Novelist Paul Malmont and Operation Warrior Library shipped 700 books to soldiers in Afghanistan–extending a literary supply chain that delivers hundreds of donated books to American soldiers.
With help from volunteers (including Malmont’s son, pictured), the books were boxed up and sent to the 2nd Battalion, 121st Infantry. These soldiers will be sent to Afghanistan next week, leaving with new books from authors around the country. If you are an author and would like to participate, email warriorlibrary [at] gmail [dot] com.
Here’s more from Malmont: “The first step was to collect a bunch of books from great authors and here are the people who answered the call: Jon Fasman * Tess Gerritsen * Meg Gardiner * Jason Pinter * Charles Bock * Daniyal Mueenuddin * Trish Ryan * George Mastras * Bob Drury and Tom Clavin * Lewis Robinson * Tiffany Baker * Jon Guenther * Robert Buettner * Angie Fox * Chris Ryan * Lily Burana *Lawrence Goldstone.”