The Elevated Press

HIGH DESERT HIGH

Steven Schindler's NEW novel

Undercover cop Paul Santo chased drug dealers and junkies through the worst parts of New York City during the worst of times. He did his job well and was decorated for it. But times have changed and so has Santo. After decades on the job he was fed up with the pressures from bosses and the street. He snapped one boozy night, retired the next day, and after a family tragedy, drove cross-country with his estranged daughter to begin a new life in the mysterious California high desert. Just as the Joshua trees reach up to the heavens, Paul’s journey transcends earthly ambitions when strange sightings could mean a path to enlightenment… or madness.

 Coming November, 2017 in paperback, eBook, and for the first time for a

Steven Schindler novel, an Audible Audiobook!

 Steven Schindler somewhere near Joshua Tree CA

(photo credit: Glenn Williams)

The Elevated Press brings to life the stories of award winning writer Steven Schindler. His work has been compared to such diverse authors as Richard Price, Paddy Chayefsky, Nicholas Sparks, Nora Roberts, Betty Smith, Philip Roth, Nick Hornby and Jean Shepherd.

Whether hanging out on the stoops of the Bronx, a dilapidated mansion on Cape Cod, an underground guerilla-video loft in Soho or on location interviewing Hollywood's rich and helpless, Schindler's novels ring true to the times, places, events and characters who inhabit the worlds he creates.

And now, Schindler sets his sights on the fascinating California high desert in High Desert High, where close encounters of the weird kind are as much a part of the landscape as the ubiquitous Joshua trees.

 Watch Steven Schindler on NY1 featuring a two-part story on the prequel to "The Last Sewer Ball" -click here

(*From Here to Reality is published by Simon & Schuster/Pocket Books)  

Praise for Steven Schindler's novels

THE LAST SEWER BALL- GRAND PRIZE WINNER- 2017 NEW YORK BOOK FESTIVAL 'Masterful...a novel true New Yorkers must read'" -NY Book Festival Judges

SEWER BALLS- "Probably the best novel produced by the small presses in 1999" -Small Press Review

FROM THE BLOCK- Winner Best Fiction 2003 Indie/DIY National Book Awards

FROM HERE TO REALITY- "Required reading!" -New York Post

ON THE BLUFFS- "Schindler could be the male version of bestselling author Nora Roberts, blending the right amount of romance and suspense...  a captivating writing style."  -Glendale News Press 

(For more reviews click on the titles on the main menu- above to the left)

THE LAST SEWER BALL

On the "new and noteworthy" table in Barnes & Noble, midtown Manhattan