Former Orlando Publisher Now a Novelist

ORLANDO - Gerhard Munster, founding publisher of the Observer weekly newspaper, is now a published novelist with the release of Naomi of Nob Hill by Bloomington, Indiana-based iUniverse.

The 65-year old Orlando-area resident was born in Vienna, Austria and covered Africa for the Sunday Times for 11 years before moving to Florida.

Munster launched the Winter Park Observer in 1988, expanded it to include Maitland in 1990 and sold the paper in 2007.

Naomi of Nob Hill follows a hard-working and resourceful housekeeper who takes a live-in job with a wealthy family in San Francisco’s Nob Hill district.

Her friendship with a cab driver takes a fortunate if harrowing turn when Naomi discovers that her invalid employer is actually a prisoner in his own mansion, and his scheming employees will do anything to keep it that way.

Munster decided to write a novel while on a trip with his wife Karen.

“It took about a year to finish,” Munster said, “and it was a transformative experience.”

Munster said he plans to start work on a second novel in the fall. Naomi of Nob Hill is available at Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble. Com, Books a Million and other book sellers.
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For more information, contact: Gerhard Munster, Author, 407-760-0690 Munsterg1@bellsouth.net; Larry Vershel, Larry Vershel Communications 407-644-4142 lvershelco@aol.com