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Eio Books was an American-based small press
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founded in 2004 in the city of
Brattleboro, Vermont Brattleboro (), originally Brattleborough, is a New England town, town in Windham County, Vermont, United States, located about north of the Massachusetts state line at the confluence of Vermont's West River (Vermont), West River and the Connec ...
. In 2011, it opened a second office in
Ross, California Ross is a small List of municipalities in California, incorporated town in Marin County, California, Marin County, California, United States, just north of San Francisco. Ross is located west-southwest of San Rafael, California, San Rafael, at ...
. Begun by Sydney Longfellow and Ki Longfellow, it is primarily known for the 2005 publication of Longfellow's novel, '' The Secret Magdalene'', an exploration of the mystery of
gnosis Gnosis is the common Greek noun for knowledge ( γνῶσις, ''gnōsis'', f.). The term was used among various Hellenistic religions and philosophies in the Greco-Roman world. It is best known for its implication within Gnosticism, where ...
told through an interpretation of the life of
Mary Magdalene Mary Magdalene (sometimes called Mary of Magdala, or simply the Magdalene or the Madeleine) was a woman who, according to the four canonical gospels, traveled with Jesus as one of his followers and was a witness to crucifixion of Jesus, his cr ...
. Eio Books established itself through the success of its first publication. Ki Longfellow is the author of a number of books published by
HarperCollins HarperCollins Publishers LLC is a British–American publishing company that is considered to be one of the "Big Five (publishers), Big Five" English-language publishers, along with Penguin Random House, Hachette Book Group USA, Hachette, Macmi ...
and Doubleday. The first in her Eio Books published trilogy of
gnosis Gnosis is the common Greek noun for knowledge ( γνῶσις, ''gnōsis'', f.). The term was used among various Hellenistic religions and philosophies in the Greco-Roman world. It is best known for its implication within Gnosticism, where ...
, '' The Secret Magdalene'' enjoyed instant acclaim and was then purchased and republished by
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, the historical division of
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. It has also been optioned by Nancy Savoca for a feature film now in active preproduction. Eio Books has also published the second in Longfellow's trilogy: ''Flow Down Like Silver:
Hypatia of Alexandria Hypatia (born 350–370 – March 415 AD) was a Neoplatonist philosopher, astronomer, and mathematician who lived in Alexandria, Egypt: at that time a major city of the Eastern Roman Empire. In Alexandria, Hypatia was a prominent thinker who ...
'' (2009), and in February 2011, it offered Twinka Thiebaud’s intimate memoir of Henry Miller and his table talk, ''What Doncha Know? about Henry Miller''. This book contains not only Thiebaud's musings on her years of living with an aging Miller, but dozens of Miller's own personal tales about his life and times. In May, 2011, Eio Books produced its first book of fantasy and psychological horror: ''Houdini Heart''. It was considered for the
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for Best Novel. Early in 2012, Eio reprinted Ki Longfellow's first published novel, ''China Blues'' (published under the name Pamela Longfellow): (
HarperCollins HarperCollins Publishers LLC is a British–American publishing company that is considered to be one of the "Big Five (publishers), Big Five" English-language publishers, along with Penguin Random House, Hachette Book Group USA, Hachette, Macmi ...
( UK), Doubleday ( US), as well as eight foreign language printings. In 1989 ''China Blues'' was the subject of a bidding war between a number of major publishers. Recently, the small publishing house added a new name to its roster of writers: James C. McKay, a highly placed litigator who served as the special prosecutor investigating the part of Edwin Meese III in the Wedtech scandal. At the time, Meese was Attorney General under the Reagan Administration. McKay's two books, one a memoir and one a thriller set in and around the
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are being prepared for publication. The semi-autobiographical ''Billy's War'' was published in April 2013. Also in early April 2013, Longfellow's first three titles in a series of murder mysteries in the
hardboiled Hardboiled (or hard-boiled) fiction is a literary genre that shares some of its characters and settings with crime fiction (especially detective fiction and noir fiction). The genre's typical protagonist is a detective who battles the violence o ...
noir tradition featuring Sam Russo, 1940s
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, New York
Private Eye ''Private Eye'' is a British fortnightly satirical and current affairs (news format), current affairs news magazine, founded in 1961. It is published in London and has been edited by Ian Hislop since 1986. The publication is widely recognised ...
, saw print. In 2015, the fourth Sam Russo, ''Dead on the Rocks'', was published. On January 26, 2018, Ki finished a nine-year project, writing the book she'd promised her husband
Vivian Stanshall Vivian Stanshall (born Victor Anthony Stanshall; 21 March 1943 – 5 March 1995) was an English singer-songwriter, musician, author, poet and wit, best known for his work with the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, for his exploration of the British uppe ...
she would write for him. ''The Illustrated Vivian Stanshall, a Fairytale of Grimm Art'' is part biography, part memoir and a large part Art Book. Around March 2022, the Eiobooks.com website was quietly shut down with no redirect put in its place.


Titles

* The Secret Magdalene by Ki Longfellow * ''Flow Down Like Silver, Hypatia of Alexandria'' by Ki Longfellow * ''What Doncha Know? about Henry Miller'' by Twinka Thiebaud * ''Houdini Heart'' by Ki Longfellow * ''China Blues'' by Ki Longfellow * ''Billy's War'' by James C. McKay * ''Shadow Roll, a Sam Russo Mystery'' (Case 1) by Ki Longfellow * ''Good Dog, Bad Dog, a Sam Russo Mystery'' (Case 2) by Ki Longfellow * ''The Girl in the Next Room, a Sam Russo Mystery'' (Case 3) by Ki Longfellow * ''Dead on the Rocks, a Sam Russo Mystery'' Case 4) * ''The Illustrated Vivian Stanshall, a Fairytale of Grimm Art''


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