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Evan West lives, breathes and exists for everything film. His heart beats at 24 frames per second. He aspires to be much more than a film trailer editor, but he's lucky to live and work in Hollywood. When Evan crashes into a telephone pole one night, he's thrust into a temporal vortex - and suddenly transported back to Hollywood in 1946 during the making of the beloved Christmas movie It's a Wonderful Life. Despite his confusion about how he went back in history, he befriends Jimmy Stewart, which leads to a job with director Frank Capra and to Dorothy Paige, the soul mate he could never find in his own time. Evan also meets Dr. William Cooper (Coop), a brilliant scientist and fellow time traveler who worked for Nikola Tesla in 1899. Can they save the film from being defiled by a greedy studio mogul and protect this timeless classic? When Evan and Coop both notice alarming physical and psychological changes, they know they must leave 1946 ... or die trying. Will they remain trapped in the past, or can they solve the problem of time travel and escape back to their own time? If so, how can Evan leave the love of his life? Don't miss this spectacular story of obsession, love, courage and adventure during the Golden Age of Hollywood.

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A satisfying, exciting ride back to post-WWII Hollywood. Jimmy Stewart's character comes alive from the page. Reading It's A Wonderful Time reminds me how much I miss him. - Rich Little, Hollywood Legend If you've never been to Hollywood, this is your chance to see not only what it is but what it was and still should be from the comfort of your favorite chair. The sights, sounds, heart, soul and even smells of the good old days come alive on every page, paragraph and sentence. In a word ... it's Wonderful! - John Schneider, Actor in The Dukes of Hazard, Smallville and Poker Run Since I was child, Frank Capra's It's A Wonderful Life has been watched every Christmas in my home. It is still a cherished tradition. I expect It's A Wonderful Time to be such a classic. It uses time travel to reexamine the post-war Capra film with today's eyes, and is written with lots of humor and charm. It's A Wonderful Time comes just in time - we all need to be reminded of both the progress and decline our society is going through. - Robert Davi, Actor in Die Hard, License to Kill and The Goonies I loved this idea as a script 20 years ago when I first read it. I'm thrilled to see it coming back in book form reuniting two of my favorite films of all time - Back to the Future and It's a Wonderful Life. This is a book for film lovers to fall in love all over again as they go back in time to these classics. - Doug Claybourne, Film Producer of The Fast and The Furious, The Mask of Zoro and War of The Roses Hop into Evan West's 1938 Ford Coupe on a wild ride to Hollywood's Golden Age as Evan tries to save the classic film from cunning scoundrels. You'll walk studio backlots with Jimmy Stewart, tag along to glitzy parties, and try to keep up during breathtaking chases. Life is even more wonderful with a pinch of time travel thrown in! - Margaret McConnell, editor and publishing professional Combining the elements of noir, heist, time travel, and the golden era of Hollywood, the authors take the reader on a journey to post World War IIl. It's a Wonderful Time is fun, clever and a great read! -Marshall Terrill, Author of 27 books, including best-selling biographies of Steve McQueen and Elvis Presley

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Doug Stebleton has been working in the entertainment business since 1987. Born and raised in Glasgow, Montana, he came to Hollywood at age 19 and has lived and worked in southern California since then. His expertise is music publishing for film and television. His company owns a catalog of songs that are licensed to film and television studios and to independent productions. Some of the company's credits include Blood Diamond, Borat, Little Miss Sunshine, Zoolander, Big Bang Theory, Blue Bloods, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Sopranos, Ugly Betty, CSI, Scrubs, and ER.Doug is also a film producer. His first film was a documentary titled Mother of Normandy: The Story of Simone Renaud. His next film, I Want Your Money, was released in over 500 theaters across the nation in 2010. In 2014, Doug produced and directed Reagan at Normandy, a short film for the Airborne Museum in Normandy, France, and in 2017, he produced Heroes of WWII: The European Campaign. Other projects he is producing include a cable TV show on film and TV cars called Kars & Stars and a feature film, Big Life.Doug has a love for history and hopes to keep making films and documentaries that are inspiring, informative and educational. His passion for Hollywood films and time travel inspired him to create The Hollywood Time Travel Series. It's a Wonderful Time is his debut novel, which he coauthored with Reinhard Denke. Learn more at HollywoodTimeTravel.com. Reinhard Denke, a native of Texas and graduate of USC Film School, got his start in 2009 with his spec script Sex, Greed, Money, Murder and Chicken Fried Steak about the Cullen Davis murders in Fort Worth, Texas. The script was optioned by Johnny Depp's infinitum-nihil company and chosen for the prestigious 2009 Hollywood Blacklist. In 2013, he wrote Far Below for David Oyelowo, and was hired to rewrite 2015's Captive, starring Oyelowo, Kate Mara, and Michael K. Williams. He also wrote a TV pilot and series entitled Golden Gate about 1960's era San Francisco that has been optioned by Demarest Films, and he wrote the limited TV series Vanished for Straight Up Films and Truly Original.Reinhard adapted The Lives of Beryl Markham for Rock Island Productions; it is now entitled Undaunted. He wrote the screenplay Ackia for the Chickasaw Nation and award-winning director Nathan Frankowski. Also for the Chickasaw Nation, Reinhard wrote The Chickasaw Rancher, which is to be released in 2021. He adapted The Madman of Music, a bio of composer George Anthiel and movie actress Hedy Lamarr. He wrote Moonchild, the story of Linda Kasabian and her ordeal with the Manson Family, for director Marcus Nispel and producer Adam Krentzmann. Reinhard also co-wrote Mizmoon, about the Patty Hearst kidnapping, for director David Brown and Clear Horizon. Reinhard Denke lives in Woodland Hills, California, with his wife, Marilee and their two children, Jackson and Winston. He coauthored It's a Wonderful Time, the first book in The Hollywood Time Travel Series, with Doug Stebleton. Learn more at HollywoodTimeTravel.com.

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