A Serious Person — Orland Outland

Taking on (in equal measure) American Idol, Crossfire, Britney Spears, John Mayer and reality television, Outland delivers a clever, quick-witted romantic comedy. Songwriter Adam Bede enters a new televised contest to find the "best singer/songwriter in America" against pop princess Christie Squires and sensitive solo artist Sam Sparks (who has his sights set on Adam's boyfriend!). Intelligently combining heartfelt observations on human connections with outrageous scenarios and hilariously on-target dialogue has always been Outland's specialty. In A Serious Person, he does it again brilliantly!

Orland Outland is the author of seven books, including the bestsellers Different People and Every Man For Himself. He lives in Reno, Nevada.