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Come November Receives School Library Journal Starred Review
School Library Journal – September 2018 – Starred Review for COME NOVEMBER by Katrin Van Dam
“…With an engaging plot premise, a strong, flawed heroine and a touch of romance, this book will fly off the shelf…”
The Good Detective Receives Thumbs Up from John Hart
At a time when introducing a new writer into the crowded field of mystery writers is hard (some feel it is nearly impossible!), John Hart, NY Times bestselling author and the only writer in history to win the best novel Edgar Award for consecutive novels, has given a big thumbs up to John McMahan’s The Good Detective.
“First fiction is dangerous business…” Click here…
Beautiful Exiles Receives Booklist Starred Review
Meg Clayton’s BEAUTIFUL EXILES receives a Booklist Starred review on July 1, 2018!
It was also an Editors’ Choice of the Historical Novel Society.
Patti Callahan Signs Becoming Mrs. Lewis at Book Expo America
Patti Callahan signed 150 advance reading copies of her highly anticipated fall novel BECOMING MRS. LEWIS, at Book Expo America a gathering of booksellers from around the country that took place at the Javits Center in New York on May 30/18. Her novel was selected by Publishers Marketplace as one of this year’s “Buzz Books”.
WSJ Essay The Botch of the Human Body by Nathan Lents
Nathan Lents has published an essay connected to his forthcoming book Human Errors (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, May 1, 2018) in the Wall Street Journal titled “The Botch of the Human Body.” Click here to see it…
The Bookshop at Water’s End Finalist for SIBA 2018 Southern Book Prize
Congratulations to Patti Callahan Henry! Her latest novel THE BOOKSHOP AT WATER’S END is one of the three fiction finalists for SIBA’S 2018 Southern Book Prize in the highly competitive category of novels about Women and Family…
Common Good Bookstore Hosts Launch of The Art of the Wasted Day
Common Good Bookstore hosted the launch publication reading of THE ART OF THE WASTED DAY by Patricia Hampl in St. Paul.
Nearly 250 readers braved a historic April 16/18 blizzard to attend the event which took place at Weyerhaeuser Memorial Chapel of Macalester College. Her agent Marly Rusoff, who nearly thirty years ago served as a bridesmaid at Hampl’s wedding to her late husband Terrence William, to whom the book is dedicated, flew in from NY to introduce Hampl to those gathered.
The Art of the Wasted Day Receives Early Starred Reviews
Patricia Hampl’s THE ART OF THE WASTED DAY receives three Starred reviews before its April 17, 2018 publication
Winter Sisters in USA Today
Robin Oliveira’s THE WINTER SISTERS is listed in the February 25, 2018 issue of USA Today as one of five “don’t miss” titles…
Becoming Mrs. Lewis in Canada
Becoming Mrs. Lewis is the number 5 on The Globe and Mail (Canada) historical fiction bestsellers list as of October 26, 2018.