hooray! spring is in bloom and THE LATECOMERS is available for pre-order
Spring is finally bustin' out all over, even in this cool little video that Little, Brown made out of THE LATECOMERS cover. (Late spring, latecomers, seems apt to me.) The
Testimonial from a Librarian
To me, more awesome than the awesomest fireworks today was a surprise tweet from a reader who spent her birthday with What Was Mine and made a testimonial video about it. Happy Birthday, Jennifer.
Postcards from Gaithersburg Book Festival
I was thrilled to take part in Gaithersburg Book Festival this weekend. It's held just outside DC, an annual outdoor celebration of books and writing that is fast becoming one of the nation's
In Which I Lose my VRginity
In the 1960s, when I was a child, my father gave my sister and me a Viewmaster, bright red plastic binoculars with a slit to accomodate a circular rotation of thumb-nail
En route to Gaithersburg Book Festival on Saturday
Maryland! Sun! Crab! Coming! I'll be on a panel at 1:15 called Edge of Your Seat Fiction, with Sarah Pekkanen, moderated by Liz Hottel of Politics & Prose. I'm just as excited
Why I’m Not Writing a Sequel to What Was Mine
I'm grateful for readers' receptive response to "What Was Mine" and thrilled that many get so wrapped up in the world of Lucy, Mia and Marilyn that they're disappointed when the story
Mother’s Day Gift Giveaway
Forget the candy and flowers this year. Give Mom a gift she'll actually want. Enter to win a free copy of What Was Mine, a twisted mother/daughter tale that's fast becoming
What Was Mine in Utica, New York
Grateful to high school friends who came out on a sunny Saturday afternoon for my reading. Such fun to reconnect and remember our girls Catholic school high on a hill
Reading at The Juilliard School at Lincoln Center
Honored to read with poets Danniel Schoonbeek and Desirée Alvarez in celebration of Desirée's remarkable new collection Devil's Paintbrush. Can there be any more beautiful place for a launch party than a sunset-filled room overlooking Broadway and Lincoln Center?
Woodstock Writers Recap
What a mind-blowing event. The Woodstock BookFest (formerly Woodstock Writers Festival) was held in Woodstock, unlike that long ago festival which should have been named Bethel instead. My favorite part, of course, was being on