Author Archive: Women Writers Women Books
Dutch by birth and serial emigrant, Barbara currently lives with her husband and daughter in a tiny village in Galicia, Spain, as basic and simple as can be. W Barbara's website.
The Merriest Magnolia, An Excerpt
Home for the holidays has always meant cozy small-town traditions…but this year all that may change… Carrie Reed has always been known as her hometown Good Girl, yet she still loves Magnolia, North Carolina—after all, this is where her newly discovered sisters, Avery and Meredith, live. But Christmas is on its way and with it, […]
Excerpt of The Dogs Of Winter, by Ann Lambert
The Dogs of Winter (Second Story Press, October 28th 2020) is a compelling story full of hot button Canadian topics pulled from the headlines. Locations in this murder-mystery are personal to author Ann Lambert who taught at Dawson College across the street from where much of the action takes place and saw what went on every […]
An Interview with Tiffanie DeBartolo
An Interview with Tiffanie DeBartolo It’s never too late to become who we’re meant to be, or to summon the courage to develop into the person whom we desire to be. Indie record label owner and author Tiffanie DeBartolo’s newest novel, “Sorrow,” (Oct. 20, Woodhall Press) expertly examines this idea through the lenses of art, […]
Jerusalem as a Second Language, by Rochelle Distelheim: Excerpt
While her father was raised as an Orthodox Jew, Rochelle’s mother saw her Judaism as interesting, but not necessary. “She loved the music, the food, the heavy devotion to education and family,” Rochelle explains. “As a fallout, I knew I would never marry out of the religion, but my husband and I were contented High […]
Follow Me Darkly: An Excerpt
FOLLOW ME DARKLY, is the first in a new modern erotic series by #1 NYT bestselling Helen Hardt (pub September 29, 2020): Helen’s scintillating new series is a deliciously sexy, modern erotic romance about public personas and the secrets we keep buried beneath the surface. We are delighted to feature this excerpt! “Good evening,” a […]
Excerpt of THE SMALLEST OBJECTIVE
The subject of memory is foremost in The Smallest Objective, a memoir of loss and retrieval set during the years when the author’s mother is afflicted with dementia. For World Alzheimer’s Month—September—Sharon Kirsch offers this abridged excerpt from her memoir. In the section below, the author becomes mesmerized by her aunt’s wedding—a subject that remained […]
EXCERPT OF AN AMBIGUOUS GRIEF
Dominique Hunter experienced one of the greatest tragedies most mothers can imagine: the death of a child. Her son Dylan died as a young man, having suffered for many years with debilitating anxiety, OCD, and ADD. In An Ambiguous Grief, she reckons with her loss by engaging in conversation with Dylan and employing the most flexible tool in […]
He Came In With It: Excerpt
When her son teenage Nick was diagnosed with schizophrenia, Miriam’s frenetic but happy life as an artist in Los Angeles was upended by one catastrophe after another: unexplainable violence, unanswered questions, endless disappointment, frustrations, and chaos. In her tireless search for help and answers, Miriam learns about the shocking shortfalls of our mental health system and […]
Interview – Karin Biggs, Author of The King’s 100
Sixteen-year-old Piper Parish, princess of the loveless, STEM-only kingdom of Capalon, is a disappointment to her citizens and to her older sister, the queen. When Piper receives an anonymous note stating her mother is still alive and living in the enemy kingdom of Mondaria, Piper chooses to risk death in effort to prove once […]
Interview with Sherri Leimkuhler, Author of What’s Left Untold
Sherri Leimkuhler has written professionally for more than twenty years and her health-and-fitness column, “For the Fun of Fit,” appears bi-weekly in the Carroll County Times. A competitive triathlete and two-time Ironman finisher, Sherri also enjoys reading, hiking, paddleboarding, trail running, traveling, and wine tasting. Her debut novel WHAT’S LEFT UNTOLD, came out in May. […]
Recent Comments