"Best Book of 2009 (American History)" by the Washington Post. The Art Pottery of Joseph Mrazek: A Collector's Guide, was published by Wingspan Press in 2009, and tells the story of Mrazek's grandfather, the noted painter, inventor, and maker of hand-painted Czech pottery between the two world wars. To Kingdom Come: An Epic Saga of Survival in the Air War Over Germany, published by NAL-Penguin in 2011, is an account of the ill-fated bombing mission of the American Air Force "Flying Fortress" team sent to raid Stuttgart in September, 1943. It was chosen as a main selection of the Military and History Book Club. Valhalla, a contemporary thriller involving the discovery of an ancient Viking ship and its crew beneath the Greenland Ice Cap, was published by Penguin/Random House in 2014. The Bone Hunters, the sequel to Valhalla, also published by Penguin/Random House in 2014, tells the story of the search for the legendary fossil, Peking Man, which disappeared during the Japanese occupation of Peking in December, 1941, and has never been found. And the Sparrow Fell, published by Cornell University Press in 2017, is a coming-of-age tale set against the backdrop of the Vietnam War. Dead Man's Bridge: A Jake Cantrell Mystery, published by Crooked Lane Books on August 8, 2017, is the first installment of the Jake Cantrell mystery series. The Indomitable Florence Finch: The Untold Story of a War Widow Turned Resistance Fighter and Savior of American POWs, published by Hachette Books on July 21, 2020, tells the story of an unsung World War II heroine who saved countless American lives in the Philippines. The Dark Circle, published by Crooked Lane Books on August 12, 2022, is the second installment in the highly praised Jake Cantrell mystery series. Filmmaking Mrazek, who attended the London Film School in 1968, wrote and co-directed his first feature film, The Congressman, which premiered in Washington, D.C., in April 2016. The film stars Treat Williams, Elizabeth Marvel, Ryan Merriman, George Hamilton, Jayne Atkinson, Fritz Weaver, and Marshall Bell. Publications Adapted for audio (six cassettes), read by Jeff Woodman, Recorded Books, 1999. References External links Robert J. Mrazek's website 1945 births Living people Cornell University alumni 20th-century American novelists 21st-century American novelists American male novelists Methodists from New York (state) American people of Czech descent American people of Polish descent Employees of the United States Senate American anti–Vietnam War activists County legislators in