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The Whyte Python World Tour
Los Angeles, 1986. Metal rules the world. When aspiring drummer Rikki Thunder scores a spot in L.A.’s hottest up-and-coming band, his young life turns up to 11 — and a hair band unknowingly plays host to the final battle for the hearts and minds of the Eastern Bloc.
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About Travis Kennedy
TRAVIS KENNEDY lives in Scarborough, Maine with his wife, Liv, and their two children, Ella and Cole. He has a long career in public service and policymaking, having worked for the Maine State Legislature for more than nine years, the United States Senate for five years, and for Cumberland County Government in Southern Maine for eight years. He now writes full-time.
Travis’s debut novel, The Whyte Python World Tour, is the winner of the American Libraries Association’s 2026 Alex Award and was named one of People Magazine’s 100 reasons to love America. A series adaptation of the book is currently in development.
His work has been featured in the Best New England Crime Stories and Best American Mystery Stories anthologies, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, and McSweeney’s Internet Tendency. He is the grand prize winner of Screencraft’s 2021 Cinematic Book Contest for “Sharks in the Valley,” to be published as Welcome to Redemption.
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