The Splinter

Bill Burkland is the award-winning author of The Misconceived Conception of a Baby Named Jesus, a satire reimagining the events surrounding the birth of Jesus. Kirkus Reviews called the novel " . . . a fun, pithy sendup of one of the best-known origin stories." Publishers Weekly BookLife Prize awarded it a ten-out-of-ten for originality, noting that "Burkland packs immense humor and irony into his prose."The Splinter is his second novel and will likely offend as many people as his first. He's a bit of a troublemaker in that respect-he simply can't help himself. Yet despite his compulsion to poke the bear with one hand and stir the pot with the other, Bill has been married to his high-school sweetheart for over forty years. They have three wonderful adult children, each with equally wonderful partners, and a growing number of grandchildren.Prior to becoming a full-time author, Bill spent eighteen years as a senior manager and director at Amazon, with work assignments spanning the US, Luxembourg, and the UK. He held leadership roles in Amazon's Retail, Kindle, B2B, and Alexa organizations.