a:1:{s:5:"entry";a:1:{i:0;a:10:{s:4:"hash";s:64:"95319e7ca53654f4bd8420f713112c37f5d8854cc4e1f34918a6eef18044b72a";s:11:"requestHash";s:14:"middlejuly2014";s:10:"profileUrl";s:35:"https://gravatar.com/middlejuly2014";s:17:"preferredUsername";s:14:"middlejuly2014";s:12:"thumbnailUrl";s:94:"https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/95319e7ca53654f4bd8420f713112c37f5d8854cc4e1f34918a6eef18044b72a";s:6:"photos";a:1:{i:0;a:2:{s:5:"value";s:62:"https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/6612ed2dfa29e787aa20a38b32a41f34";s:4:"type";s:9:"thumbnail";}}s:11:"displayName";s:10:"Dave Astor";s:7:"aboutMe";s:755:"I'm an avid reader who started the weekly "Dave Astor On Literature" blog in 2014. Since then, I've written thematic pieces on all kinds of fiction-related topics.

Also, I'm the author of the 2024 book "Misty the Cat...Unleashed," the 2017 book "Fascinating Facts About Famous Fiction Authors and the Greatest Novels of All Time: The Book Lover's Guide to Literary Trivia," and the 2012 memoir "Comic (and Column) Confessional." 

In addition, I write the award-winning weekly "Montclairvoyant" topical-humor column for Montclair Local in New Jersey, and am the copy editor for the email newsletter published by the National Society of Newspaper Columnists, for which I was a board member from 2009 to 2023.

I'm not related to the rich Astors! :-)";s:15:"currentLocation";s:21:"Montclair, New Jersey";s:6:"emails";a:1:{i:0;a:2:{s:7:"primary";s:4:"true";s:5:"value";s:20:"dastor@earthlink.net";}}}}}