(15 Jul 2010)
The CIA analyst that drives the novel INTELLIGENCE is “mad because she feels like no one listened to her before the last terrorist attack, and because she feels like a lot of her time is being wasted. And that described a lot of us a few years after 9/11,” author Susan Hasler, a 21-year veteran of the CIA, told National Public Radio recently.
(13 Jul 2010)
Two books, two PW starred reviews: That’s the bespangled record for SF writer Harry Connolly. Connolly’s debut book, CHILD OF FIRE, won a star from Publishers Weekly last year. Now his newest, GAME OF CAGES, earns its own pointy plaudit. And, hey, GAME OF CAGES boasts “gory action scenes and plenty of rapid-fire sardonic dialogue,” says the magazine.
(10 Jun 2010)
In text and video, Time magazine this week describes how Jackson Kaguri, author of THE PRICE OF STONES (Viking), returned to his native Uganda to build schools — and a life of dignity — for the nation’s many AIDS orphans.
(10 Jun 2010)
Thea Singer’s STRESS LESS: The New Science that Shows Women How to Rejuvenate the Body and the Mind (Hudson Street, September 2010) has been given a key pre-pub review from noted author Christine Northrup, MD: “This book is a gem. Beautiful science and practical, helpful, life-changing information.” Dr. Northrup is author of WOMEN’S BODIES, WOMEN’S WISDOM and THE WISDOM OF MENOPAUSE.
(10 Jun 2010)
The readers of French Elle magazine have voted Jesse Kellerman’s THE GENIUS their No. 1 favorite novel of 2010. The award is one of France’s top literary honors.
(04 May 2010)
Cody Mcfadyen’s ABANDONED climbs to the No. 1 bestseller spot in Der Spiegel, the most-watched book list in Germany. It’s Mcfadyen’s first time atop the German list, and in his recent tour there he spoke to hundreds of eager fans at over a dozen events. ABANDONED opened at No. 3 and in five weeks built to the top spot. (Today’s link takes you to Cody’s first week on Der Spiegel’s list, since the new list is not yet available to the public.)
(20 Apr 2010)
Tawni O’Dell yesterday urged aspiring writers to listen to their hearts to discover a powerful, publishable story. The FRAGILE BEASTS author wrote five complete manuscripts and collected over 200 rejection letters before she realized she must seek a story that engaged her alone, and not chase stories she felt others hankered to read. O’Dell’s result, BACK ROADS, was a bestseller.
(02 Apr 2010)
UK newspaper The Guardian so liked the April Fool’s blog entry by “that excellent science fiction author, Charles Stross” (The Guardian’s words) that the paper’s book-beat blogger wished Charlie’s dream book might come true.
(25 Mar 2010)
Three agency authors posted a total of FOUR books on the New York Times bestseller lists the week of March 7: Robyn Carr’s MOONLIGHT ROAD and ANGEL’S PEAK took the Nos. 9 and 15 spots on the mass-market fiction list; Michael Hall’s MY HEART IS LIKE A ZOO was the No. 6 children’s picture book; and GUERNSEY took the No. 18 spot in its forty-second week on the paperback trade fiction list.
(17 Feb 2010)
In its first week out, Michael Hall’s debut picture book MY HEART IS LIKE A ZOO (HarperCollins) wins the No. 10 spot on the New York Times list, No. 12 at Publishers Weekly, and No. 12 at IndieBound.
(04 Feb 2010)
In its starred review, PW dubs Jesse Kellerman’s THE EXECUTOR an “outstanding novel of psychological suspense” and insists “Few thriller writers today are as gifted as Kellerman at using lucid and evocative prose in the service of an intense and nail-biting story.”
(07 Jan 2010)
The Providence Public Library has tapped THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY as its 2010 statewide community read. It’s the eighth year for Rhode Island’s “One Book, One State” project.
(14 Dec 2009)
GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY is the inaugural winner of the Paperback of the Year Award sponsored by the Times of London and UK bookseller WHSmith.
(18 Nov 2009)
On BBC Radio’s Today program, Author Jean Sasson describes the impetus behind her book GROWING UP BIN LADEN, written with Osama Bin Laden’s son Omar.
(02 Nov 2009)
Harry Connolly’s SF fantasy CHILD OF FIRE is named one of 100 Best Books of 2009 by Publishers Weekly.
