FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Q: Where can I buy Privileged Killers and Cleft Heart besides at Amazon and Barnes and Noble?
A: It’s available
- at bookstores across the country where fine books are sold
- in California, Books, Inc (e.g., in Palo Alto), and Orinda Books.
- in New York, Columbia Barnes & Noble Bookstore in NY, NY
- in Connecticut, Yale Barnes & Noble Bookstore in New Haven
Q: How can I order an autographed copy?
A: It’s easy.
- Write a check or money order for $16.50 (includes tax) plus $6 for Priority shipping or $3 for Media Mail.
- Enter info re inscriptions to others—being clear about how to spell names—on the Contact page. Hit “Send.”
- The specific address for sending your check will immediately be emailed to you.
Q: Are there photos from the time written about in both books?
A: Yes. For Cleft Heart, see the following blogs:
- Dec 27, 2013 Cleft Heart Characters from early chapters. . . and a Warning
- Jan 3, 2014 A Photographic Who’s Who, part way into Cleft Heart
- Jan 9, 2014 Roster of Players during Yale years of Cleft Heart
- Jan 12, 2014 Characters during the last part of Cleft Heart
The collages above may be seen all together at once at the author’s Pinterest site .
And for Privileged Killers, see
- Sept 12, 2018 Images of one of the murderers featured in Schonborn’s next book.
More photos coming soon.
Q: How can I donate copies of Cleft Heart to health care providers (a surgeon, general MD, DDS, audiologist, speech therapist, etc.) who deal directly with families with cleft lip/palate or heart defect kids?
A: Several options.
-One is to give your copy of Cleft Heart to your own providers (or those your friends and relatives use) and ask them to pass the book on to colleagues on the front lines with orofacial and CHD kids.
-Another is to find a recipient amid the “Doctors” list on the Resources page (hit tab on the menu bar).
– A third is to write Karl Schonborn via the Contact page on the menu bar above. He keeps a running list of health professionals who would love to get the book into families’ hands.
See next Q&A, too.
Q: Same question about gifting Cleft Heart, but this time re organizations who might have use for the book and/or pass it on to families?
A: Consult the lists provided on the Resources page (hit tab on the menu bar).
If you can’t find a suitable organization here, search the internet yourself.
Q: How can I get a copy that says “Donated by ____” or a copy inscribed to a particular family or patient?
A: Follow the instructions in the “autographed copy” Q&A at the top of the FAQs here.
Q: Who’s who in the slideshow of paintings?
A: Here are their names, classified as noted:
Heroes
Marilyn Monroe – movie star
General George S Patton – WWII mover ‘n shaker
Babe Ruth – baseball slugger
Benjamin Spock – “Baby and Childcare“author, anti-war activist
Tom Wolfe – bestselling author novels and nonfiction
Villains
Patty Hearst – newspaper heiress who robbed a bank
Charles Manson – serial killer
General George S Patton – fired for slapping a soldier
Babe Ruth – also villainous as wife beater
Fools
Charlie Chaplin – silent film star, controversial lifestyle
Patty Hearst – also kidnapped heiress who dithered often
Marilyn Monroe – controversial lifestyle and death.