going back to Decatur
My family used to drive every year from Philadelphia to Decatur, Georgia to visit my dad's parents. I'll never forget those 14 hour car trips, jockeying for seat-space in our un-air-conditioned station wagon. (No seat
Wine & Words Authors Event in Minnesota
What a fun evening. Almost 400 book lovers came out last night for Wine & Words, an annual event sponsored by Friends of Brainerd Public Library. Lorna Landvik was the fun, funny, ukulele-playing
What Was Mine comes out in British translation today
I'm thrilled that the book is now available in the UK, thanks to Penguin Random House who translated title and cover for speakers of King's English. Find it in bookstores or
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