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Author News & Interviews

Author Talk: Loree Lough, author of From Ashes to Honor: First Responders Series, Book 1

Sep 15, 2011

Inspirational author Loree Lough has had, at last count, 82 award-winning books, 67 short stories and 2,500+ articles in print. Her latest novel, FROM ASHES TO HONOR, is the first in a series called First Responders, about 9/11 and its emotional impacts. With the recent 10th anniversary of the tragedy, there’s no more relevant time to pick up this book. In this interview, Lough discusses the feedback she received from real first responders, as well as her hopes for what readers will come to learn and understand. She also reveals how she herself was affected by that fateful day of 10 years ago.
 

Author Talk: Patricia Bosworth, author of Jane Fonda: The Private Life of a Public Woman

Sep 9, 2011

Patricia Bosworth has written several impressive biographies of public figures like Marlon Brando, Diane Arbus, Montgomery Clift, and now Jane Fonda. This latest book, JANE FONDA: The Private Life of a Public Woman, delves deep into Jane’s past, revealing the seeds of both her inner turmoil and very public triumphs. In this interview, Bosworth discusses her relationship with the actress, and how the Jane she first met in 1961 differs from the Jane the world now knows.

Interview: William Kent Krueger, author of Northwest Angle

Sep 9, 2011

William Kent Krueger’s bestselling series featuring detective Cork O’Connor has earned him not only various accolades, but also loyal readers who soak up his surprise endings and bold characters. The 12th and latest installment, NORTHWEST ANGLE, sees Cork’s family caught in the crosshairs of a group of brutal killers, leading Cork to solve the murder of a young girl.

Interview: Vanessa Diffenbaugh, author of The Language of Flowers

Sep 7, 2011

Bookreporter.com’s Norah Piehl talks to Vanessa Diffenbaugh about her book, THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS, in which a young woman’s gift for flowers helps her change the lives of others even as she struggles to overcome her own troubled past.

Interview: Patti Callahan Henry, author of Coming Up for Air

Aug 19, 2011

Patti Callahan Henry is not only a married mother of three, but also a New York Times bestselling author of eight novels, including BETWEEN THE TIDES and DRIFTWOOD SUMMER. Hailed as a fresh new voice in southern fiction (though she is originally from Philadelphia), her latest book, COMING UP FOR AIR, is about a house on the coast of Alabama --- a place that reveals the truth and changes the lives of Ellie Calvin and her loved ones.