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02/20/2025

This Saturday at noon Pacific, Ryan Cassidy discusses his GoodKnight Book, JAMES CAGNEY WAS MY BABYSITTER at the Hollywood Heritage Museum. Get your tickets now! And when you're there, wish Ryan Happy Birthday (it's Sunday).

On February 22 at noon, Ryan Cassidy, son of Oscar winner Shirley Jones and the late Tony Award winner Jack Cassidy, will be in the gallery with his book "James Cagney Was My Babysitter" (co-authored by Johnny Ray Miller) to talk about his family's close ties with Hollywood tough guy James Cagney an

11/07/2023

More ink for Season of the Gods!

INTERVIEW BY LESLIE S. LOWE Robert Matzen is the author of the international bestseller Dutch Girl: Audrey Hepburn and World War II (GoodKnight Books, 2019), Mission: Jimmy Stewart and the Fight for Europe (GoodKnight Books, 2016), and eight other books. He has appeared on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, FOX...

11/04/2023

03/14/2023

This is pub date for our latest release, JAMES CAGNEY WAS MY BABYSITTER by Ryan Cassidy with Johnny Ray Miller, illustrated by Andrea Carvajal. People magazine is helping us celebrate!

As the son of The Partridge Family's Shirley Jones and brother of teen heartthrob David Cassidy, Ryan Cassidy grew up meeting all sorts of incredible people, leading him to write James Cagney Was My Babysitter

02/02/2023

It's finally here, our new novelty title, JAMES CAGNEY WAS MY BABYSITTER by Ryan Cassidy with Johnny Ray Miller, illustrated by Andrea Carvajal and with a foreword and afterword by Ryan's mother, Shirley Jones. You can meet Ryan and John Friday February 3 and Saturday February 4 at the Los Angeles Marriott Burbank Hotel and purchase a pre-release signed copy of the book! The authors will be appearing together at the Hollywood Show along with many other celebrities. Stop in and say hello!

12/15/2022

'Fireball: Carole Lombard and the Mystery of Flight 3' by Matzen, Robert is featured on eBookDaily's best Kindle book bargains

06/22/2022

Look for four of our titles to appear as Kindle Monthly Deals on Amazon throughout July. They are: STARSTRUCK: MY UNLIKELY ROAD TO HOLLYWOOD by Leonard Maltin ($3.99); FILM NOIR STYLE: THE KILLER 1940S by Kimberly Truhler ($1.99); FIREBALL: CAROLE LOMBARD AND THE MYSTERY OF FLIGHT 3 by Robert Matzen ($1.99); and WARRIOR: AUDREY HEPBURN by Robert Matzen ($1.99). Happy Reading!

06/21/2022

We are happy to announce the upcoming release of JAMES CAGNEY WAS MY BABYSITTER by Ryan Cassidy with Johnny Ray Miller. Foreword and afterword by Shirley Jones. Illustrations by Randy Brenner. It's a charming and inspiring story, and we can't wait to share it with the world. Learn more: https://amzn.to/3QNspbk