George Bryan Polivka (born July 26, 1957) is an American writer, producer, and author. He is known for the 1987 sports documentary A Hard Road to Glory, which he co-wrote with Arthur Ashe and Bob Briner. The trio was awarded a Sports Emmy for their writing in 1987.
Polivka is a writer of Christian fiction novels and the third entry in his Trophy Chase trilogy was nominated for a 2009 Christy Award "Visionary" Award. Polivka lives near Baltimore, Maryland, with his wife and children.
Documentaries A Hard Road to Glory (1986)
Trophy Chase The Trophy Chase series is made up of a trilogy of novels, the first and second of which were published in 2007 through Harvest House Publishers. The series is set in a fantasy world and follows a young man, Packer Throme, who decides to learn the ways of a famous pirate in order to save his struggling village. As the initial trilogy progresses the story goes beyond Packer saving his village, as he must also find a way to save the world.
A prequel novel, Blaggard's Moon, was published in 2009, also through Harvest House Publishers. This novel focuses on Smith Delaney, a sailor turned pirate and covers his adventures leading up to his signing on with pirate Scat Wilkins and his ship, the Trophy Chase. What do I read next? classified this book as Christian inspirational fantasy literature, hinging upon the protagonist as a "pirate who must deal with his own death as well as his faith in God", and recommended its reading.
The Legend of the Firefish (2007) The Hand that Bears the Sword (2007) The Battle for Vast Dominion (2008) Blaggard’s Moon (2009)
Awards
Sports Emmy for Writing, A Hard Road to Glory (1987, won, co-written with Arthur Ashe and Bob Briner)
References
External links
George Bryan Polivka at the FictionDB Article by Examiner.com