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[[File:AyaPodium.jpg|thumbnail|Aya Katz giving a talk about her novel ''Theodosia and the Pirates'' at the Texas County Museum of Art and History in Licking, Missouri.]] | [[File:AyaPodium.jpg|thumbnail|Aya Katz giving a talk about her novel ''Theodosia and the Pirates'' at the Texas County Museum of Art and History in Licking, Missouri.]] | ||
Aya Katz is a libertarian author, linguist, and primatologist. Her novels focus on the exploration of freedom and how we should go about getting and preserving it. The recurring themes in her books deal with justice and honor. Katz is internally motivated, and tends to take the side of people who act on internal rather than external compulsions. | |||
Aya Katz's first novel ''The Few Who Count'' was published in 1983. The novel appeals to teenage readers since the author was around this age during the writing process. The protagonist Hannibal involves his teenage daughter Caldwell in making business decisions for Carthage Corporation, a theme not often explored in this genre. Hannibal and Caldwell believe in commercial chastity, which pertains to business decisions focused on intrinsic desires rather than making a profit at any expense. The villain of the story has no qualms about changing careers to make a living, whether it be from being a union organizer to morphing into buying shares of Carthage Corporation in a hostile takeover. Hannibal knows limited liability for corporations actually infringes upon free enterprise, and the rights of individuals should never be suppressed over the rights of the collective. | Aya Katz's first novel ''The Few Who Count'' was published in 1983. The novel appeals to teenage readers since the author was around this age during the writing process. The protagonist Hannibal involves his teenage daughter Caldwell in making business decisions for Carthage Corporation, a theme not often explored in this genre. Hannibal and Caldwell believe in commercial chastity, which pertains to business decisions focused on intrinsic desires rather than making a profit at any expense. The villain of the story has no qualms about changing careers to make a living, whether it be from being a union organizer to morphing into buying shares of Carthage Corporation in a hostile takeover. Hannibal knows limited liability for corporations actually infringes upon free enterprise, and the rights of individuals should never be suppressed over the rights of the collective. | ||
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Both of installments of ''Theodosia and the Pirates'' are Aya Katz's most politically driven novels. The series speculates about what happened to Theodosia Burr after she disappeared on the ship the Patriot. In this fictionalization of her life she meets the privateer Jean Laffite and assumes a new identity of as his wife. Both novels examine war and patriotism from a Libertarian perspective. | Both of installments of ''Theodosia and the Pirates'' are Aya Katz's most politically driven novels. The series speculates about what happened to Theodosia Burr after she disappeared on the ship the Patriot. In this fictionalization of her life she meets the privateer Jean Laffite and assumes a new identity of as his wife. Both novels examine war and patriotism from a Libertarian perspective. | ||
<ref>[http://mystories.sweetbeariesart.com/2013/05/16/interview-with-aya-katz/ Interview with Aya Katz]</ref> |
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