Andrew Graff

Jul 22, 2024 | keysweekly.com | Karen Newfield |Andrew Graff |Karen Outen |Leslie Mass

In Beauty May She WalkBy Leslie MassTurning 60 was a pivotal time in Leslie’s life. A college professor and part of a large family, she had always dreamed of hiking the Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine, but never felt she had the time or resources to do it. Finally, she was going to make that dream a reality. Having done years of research, her detailed preparation was in place, and she was ready. Leslie accomplished what they call a flip-flop hike.

Jan 20, 2024 | texarkanagazette.com | Andrew Graff |Ron Charles

With the country locked in ice, "True North," Andrew J. Graff's warmhearted story about a summer of white-water rafting, sounds like the vacation we all need. Graff's second novel offers just enough drama to be exciting and just enough reassurance that everybody will get home safe. But the stakes couldn't be higher for Sam Brecht, the optimistic young man who puts this adventure in motion.

Jan 16, 2024 | lithub.com | Andrew Graff

Every raft guide has a rapid that haunts them. The rapid that haunts me is called Lost Paddle, on the Gauley River in West Virginia. It’s a class five rapid over a quarter mile long with dangerous sieves and drops and undercut boulders throughout, each hazard bisecting the current again and again in maze of choose-your-own misadventure. Simply entering Lost Paddle is tricky, finessing the raft through a rock garden up top while the river rumbles and growls downstream.

Jan 16, 2024 | redcarpetcrash.com | Andrew Graff

As the summer of 1993 begins, Sam and Swami Brecht roll into town with a twenty-six-foot Winnebago camper van, their three young kids, and the deed to Woodchuck Rafting Company. Sam and Swami met as young, adventurous river guides but, a decade later, find themselves weighed down by money worries and the demands of adulthood. The town of Thunderwater, in Wisconsin’s Northwoods, could be the fresh start their marriage needs.