January 25, 2009 – 10:50 am
January 2009 has been a very good month for humanitarian and author Greg Mortenson. Not only has he been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize but he and his daughter, Amira, launched the Young Readers edition of ‘Three Cups of Tea’ this past week on the Today Show. Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World [...]
January 23, 2009 – 6:09 pm
Best selling author Douglas Preston has written and in some ways become a character in his own non-fiction account of a serial killer that stalked the hills of Florence, Italy in the 1970’s and 1980’s. Preston’s investigation of the murders with co-writer Mario Spezi and the making of the book, “The Monster of Florence”, was [...]
It’s March 1st and our Seattle weather is definitely coming in “like a lion”. What better reason to duck inside your local book establishment and check out these fabulous women authors who are out touring this month. I’ve provided links so that you can make like Al Roker and check out what’s happening in your [...]
February 13, 2008 – 6:08 pm
It was reported recently that writer Patricia Cornwell will donate $1 million dollars to the Crime Scene Academy at New York’s John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Cornwell apparently is appalled by what she has witnessed at many crime scenes. I’m assuming her presence at these murder sites is part of the research needed for [...]
February 11, 2008 – 5:29 pm
Nancy Mills is the founder of Spirited Woman and the creator of the Spirited Woman Approach to Life. She leads Spirited Woman workshops, hosts Spirited Woman events, publishes a popular e-newsletter and moderates the Spirited Woman Circle Conversation author series. I want to ask you about your former life as a travel writer. I’m fuzzy [...]
February 4, 2008 – 4:24 pm
In my January 11th post I wrote, “BIGGEST BUZZ: Geraldine Brooks, “People of the Book” Comparisons are being made to “The Da Vinci Code” because of the art/history/religious aspects of the novel. The west coast part of her tour begins in Seattle on February 4th (tonight). Book mark this one.” If you are unable to [...]
January 26, 2008 – 3:20 pm
For a recent girl’s night out, a few of us decided to meet for dinner and then walk over to the library to hear Sue Miller read from her latest “domestic fiction” novel “The Senator’s Wife”. It had been given a mention by Sessalee Hensley (uber influential fiction book buyer for Barnes & Nobel) in [...]
