<DIV>Gillis as only Gillis can: the politics of love, human action as theater, and the dreams we dream and chase forever. <I>The Consequence of Skating</I>, Gillis' fourth novel, blends politics, drama, ice skating, mountain climbing, the music industry and world affairs - not to mention artificial intelligence and G.O.D. - to create an inimitable <I>tour de force</I>. Centering on Mickey Greene, an actor who has fallen from grace, the novel follows Mick as he maneuvers through a series of adventures that set him on a course of reconstructing his life in a way he never before imagined.<BR><BR>"Steven Gillis possesses that rarest of gifts, the voice that seems to flow effortlessly. This guy makes it look easy. Read the first three pages of <I>The Consequence of Skating</I>, and if you're not hooked, go see a doctor."<BR>?Jonathan Evison, author of <I>All About Lulu</I> and <I>West of Here</I><BR><BR>Steven Gillis is the author of the novels <I>Walter Falls</I> (2003), <I>The Weight of Nothing</I> (2005), and <I>Temporary People</I> (2008). Steve's stories, articles and book reviews have appeared in over four dozen journals. A collection of Steve's stories?titled <I>Giraffes</I>?was published in February, 2007. A second collection of Steve's stories?titled <I>The Principles of Landscape</I>?will be published by Black Lawrence Press in 2011. A 3 year member of the Ann Arbor Book Festival Board of Directors, and a finalist for the 2007 Ann Arbor News Citizen of the Year, Steve taught writing at Eastern Michigan University and is the founder of 826michigan and the co-founder of Dzanc Books in partnership with Dan Wickett.</DIV>