Adolf Meistermann: The Devil’s Legacy

About the Book

The Devil’s Legacy is about how evil finds a way into the soul of some people perpetuating generations of more evil. Adolf Meistermann’s evil burns the very life out of his employees, wife and most of his children yet he is powerless, seemingly, to stop it. Evil kills in many ways as we find out in The Devil’s Legacy. Can it, will it stop with the next generation? Peggy Cramer’s novella manuscript, The Devil’s Legacy, was picked from over 1000 participants as the winner of Carl Reiner’s Novel Beginning writing contest in a joint promotion with AuthorHouse.

About the Author

When people ask her about writing, Peggy says, “I write about everything. But, I don’t write fiction – unless it’s a resume.” Everything? She inherited genealogy records from both sides of the family. From the raw data Peggy researched the time periods and wove the facts into a colorful story rich with family history. She says she has about 80,000 words written. But, she contends, she also writes all year around. There are story-type letters to friends and family at Christmas and throughout the year as events unfold. Professionally, Peggy owns her own small company, Niantic Virtual Office Assistants, LLC, and says, “I write for a living.” What she provides, among other virtual services, are creative marketing materials for clients. Most typically these materials are PowerPoint presentations, proposal writing, website text and resumes. Venturing into writing a fiction novella was a whole new ballgame. She said she entered the contest two months before the due date and then thought about the story. The day the story was due, Peggy says she sat down without notes or an outline and began to type from her ideas. As the story progressed she started to take notes on her characters and the things she wanted them to do. The characters began to come alive and she couldn’t type fast enough as they told her this story. It was an exhilarating experience. In her free time she loves to play contract bridge, sing in the church choir and visit her grandchildren. Peggy also thanks Carl Reiner. Without him starting the story, she said she would not have had an idea in my head. His jump-start Chapter I was just what she needed to awaken that writer’s sense of adventure into the world of fiction. She also thanks him for his gracious forward to this novella.