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What Is Murray The Cat
Productions?
Murray The Cat Productions is the imprint of Timothy J. Wood, a
writer and journalist who lives on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Murray
The Cat Production’s first book is BREAKTHROUGH: THE STORY OF
CHATHAM’S NORTH BEACH, which will be released in June 2002. A
second book, UNBLOCKED: 20 YEARS OF WRITER’S BLOCK, will be
published in summer 2005.
Both books are written by Wood, who
is editor of THE CAPE COD CHRONICLE, a weekly newspaper in
Chatham, Massachusetts, which is located on the elbow of Cape Cod.
BREAKTHROUGH details the history of North [Nauset] Beach, a
barrier beach which goes through a cycle of building up and
breaching, periodically exposing Chatham’s eastern shore to
catastrophic erosion. The latest breach, in 1987, destroyed nine
shorefront homes in the exclusive resort town and washed away
acres of priceless beachfront property. Much of the book
chronicles the battle shorefront owners fought to protect their
property.
UNBLOCKED collects 20 years of Wood’s
award-winning newspaper column, Writers Block. Topics range from
local politics to movies and life in Chatham, and show how both
the author and the community have changed over the past two
decades. With a cover by noted cartoonist and illustrator Bob
Staake, UNBLOCKED unlocks the mind of one of the area’s most
enduring and intriguing scribes.
About the author
A native of Connecticut,
Timothy J. Wood is a graduate of the University of Connecticut,
where he learned about newspapers by serving as an editor of the
student-produced Daily Campus. His work has appeared in the Cape
Cod Times, the Louisville Courier-Journal, The Christian Science
Monitor, Cape Cod Life and various other regional and national
publications. For the past 20 years, he has been on the staff of
The Cape Cod Chronicle, starting in the production department and
working his way to a position as writer and photographer. He has
covered the town of Chatham since 1985, and penned the first
edition of BREAKTHROUGH in 1988. He became editor of the paper in
1998.
Wood is also vice president of The
Art of Charity Foundation, a nonprofit organization that raised
money for Chatham children’s organizations through an annual art
auction. He writes frequently about the arts in A-Plus magazine,
and also dabbles in fiction. He is a rabid movie fan and comic
book collector. He is married to Jennifer Goldberg Wood, an
acupuncturist and owner of Heavenly Well Acupuncture Centre in
Chatham.
He is well-known locally for his
red Chuck Taylor All-Star high top sneakers.
For more information about Murray
The Cat Productions and its products, e-mail us, or write to
Murray The Cat Productions, 8 Nonantum Lane, Chatham, MA 02633.
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