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Search Heartache: Carla Malden
Raised in Los Angeles, Carla Malden began her career working in motion picture production and development before becoming a screenwriter. Along with her father, Academy Award–winning actor Karl Malden, she coauthored his critically acclaimed memoir, When Do I Start?. More recently, Malden published AfterImage: A Brokenhearted Memoir of A Charmed Life, a fiercely personal account of battling […]
Excerpt of THE SEASON: A History of the Debutante
The world of debutantes opens into a revealing story of women across six centuries, their limited options, and their desires in Kristen Richardson’s THE SEASON: A History of the Debutante [W. W. Norton & Company; November 2019; $26.95 Hardcover]. Digging into the roots of the debutante ritual, with its ballrooms and white dresses, Kristen Richardson – […]
INTERVIEW WITH NICOLE MEIER
Nicole Meier is a native Southern Californian who pulled up roots and moved to the Pacific Northwest, where she lives with her husband, three children, and one very nosey Aussiedoodle. Her debut novel, THE HOUSE OF BRADBURY, was chosen as a Best Book of 2016 by Refinery29. Her second novel, THE GIRL MADE OF CLAY, was […]
Brooke Warner’s Write On Sisters! Excerpt
Brooke Warner, founder of Indie Publisher of the Year 2019 She Writes Press, shines a light on the ever-present obstacles women writers face in her new book Write On Sisters!: Voice, Courage, and Claiming Your Place at the Table (August 27, She Writes Press). Brooke draws upon research, anecdotes and her personal experiences in the book publishing industry […]
An Interview with Judy Stone, MD, author of RESILIENCE
Dr. Stone is the daughter of Hungarian Holocaust survivors. Her book RESILIENCE is a study in human contrasts: kindness and callousness, tolerance and hatred, humanity and cruelty. During World War II, hundreds of thousands of Hungarian Jews suffered prejudice and discrimination, oppressive segregation, and wholesale murder at the hands of the Nazis. But like the flower that grows […]
Online Writing Classes: She Writes University
WHAT IS SHE WRITES UNIVERSITY? She Writes University is the only online, live webinar-based writing program featuring online educational webinars by bestselling and award-winning authors, backed by a community of nearly 33,000 female writers. Attend these classes live online, or view the recordings whenever you can. The Fall 2019 semester features an exciting lineup of female […]
Interview with Diane C. McPhail, author of THE ABOLITIONIST’S DAUGHTER
Based on true events and rooted in family history, Diane C. McPhail’s debut novel upends stereotypes of the Civil War South with a rare depiction of Southern Abolitionism and the experiences of three astonishing women. We are delighted to feature this interview with her! Q: Tell us a little about the background of THE ABOLITIONIST’S […]
The Impatient Dr. Lange: An Excerpt
Five years ago this July, pro-Russian rebels shot a commercial plane from the sky killing all 298 people on board and slowing the development of a cure for HIV. In The Impatient Dr. Lange, Pulitzer-finalist Dr. Seema Yasmin tells the story of her mentor, Dr. Joep Lange––a shrewd Dutch HIV doctor and scientist who was […]
Interview With Marissa Stapley
Marissa Stapley is the internationally bestselling author of three novels, which have been published around the world and translated into eight languages. We’re delighted to feature this interview with her on the publication day of THE LAST RESORT! THE LAST RESORT From bestselling author Marissa Stapley comes a gripping novel about marriage, loyalty, and the […]
The Best Books Of Summer 2019
The Enlightenment of Bees by Rachel Linden At only 26, Mia West believes she has her entire future planned out. But then her boyfriend announces he needs time apart and everything she knows about her life is thrown into chaos. Leaving her heartbreak behind, she agrees to travel the world with her roommate and a group […]
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