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Wel\u00adcome to the offi\u00adcial media resource for nov\u00adel\u00adist Chris Orcutt and Boda\u00adcious\u00adly True & Total\u00adly Awe\u00adsome<\/em>\u2014a 9\u2011book episod\u00adic nov\u00adel and lit\u00ader\u00adary saga that took a decade to write. Every\u00adthing you need\u2014from bios and book info to media assets<\/span> and con\u00adtact info\u2014is here.<\/p>\n

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About the Author<\/h1>\n

<\/a>Chris Orcutt, author of Boda\u00adcious\u00adly True & Total\u00adly Awe\u00adsome<\/em>\u2014a nine-book, ana\u00adlog-craft\u00aded teen epic.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Short bio:<\/strong>  Chris Orcutt is a pro\u00adfes\u00adsion\u00adal writer with over thir\u00adty years of expe\u00adri\u00adence and more than a dozen metic\u00adu\u00adlous\u00adly craft\u00aded nov\u00adels to his name. A delib\u00ader\u00adate throw\u00adback, he writes ear\u00adly drafts in pen\u00adcil or on a type\u00adwriter and rarely goes online. He loathes bad writ\u00ading, stop\u00adlights, Gram\u00admarly, and pre\u00adten\u00adtious people\u2014but loves old movies, Peanuts<\/em> comics, Jamaican Blue Moun\u00adtain cof\u00adfee, and cross-coun\u00adtry ski\u00ading. Orcutt lives qui\u00adet\u00adly in New York\u2019s Hud\u00adson Val\u00adley with his wife and Muse, Alexas, and their dog Dashiell Ham\u00admett.<\/p>\n

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Chris Orcutt is a pro\u00adfes\u00adsion\u00adal writer with over thir\u00adty years of expe\u00adri\u00adence and more than a dozen metic\u00adu\u00adlous\u00adly craft\u00aded nov\u00adels to his name.<\/span><\/p>\n

Born in Maine, he has spent most of his life in New York. He attend\u00aded col\u00adlege in Boston, grad\u00adu\u00adat\u00ading <\/span>sum\u00adma cum laude<\/span><\/i>, Phi Beta Kap\u00adpa, with a degree in phi\u00adlos\u00ado\u00adphy. His pro\u00adfes\u00adsion\u00adal writ\u00ading career began at Tacon\u00adic News\u00adpa\u00adpers (where he was hon\u00adored by the New York Press Asso\u00adci\u00ada\u00adtion), fol\u00adlowed by free\u00adlance report\u00ading for the Pough\u00adkeep\u00adsie Jour\u00adnal<\/em>, New York\u2019s old\u00adest news\u00adpa\u00adper.<\/span><\/p>\n

In his 20s and ear\u00adly 30s, while hon\u00ading his craft as a fic\u00adtion writer, Orcutt earned a liv\u00ading as a high school Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Stud\u00adies teacher, col\u00adlege writ\u00ading instruc\u00adtor, and speech\u00adwriter. His ear\u00adli\u00ader fiction\u2014including the Dako\u00adta Stevens Mys\u00adtery Series and <\/span>One Hun\u00addred Miles from Man\u00adhat\u00adtan<\/span><\/i>\u2014has earned praise from <\/span>Pub\u00adlish\u00aders Week\u00adly<\/span><\/i> and <\/span>Kirkus Reviews<\/span><\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

For over a decade, Orcutt immersed him\u00adself in \u201980s teen cul\u00adture and shunned the inter\u00adnet in monas\u00adtic devo\u00adtion to his mag\u00adnum opus, <\/span>Boda\u00adcious\u00adly True & Total\u00adly Awe\u00adsome<\/span><\/i>, a 9\u2011book episod\u00adic nov\u00adel debut\u00ading in Jan\u00adu\u00adary 2026. Writ\u00ading drafts on type\u00adwrit\u00aders and vin\u00adtage com\u00adput\u00aders, blast\u00ading every\u00adthing from A\u2011Ha to ZZ Top, and drink\u00ading enough cof\u00adfee to fill a swim\u00adming pool (seri\u00adous\u00adly), he set out to craft an authen\u00adtic and fear\u00adless explo\u00adration of the sub\u00adur\u00adban teenage expe\u00adri\u00adence in 1980s Amer\u00adi\u00adca. The result prompt\u00aded one cul\u00adtur\u00adal his\u00adto\u00adri\u00adan to dub him \u201cLord of the \u201980s\u201d and anoth\u00ader \u201cThe Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Tol\u00adstoy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

