It's great to be alive and to be an American

Ted Magnuson lives in the American Pacific Northwest and when not writing, reading or working his day job, he might likely be out riding his road bike. He is married, a father...and is working on his Samba steps. "I've been to Europe, South America and Asia," Ted says, "Australia? Perhaps next year."
His vision of World Peace includes bicycling around the world.
He earned an MBA from Florida Atlantic University, an MA in and Counseling Psychology from Lewis & Clark Graduate School.
He is a member of Rotary, the Authors Guild, the Oregon Writers Colony, The Mazamas, The Sierra Club and more bicycle clubs than most folks.

Contact Ted through:
Cascade Saga Press, Rm 110
13500 SW Pacific Hwy
Portland OR 97223
Phone 503 590 7998

A Little More About...Ted Magnuson

A recent interview with Ted Magnuson
In the Mood/Dancing to the Blue Skies Band NYE 2007

Recalling Moments of Inspiration...


How does one become a writer?
It may be coincidence; but an uncanny string of events really started it all.
1) Recurring dream of Alien Abduction disturbs sleep. How does one make sense of it all? Write it down!
2) My workplace surplused their old IBM display-writer word processors (one step removed from clay tablets--yes it was that long ago). A highly editable form of transcribing ideas now available for the young artist.
3) New York Agents descend on Portland hungry for fresh talent" Interviewing candidates at local college." Was this the actual Newspaper headline from that period. Get off of it!

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The Story behind the Story

Fiction, Coming of Age, Family Life
The formation of the story grew step by step. When 66 Americans were taken hostage in 1979, I sensed the end of an era. Then my two sons began high school, some twenty or so years later. Recollections of my own days growing up came pouring in and across my mind. How to make sense of it all? The Bouchard Legacy is my look backwards, my stab at sensemaking into what I consdered to be a very chaotic time, a time of political assasinations, civil rights and war demonstrations spilling out into the streets ...Of course then along came 9/11 and the terrorists attacks. Growing up in this tumultous world has never been easy, but with a little help from our friends, our relatives, and the lenses proided by art and books, we all do somehow get by. My hope for you, brave reader is that as you read The Bouchard Legacy, you too will recall your own days crossing over the bridge that spans the gap between childhood and adult life.
Audio CD: History/Social Studies
Ted does School Visits
Audio CD: Towards an Informed Citizenry
In Those Self Evident Truths, Ted Magnuson traces the roots of democracy through the Magna Carta, The American Declarations of Independence, the Preamble to the US Constitution, and Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.
science fiction adventure
Some will stop at nothing to get the information, even murder. "The Moses Probe" by Ted Magnuson will thrill both Science Fiction and Fantasy fans. Debra Gaynor in Reader Views
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