s puppet ‘Doozie’ would carry on conversations with the crew, conversations that showed a whole different side of the little orange bulldozer. Very funny, but definitely not preschool material. Bitsie owes a huge debt of gratitude to Jim Rankin.” The Puppet Wrangler is Vicki’s first novel.
*Vicki’s got a
cool website,
check it out at www.vickigrant.com