He loathes bad writ\u00ading, stop\u00adlights, Gram\u00admarly, and pre\u00adten\u00adtious people\u2014but loves old movies, <\/span>Peanuts<\/span><\/i> comics, Jamaican Blue Moun\u00adtain cof\u00adfee, and cross-coun\u00adtry ski\u00ading. Orcutt lives qui\u00adet\u00adly in New York\u2019s Hud\u00adson Val\u00adley with his wife and Muse, Alexas, and their dog Dashiell Ham\u00admett.<\/span><\/p>\n

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About Bodaciously<\/em><\/h1>\n

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Author:<\/strong>  Chris Orcutt<\/p>\n

Title: <\/strong> Episode I: Bad Boy<\/em><\/p>\n

Series: <\/strong> Boda\u00adcious\u00adly True & Total\u00adly Awe\u00adsome
\n<\/em>(9\u2011book com\u00ading-of-age epic, 1980s-set)<\/p>\n

Genre: <\/strong> Fic\u00adtion \/ Com\u00ading-of-Age \u2022 Romance (His\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal \u2013 20th Cen\u00adtu\u00adry, New Adult) \u2022 Sub\u00adur\u00adban Fic\u00adtion \u2022 Lit\u00ader\u00adary Fic\u00adtion<\/p>\n

Release Date:<\/strong>  Jan\u00adu\u00adary 20, 2026<\/p>\n

For\u00admats and ISB\u00adNs:<\/strong>  Trade Paper\u00adback (9781965999011) \/ Hard\u00adcov\u00ader (9781965999004)  \/ Kin\u00addle and ePub (9781965999028)<\/p>\n

Prices:<\/strong> $19.99 (Trade Paper\u00adback) \/ $35.99 (Hard\u00adcov\u00ader) \/ $9.99 (Kin\u00addle and ePub)<\/p>\n

Trim Size:<\/strong> 6x9 inch\u00ades<\/p>\n

Page Count:<\/strong> 386<\/p>\n

Pub\u00adlish\u00ader:<\/strong>  Have Pen, Will Trav\u00adel<\/p>\n

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Episode I Summary<\/h1>\n

The ele\u00adva\u00adtor pitch: \u201cIf<\/span><\/strong> you tossed The Odyssey,<\/em> War and Peace<\/em>, and Fast Times at Ridge\u00admont High<\/em> into a super\u00adcol\u00adlid\u00ader, you\u2019d get Bo<\/em>dacious\u00adly<\/em>.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

The alter\u00adnate ele\u00adva\u00adtor pitch:<\/strong> \u201cIt\u2019s Remem\u00adbrance of Things Past<\/em> meets Fer\u00adris Bueller\u2019s Day Off<\/em>. \u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The short descrip\u00adtion: <\/strong> Avery \u201cAce\u201d Craig, an Amer\u00adi\u00adcan teenag\u00ader com\u00ading of age in the mid-1980s, nav\u00adi\u00adgates teen romance, sex\u00adu\u00adal awak\u00aden\u00ading, and high school life against the back\u00addrop of his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal events includ\u00ading the Chal\u00adlenger dis\u00adas\u00adter, the Cher\u00adnobyl nuclear dis\u00adas\u00adter, Hal\u00adley\u2019s Comet, and Pres\u00adi\u00addent Rea\u00adgan\u2019s Berlin Wall speech. Com\u00ading-of-age and teen romance col\u00adlide in a boda\u00adcious, authen\u00adtic, and epic odyssey through 1986\u201387. <\/span>Boda\u00adcious\u00adly:<\/em> Episode I, Bad Boy<\/em> kicks off a 9\u2011part lit\u00ader\u00adary series fueled by teen dra\u00adma, heart\u00adbreak, and a sound\u00adtrack that defined a gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion.<\/p>\n

The stuck<\/em>-in-an-ele\u00adva\u00adtor pitch:<\/strong> \u201cAre you long\u00ading to escape the chaos, divi\u00adsive\u00adness, and dig\u00adi\u00adtal over\u00adload of our mod\u00adern world and go back to a sim\u00adpler time? How about return\u00ading to the MTV-pow\u00adered decade that defined cool? To a time when Pac Man fever swept the nation; leg warm\u00aders, Mem\u00adbers Only jack\u00adets, and Way\u00adfar\u00aders were the height of fash\u00adion; and the big hair just kept get\u00adting big\u00adger?<\/p>\n

