XThe NavigatorX said:
I've read about Teri Woods before. She self-published her book and did very, very well with it. It appears this book is published under the company she had created to publish her own book.
Oh, and here is the "review by Stephen King."
review
The only other info of substance I can find about this guy is someone's blistering blog entry
here (you must scroll way down. Search for "enck.")
Furthermore, a search of Rolling Stone's back issues comes up with nothing, the five-star BN ranking comes from four reviews posted within two weeks of each other (including one that says from "Robert Kneelson-Newspaper Editor" None of the daily newspapers in Delaware list a Robert Kneelson as an editor. Or a Bob. I checked. To be fair, not all of them listed all their editors, but it is dubious).
I can't search back issues of Source magazine, but I'd bet at least eight dollars the only place he's featured--if at all--is in the classifieds.
I called Ingram and check on his stats. He's done pretty well, but nothing to write home about. 137 sales this year and 339 last year. It's possible that translates to 30,000 sales when you factor in other distributors.
But "famous author"? I don't think so.
No offense to Mr. Enck intended, who I'm sure is an excellent author.
My theory is he puffed up his submission letter so much PA got over excited.