Madeira Desouza of Las Vegas has gained a reputation for his unique and captivating creative works popularized in the internationally famous adult playground called “Sin City.” He became a year-round resident of Las Vegas in 2012 after he relocated from the Washington, DC area.
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Pen Name
He is a citizen of the United States, born in California. His heritage is Portuguese from both his parents, the late Edward and Evelyn Goulart. He is known to most people by his nickname, Woody.
The word madeira is Portuguese for wood.
The surname Desouza is a variation of the surname Souza from his old country grandfather on his mother’s side.
The year 1996 was the first occasion in which he published online under the pen name of Madeira Desouza. In 2007 he branched out into creating original 3D digital images for online publication also using that same pen name.
Protected by U.S. Copyright:
Certification of Registration under the seal of the Copyright Office in Washington, DC.
- Registration Number: TX8-423-630
- Effective Date of Registration: May 31, 2017
- Title of Work: Baja Clavius: Moon Men Deep Inside
- Copyright Claimant: Elwood Franklin Goulart
- Year of Completion: 2017
- Date of First Publication: May 8, 2017
- Nation of First Publication: United States
- Multiple ISBN numbers are on file:
Original (2017) — ISBN 978-1521252666
2018 — ISBN 978-1719830430
2020 — ISBN 979-8678442765
2026 – Release of the definitive version online
Photos: |
That’s Madeira Desouza in the photograph about to be killed by the Predator who appeared suddenly one day in Las Vegas, Nevada for no apparent reason.
That’s also Madeira Desouza in the photograph taken in 1891 or 1991 in historic Deadwood, South Dakota. You can see clearly that Madeira Desouza posed for this photograph holding a shotgun. Why did he choose a shotgun for this photograph? His mother’s father brought deep, enduring shame upon the family through a murder/suicide when Madeira Desouza was only a year old. That man he never knew used a shotgun to kill his wife (his mother’s mother) and then he turned the gun on himself. That violent family tragedy influenced Madeira Desouza’s emotional sensibilities as a storyteller in adulthood.
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