Illusions II: The Adventures of a Reluctant Student Illusions II: The Adventures of a Reluctant Student Illusions II: The Adventures of a Reluctant Student is the 2014 novel by writer and pilot Richard Bach. The first "Illusions" book was published in 1977 and was an international best-seller, telling the story of a pilot who encounters a messiah who has absconded from the "job" of being a messiah. ("Illusions" was the author's followup to 1970's "Jonathan Livingston Seagull".) The sequel is in author Richard Bach's voice, as his "imaginary" literary characters help him in his recovery from his real-life plane crash. After decades of flying without incident, author Richard
Matthew Livingston Matthew Livingston Matthew Livingston is the fictional teenage detective who appears in a mystery series geared towards young readers and teenagers. The books are written by Marco Conelli, a retired detective in the NYPD and a literary award-winning author. Matthew Livingston first appeared in 2007 in his first mystery, "Matthew Livingston and the Prison of Souls." Although young adult appropriate, the Matthew Livingston books feature hard criminals, murderers, cults, and terrorists. The books also have a large following from adult readers. The idea came to Author Marco Conelli when he noticed a dormant section in the young adult mystery genre,