Author Archive: Women Writers Women Books
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A Spell For Trouble
Esme Addison’s debut, A Spell for Trouble (July 7, Crooked Lane Hardcover) is an exciting cozy with a bit of a sci-fi twist including witches, potions, and mermaids. When Aleksandra Daniels accepts the invitation to help in her estranged family’s apothecary shop in Bellamy Bay, she brushes off the strange rumors swirling around her family. As if they could really be […]
Excerpt of The Nun’s Bethrothal
The Nun’s Betrothal “It is refreshing to see a tale achieve such titillating, erotic heights without resorting to a more unabashed, not to say lurid, style, a sign of the author’s novelistic subtlety…..An engaging love story, historically captivating and romantically gripping.” –Kirkus Reviews Set in ninth-century France, just before taking her vows, Sister Gilda, along with […]
MUSCLE MEMORY: Excerpt
Places I’ve Taken My Body by Molly McCully Brown s a collection of essays about the author’s personal struggles with cerebral palsy, and her evolving understanding of the intersection between her physical body and that intangible other that she has come to call the soul. Molly is known for her award-winning poetry collection, The Virginia […]
Interview with Sharon Kirsch, author of The Smallest Objective
Sharon Kirsch’s new book, The Smallest Objective, is both topical and universal. This intriguing narrative nonfiction examines the complexities of lives lived: a personal and literal spring-cleaning—the need to sift, take stock and filter for the important things; our concern for senior members of our family, and the consolation offered by staying close to loved ones […]
Interview with Sarah Relyea, Author of Playground Zero
PLAYGROUND ZERO, Sarah Relyea’s debut novel, is a coming-of-age story set in Berkeley in the late 1960s. “Like a trip through the Looking Glass, Sarah Relyea’s engrossing debut novel takes you by the hand back to the sixties, where social rules were being challenged and political upheaval was the norm. Relyea tells the absorbing story of […]
AREN’T YOU FORGETTING SOMEONE? Excerpt
Kari Lizer is a gifted comedic storyteller. She is an Emmy-nominated, co-executive producer and writer for Will & Grace and creator of the award-winning show, The New Adventures of Old Christine, which was based on her life as a single working mother raising three kids. Lizer recently signed with ABC for her new comedy series, […]
Q&A with Isabelle Duval, author of fictionalized memoir, Inhaled
June 1st is World Narcissistic Abuse Awareness Day. With social distancing and confinement guidelines now imposing a new way of living, Inhaled warns of the heightened risk victims of abuse will face, away from their resources and support network. Montreal author Isabelle Duval shares her dark story of overcoming an abusive and dangerous relationship with a narcissist/sociopath in […]
The Surrender to Creativity by Emerald
by Emerald I’ve said it many times. I’ve acknowledged it, expressed it, recalled it, foreseen it, and most of all, known it. And still I resist it. It goes something like this: Someone asks the proverbial writerly question, “What’s your writing process like?” And with a carefree smile, I respond, “Well, I’ve found that what […]
DANCING IN THE NARROWS: An Excerpt
May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month. Anna Penenberg’s new book, Dancing in the Narrows, is about her journey to self-discovery as the mother of a Lyme Disease patient. “Dancing in the Narrows” chronicles a mother and daughter’s multiyear journey through illness and trauma. At sixteen, Anna’s youngest daughter, Dana, is stricken with a mysterious debilitating condition, […]
Interview With Barbara Josselsohn
Barbara Josselsohn is a novelist and magazine writer. Her latest novel is THE LILAC HOUSE, is a WWWB recommended read! We are delighted to feature this interview with her. Tell us about your beginning, where are you from? I’m from Long Island, about 50 minutes east of New York City. Now I live in Westchester […]
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