Serious Literature. Unique History.
Beautifully Crafted.
The Shelf
Promise Lost
Patriotism – Compassion
Character – Determination
All-American Football Star
“The Perfect Marine”
And then came Vietnam
Loose Chronicles
Loose Chronicles: Dog from a Distant Universe is packed with bone-gnawing adventure.
And, it’s a true story . . .
sort of . . .
Cal has been relocated—again…
This time, to a new country, the coast of northwest Canada…
No friends. Far from home. And Uncle J seems disinterested in befriending his displaced nephew…
Wildflower Girl received the Idaho Library Association Book of the Year award (2019).
It was the end of 1999 and the world was anxiously anticipating a new century while John Hammond was reluctantly celebrating a childhood goal – to live one hundred years.
To be creative, you must trust your own voice, establish your own style.
The goal of Hidden Shelf is simple –
connect serious readers to great writers.
Newest Release
Canadian Contraband
The stakes are high when Calvin’s new friend finagles him into a world of shady characters and questionable activities. Her name is Adi and Cal can’t resist her Honda 90, her own island off the Canadian coast – with an abandoned World War II pillbox – and her penchant for exciting adventure.
But when things turn deadly, Uncle J must take drastic steps to escape the hurricane of trouble Cal and Adi have created. Their world suddenly expands to back-country survival and life and death decisions.
Recent Posts
Artist Spotlight – Mariah Ziemer
Basic info:
Full Name: Mariah Ziemer
Printed works: Jiemba and Friends, written by Scott Ziemer, illustrated by Mariah Ziemer
Current Projects: Loose Chronicles, Bob Gaines
Pandemic Comfort Reading: Our Top Picks
Before we began our social isolation I had checked out several books from the library. Every spring I try to focus on reading Irish authors and books that are based in Ireland as part of my tribute to St. Patrick. This year I was excited about the stack of books I had selected.
Boomerangs
After reading Jiemba and Friends, I started thinking about boomerangs. I remember my cousin having one when I was a kid. I’m not sure any of us had much success getting it to fly back. Regardless, I always thought they were fascinating and I’ve realized a lot of people have questions about boomerangs.
Serious Literature. Unique History.
Beautifully Crafted.
Hidden Shelf is an independent publishing company based in Idaho. We provide quality content to local readers and world-wide readers alike! Our mission is to take a serious approach to our unique stories. Hidden Shelf currently has a small, but continuously growing, collection of books and eBooks available through Amazon.com.
While Amazon.com works wonderfully for the individual consumer, retailers can find Hidden Shelf books through Ingram. Our print-on-demand method of providing reading material is environmentally friendly and efficient with quick and quality results.
Seven years ago, when Bob Gaines had finally been lucky enough to be signed by a literary agent, he told her about his novel, The Brave Historian. While she loved the concept, she only handled nonfiction.
“With fiction,” she said, “the big publishing houses don’t want to take a chance on unknowns. Of course, when somebody does manage to publish something different that finds success, all the other publishers then want to copy it.”
Literary agents and editors were becoming extremely frustrated that the fate of great literature was now being decided in corporate board rooms based on accounting projections. “They will print Lady Gaga’s autobiography,” she added, “but snub the next Ernest Hemingway.”
Based in a beautiful mountain town in Idaho, Hidden Shelf was founded in 2017 with the goal of providing wonderful and creative works to an audience of passionate readers. We have six more books scheduled for the next year and plan to double that by 2020.
Welcome to the Hidden Shelf . . .
“The reader is drawn into the epicenter of the action . . . a must-read . . .”
—Steve Van Atta, writer, editor
Difficult to put down (“just one more chapter”), yet exciting to reengage with at the next opportune time.
– A. Kovacs
It’s must reading for anyone who wants to know what it’s like to go to war, and for every politician involved in sending our sons and daughters into harm’s way.
– Hon Lee
