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[The first title of this post read "Tomo Romo." This was not a joke but was rather a very stupid typo that I failed to notice until this evening...]

I was contacted by an author named Richard Brenner, who has written several children’s books featuring several NFL stars. Fred Goodwin, who comments on here frequently and who has a huge Cowboys book collection, noted that Brenner has also penned titles featuring Troy Aikman and Deion Sanders.

Brenner’s contact information is as follows:

East End Publishing, Ltd.
18 Harbor Beach Road
Miller PL, NY 11764
rjbrenner1@gmail.com
631-509-0622

Here is the press release that accompanies this book:

Richard J. Brenner is the author of more than 80 best-selling books for children of various age groups. Brenner, whose books have sold more than 28 million copies, has spoken at many elementary and middle schools, and was a featured author in the 1993-1994 edition of Scholastic Book Fairs’ annual video. He has also lectured at Stanford University’s Publishing Program, and was featured at a children’s day promotion at the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Brenner has achieved acclaim from the educational community for writing books that are not only highly accessible, but also substantial and inspirational. His middle school readers and easy-to-read series of photo-filled biographies of popular sports stars have won high praise from the likes of Columbia University Teachers College, the Literacy Volunteers of America and many librarians from around the country.

“As I was entering the info from the title page (Bound for Glory), I noticed your dedication and author’s note,” wrote Vicki Turner, a school librarian from Louisiana. “I just had to say that they are most touching and, hopefully, will touch the lives of the students who love your books (some of whom never read anything else, by the way!). As a librarian, I see many young people today who idolize sports stars and books on these men and women seem to be what most encourages them to read. Your books have always been favorites of my students—they are, literally, read to pieces.”

Brenner, a former marketing director at a large New York publishing company, has also worked as a free-lance editor to best-selling authors, ghosted a young adult novel, and has operated his own highly successful independent publishing company since 1987.

Due to Brenner’s wide-ranging experience, he can speak to students about all aspects of publishing, from the conception of an idea to the completed book, and is always very willing to be guided by the needs of a school’s personnel. But what most interests him, and what he has found to be most effective in talking with children, is speaking to them about his own childhood, as it pertains to his writing, his development as a writer, including the value of hard work, the triumph of persistence over adversity, and his unshakable faith in the power of words to help us transcend our differences and bring the human community together in peace and harmony.

Brenner came out with two new titles in 2007: TOM BRADY * LADAINIAN TOMLINSON, a biography of two football greats, and SUPERSTAR QUARTREBACKS, an easy-reader football book. ALEX RODRIGUEZ*ALBERT PUJOLS was published in January 2008, and TONY ROMO*BEN ROETHLISBERGER will be available mid-July. He is currently at work on a biography Martin Luther King, Jr.