Northwest Iowa — A former northwest Iowa educator turned novelist will release the third installment in his “Zander” series of novels later this week.
Jeff Zwagerman is a former teacher and administrator at Sibley-Ocheyedan High School, and his novel, ‘South of Sideways’ is set for release on Thursday, January 12th. The third in a series of novels penned by Zwagerman, ‘South of Sideways’ continues the saga of Zander, a young man who grew up in Hospers, Iowa.
We caught up with Zwagerman, who is currently wintering in Sanibel Island, Florida, and he talked a little about the first two books in the franchise, ‘Always A Kicker’, and ‘A Full Bubble Off Plumb’.
We asked him for a sneak preview of ‘South of Sideways’.
In addition to the hero of the series being a native of Hospers, much of the second novel, ‘A Full Bubble Off Plumb’, was set in that small northwest Iowa Community. Zwagerman says that, while Hospers plays an important role in the new book, the story isn’t set in that location.
He says the book, which will be released Thursday, was originally set for release last fall.
He also had good news for those of us who can’t get enough of the Zander character.
Zwagerman says he plans to hold a launch party for the book sometime later this spring at Okoboji.
