Ryan Bomgardner spends much of the year traveling with his “friends” — the ventriloquist dummies to whom he gives voice and ...

We talked to him about the serendipitous inspiration for his new book, what drives him, and what he's got up his sleeve. How did you choose ventriloquist’s dummies as the subject of your book?

As it turns out, it isn't any overt mob business that has swept up the Ventriloquist's infamous dummy, but rather another ... spree in which she abducted her old TV family members in an attempt ...