New author not ‘Faithless’

September 20, 2012, 8:58 pm by Adam Trixtell

After years of writing for educational publications, new author Allan Airish has entered the realm of fiction writing with his new political thriller, “The Faithless,” available through online book seller Amazon.com. (Staff Photo by Adam Troxtell)

 Allan Airish has become Marble Falls’ newest author with the publication of his novel, "The Faithless,” late this summer.

The self-published political thriller – the story of a young Austinite who gets caught up in a conspiracy to defraud the American electoral process — is available on Amazon.com.

Airish, whose real name is Greg Allen Wilson, has spent most of his professional career writing educational articles for students to use in databases. He said that’s where he developed the idea for the novel.

"I was doing [an educational article] last year for the 2012 election, and it was before any Republican candidates had been announced,” Airish said. "I began researching issues and trends, things that would come into play for the election, and one of those is that the number of electors for states has changed based on 2010 Census. I came across the notion of faithless electors.”

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