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July 25, 2025
Join us at The Bookhouse for a book talk and signing with local author Douglas Shouse, author of American Janus, as he releases his new book, American Achilles.
American Achilles
By Douglas Shouse
American Achilles, the sequel to American Janus, is set partly in Winston-Salem, NC and follows the Clayton family during World War I. It’s a historical fiction novel set in the South and explores the impact of the war on American families.
About the Author:
Douglas Shouse is an amateur historian with a special passion for American military history. He has spent more than thirty years as a marketing strategist in corporate brand marketing and marketing agencies where he honed his craft in creative writing. He is a graduate of Wake Forest University with a B.A. in Economics and MBA from WFU’s school of Management.
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Paul is a Winston-Salem native, a graduate of R.J. Reynolds High School and Wake Forest University, where he got his first taste of the media as an announcer for the student-run station, WAKE Radio. He has earned advanced degrees in liberal arts and journalism/mass communications from Johns Hopkins University and UNC-Chapel Hill. Paul has worked as a journalist for 30 years. Locally he has worked for The High Point Enterprise, the News & Record of Greensboro and the Winston-Salem Journal. Paul has been affiliated with 88.5 FM WFDD, public radio for the Piedmont and High Country, for the last 10 years. He also currently serves as an adjunct professor of the practice in Journalism at Wake Forest University.