Satire as coping mechanism

An interview with author Gregg Sapp

The following is an interview Robin Nesbitt of the Columbus (Ohio) Metropolitan Library conducted with Gregg Sapp at the Ohioana Book Festival, April 2021

You can find Gregg Sapp’s books on the Evolved Publishing website or your favorite online bookseller.

Here’s a brief description of Gregg’s latest novel, Thanksgiving, Thanksgotten, Thanksgone.

When the doors to the North Columbus Wow-Mart open at midnight on Black Friday, ringing in the “Wowzathon” event of the century, chaos breaks out.

A rampaging mob threatens to tear the store apart. Santa Claus is drunk, and a washed-up Halloween diva takes his place. The store manager’s daughter disappears. A turkey breaks loose. The security guards go into hiding. Somebody is giving out psychedelic brownies. Rookie undercover journalist Mazie Tuttle’s boyfriend gets lost trying to rescue her. All the while, three very different shoppers battle to figure out the clues leading to a hidden treasure.

Then a shot rings out. Mazie has landed right in …