Author Jack Castle: The story behind the story
<p>Author Jack Castle, pictured here, drew on his Alaska adventures to write his latest novel, “White Death.”</p>
Jack Castle will talk about translating real-life adventures into his latest novel, “White Death,” at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 15, at the Community Library Network in Hayden.
Castle is no stranger to the Community Library Network, having delivered writing workshop sessions at the Hayden and Post Falls libraries. Those who attend the sessions know he loves adventure.
Labeled by The Press as the, “Man of Adventures,” Castle has traveled the globe as a professional stuntman for stage, film and television. And, while working for Universal Studios, he met Cinderella at Walt Disney World and they were soon married.
After moving to Alaska, he worked as a tour guide, police officer, criminal justice professor and certified weapons instructor. He has been stationed on a remote island in the Aleutians as a response team commander and his last job in the Arctic Circle was protecting engineers from ravenous polar bears.
It was these polar bear attacks that became the inspiration for “White Death.” Attend to find out if the female protagonist, an archeologist stationed in the remote Arctic, is modeled after his Cinderella. For more information, visit CommunityLibrary.Net/Adults.