Sam Moffie

Sam Moffie has just finished his sixth novel "Requiem for a Casanova" which on its way to Kindle Scout. Sam lives in Poland Village, Ohio with his wife Juliette, their two dogs, one cat and lots of wine.

Sam's fifth novel "To Kill the Duke,"

has won numerous awards (like his other books). Glad I Thought of It Productions, founded by film producer Archie Gips (Wahlburgers), has already optioned the book for a movie.

The novel is a carefully woven escapade that brings together the elite Russian spy squad of Mr. Zavert, Boris Gila, Alexei Aleksandra and Ivan Viznapu as they start on a dangerous mission that brings them into contact with the gangsters Mickey Cohen and Johnny Stompanato, the billionaire Howard Hughes, the producer/director Dick Powell, the actress Susan Hayward, countless others, and of course the big man himself--John Wayne.

In addition, one of the worst films ever made, "The Conqueror," and the sand it was filmed on, play prominent roles in the novel. Shot near St. George, Utah, the cast and crew were unaware of the life-and-death risks involved in filming on ground laden with radioactivity from the nuclear tests done downwind in Nevada. In addition, Howard Hughes had 60 tons of the uniquely colored sand sent back to RKO for post-production shots, and to this day no one knows exactly what happened to it. At least 91 of the 220 cast and crew members developed cancer after filming. Forty-six died, including John Wayne, Susan Hayward, Pedro Armendáriz (who shot himself soon after learning he had terminal cancer), Agnes Moorehead, John Hoyt and director Dick Powell.