Lawrence Schoonover¿s Classic Bestselling Novels Back in Print Millions of copies sold during New York author¿s career Knoxville, Tenn. (September 9, 2008) - Author Lawrence Schoonover¿s bestselling works of biographical fiction are again available to the reading public in new editions. His historical fiction sold worldwide with descriptions so accurate his books were used in school history classes. After more than 30 years out of print hundreds of public and school libraries still offer his books, and they¿re traded on the internet around the world. Publisher George Scott is Schoonover¿s great-nephew. He was inspired by these books and determined to see them back in print for another generation of readers. ¿He had a wonderful storytelling sense and could really keep you turning the pages,¿ according to his editor in a 1980 Newsday interview. ¿He was a marvelous researcher and a good stylist.¿ Schoonover was born in Iowa, graduated from University of Wisconsin and moved to New York to work for a large advertising agency. The first of nine novels in The Schoonover Collection is Queen¿s Cross, the story of Isabella of Castile, Spain¿s greatest monarch. Her dedication to her people and her religion led Christian Europe to become a powerful political force. The epic re-conquest of Grenada from the Moors in 1492 is one of the most important events of European history and is still referenced by Islamic leaders in their struggles against the West.