Category: Women’s Books and Writings
Authors Interviewing Characters: Dara Levan
I’m Dara Levan, author of Shaken to the Core, and I am excited to introduce two characters who will offer a glimpse of into this uplifting, heartfelt story. Here’s a bit about the book: When life is cut short, what do we do with the time we have left? Joy Stern, a free-spirited photographer, thought she […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Julie Savanth
Interview with Rachel Bickerton Rachel Bickerton is the central character in ASK HIM, the first novel in the Sandbox Trilogy by Julie Savanth. A compelling blend of psychological mystery and speculative fiction, ASK HIM explores every parent’s worst nightmare: the unexplained disappearance of her thirteen-year-old son Matthew Bickerton (Matt). As the search for answers unfolds, […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: S.E. McPherson
S.E. McPherson Interviews Characters Logan Cardot technically doesn’t exist. According to the Black Lapels—the soldiers who run his country—and their Swordsman church, he should never have been born. In Wanted Boys, the first book in the same-named adult queer dystopian series by S.E. McPherson, Logan is kidnapped by the Black Lapels who imprisoned his parents, […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Nicole Conn
DESCENDING THIRDS In the high-stakes world of classical music, Alexandra von Triessen, a gifted but insecure pianist, navigates the cutthroat International Ketterling Piano Competition. Dazzled by the charming Sebastian D’Antonio, she finds herself drawn into a web of intrigue surrounding his enigmatic and estranged brother, Conrad. Just as Alexandra’s star begins to rise, a shocking […]
Why Objects Matter in Historical Fiction by Patricia Furstenberg
A coat hanging beside a door can reveal more than a page of description. Who wore it? Who left it behind? Who still cannot bring themselves to let go? In Kate’s Letter (my historical fiction short story included in the anthology Courage: Tales of History, Mystery and Hope (out 17 June), the coat arrives before […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Laura Lekkos
All the Little Ways In the vein of Pineapple Street and Such a Fun Age, a smart, heartfelt debut novel about two expecting mothers navigating motherhood, family life, and female friendship, whose bond is threatened by a shocking revelation. Victoria and Liz barely breathe the same air, but they collide headfirst when they meet in a group for expectant […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Lisa K. Winkler Interviews Anne Brown
In Gershwin’s Bess, Anne Brown, a soprano who aspires to sing opera, leaves her childhood behind in Baltimore in 1928 to enroll at prestigious Juilliard in New York City, realizing that being black will keep her from singing on traditional opera stages. When she hears that the famous composer George Gershwin is creating an opera […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Kristine Rudolph
The Twin Stars and the Soccer Superstar Perfect for fans of Laurie Morrison and Jenn Bishop, this lively middle-grade mystery follows a vibrant group of teens and tweens navigating grief, authenticity, and—above all—soccer, while taking an enjoyable romp through the Texas Hill Country. Every year, spring in Texas means two very different things to sixth […]
A Story That Waited 70 Years to Be Written
By Marcella Luiso Flanagan and Phyllis Clare Orlowski Marcella Luiso Flanagan is 91 years old. For most of her life, she carried a story she knew mattered, but didn’t yet feel ready to tell. Her niece, Phyllis Clare Orlowski, grew up knowing there was something quietly significant about her aunt’s past—especially the months Marcella spent […]
Hannah Sward (Strip: A Memoir) interviews Courtney Kocak on her debut memoir, Girl Gone Wild
GIRL GONE WILD is a collection of exploits and delusions about chasing your dreams with reckless abandon and what happens when their pursuit becomes a new kind of trap. In this memoir-in-essays, Kocak takes readers along on her heady metamorphosis from girl to woman and from dreamer to professional artist, as she is transformed in […]
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