Boda\u00adcious\u00adly True & Total\u00adly Awe\u00adsome, <\/i>an epic nov\u00adel in 9 parts about a group of sub\u00adur\u00adban teens, is a sweep\u00ading and so choice<\/i> com\u00ading-of-age sto\u00adry that cap\u00adtures the essence of teenage life. (It\u2019s a nov\u00adel about<\/i> teens, writ\u00adten for<\/i> adults; it\u2019s not<\/i> YA lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture.)<\/p>\n

Through these 9 books (or episodes), you can leave behind the mod\u00adern world of AI, algo\u00adrithms and the inter\u00adnet, and step into a quaint yet fresh<\/i> world of mix\u00adtapes, hand\u00adwrit\u00adten notes, rotary dial pay\u00adphones, VCRs, videogame arcades, flop\u00adpy disks, and Trap\u00adper Keep\u00aders. You\u2019ll expe\u00adri\u00adence the heart-swelling joys and strug\u00adgles of teens dur\u00ading a decade for\u00adma\u00adtive for a gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion. This 9\u2011episode nov\u00adel is not just a nos\u00adtal\u00adgic trip down mem\u00ado\u00adry lane; it\u2019s a ban\u00adgin\u2019, bad to the bone<\/i> immer\u00adsive expe\u00adri\u00adence that will trans\u00adport you to a bygone time.\u201d<\/p>\n

The book jack\u00adet blurb:<\/strong> In Feb\u00adru\u00adary 1986, once-invis\u00adi\u00adble sopho\u00admore Avery \u201cAce\u201d Craig sud\u00adden\u00adly becomes the most mag\u00adnet\u00adic guy at Han\u00adcock High. Armed with a Walk\u00adman and mix\u00adtapes packed with every\u00adthing from A\u2011Ha to ZZ Top, Avery charges toward man\u00adhood with con\u00adfi\u00addence, charis\u00adma, and a genius IQ\u2014but has no clue how to han\u00addle what\u2019s next.<\/span><\/p>\n

On a school trip to D.C., a hand\u00adshake with Pres\u00adi\u00addent Rea\u00adgan, a glimpse of his future, and a sex\u00adu\u00adal awak\u00aden\u00ading set off a chain reac\u00adtion. Girls notice him, his hor\u00admones det\u00ado\u00adnate, and his friends are clue\u00adless. With no adults to turn to, Ace must nav\u00adi\u00adgate the thrilling, ter\u00adri\u00adfy\u00ading ter\u00adrain alone\u2014with only a Boy Scout <\/span>Hand\u00adbook<\/span><\/i>, his instincts, and a Princess Leia poster to guide him.<\/span><\/p>\n

Boda\u00adcious\u00adly True & Total\u00adly Awe\u00adsome<\/span><\/i>, the prod\u00aduct of ten years\u2019 relent\u00adless crafts\u00adman\u00adship and an immer\u00adsive explo\u00adration of teen expe\u00adri\u00adence, takes a sen\u00adsu\u00adal and unflinch\u00ading look at teenage rela\u00adtion\u00adships. A saga about the free\u00addom, romance, and epic adven\u00adture of sub\u00adur\u00adban life in Cold War Amer\u00adi\u00adca, <\/span>Episode I: Bad Boy<\/span><\/i> is for read\u00aders seek\u00ading a time machine back to the last great Amer\u00adi\u00adcan decade.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Short Book Trail\u00ader for Boda\u00adcious\u00adly \u2014 Episode I: Bad Boy:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Book Club Catnip<\/h1>\n

The nine books of Boda\u00adcious\u00adly True & Total\u00adly Awe\u00adsome<\/em> are per\u00adfect for adult book clubs and dis\u00adcus\u00adsion groups. While the nov\u00adels are about teens in the 1980s, they\u2019re writ\u00adten for<\/em> adults. The lan\u00adguage, mature themes, and inti\u00admate sit\u00adu\u00ada\u00adtions make it unsuit\u00adable for younger read\u00aders. (Boda\u00adcious\u00adly<\/em> is not<\/span> YA.) The books are sure to be con\u00adtro\u00adver\u00adsial and prompt debate on a range of sub\u00adjects:<\/span><\/p>\n