Media Kit

Contact Information

  • Media Queries & Event Booking: media [at] geschwhat.com (media[at]geschwhat[dot]com) 
  • Review Copy Requests & General Inquiries: info [at] areallycrappystory.com (info[at]areallycrappystory[dot]com) 
  • Social Media: Facebook

About the Author 

  • Born: 3 March 1961, St. Paul, MN 
  • Current Residence: West St. Paul, MN 
  • Interests/Hobbies: Children, rocks, fossils, archeology, pareidolia, unusual (fun) antiques, sculpting, writing, wilderness camping/canoeing 
  • Previous employer: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul & Little Rock Districts (28 years - retired) 
  • Jobs held (past to present): Babysitter, receptionist, coupon sorter, whopper flopper, clerk/typist, program analyst, engineering technician, disaster response (flood/hurricane), mom (my favorite job), author 
  • Current Volunteer Work: Passport in Time (archeological/paleontological digs and laboratory prep), Smithsonian (digital transcription), Family Search indexing/arbitration, guest presenter for small groups (coprolite) 
  • Past Volunteer Work: Feed My Starving Children, Keystone (Christmas toy distribution) 
  • Aspirations: I would like to finish a book I’ve started about my adventures with menopause and then write fun series of educational children’s books. Someday, I would also love to have the opportunity to go fossil hunting in England and Morocco. Most of all, I want to be a grandma…I’m quite sure that will be my favorite thing of all time! 

Book Specifications

  • Title: Coprolite 
  • Subtitle: A Really Crappy Story 
  • Author: Lori Gesch 
  • Illustrators: Michael Dunne and Lori Gesch 
  • Pages: 32 
  • ISBN-13: 978-0-578-17005-3 
  • Publisher: Corrine Mahoney 
  • Date of Publication: October 2015 
  • Formats:
    • Hardcover (8” x 10”) - $14.95 
    • Kindle (print replica) - $7.95 
  • Retail Price:
    • $14.95 US (Hardcover) 
    • $ 7.95 US (Kindle) 
  • Printer: Signature Book Printing 
  • Printing Specifications: 
    • Cover: 100# Printed, laminated cover over 98 pt boards 
    • Pages: 100# matte, color (4/4 process) 
    • Binding: Smythe sewn case binding