THE OTHER DAUGHTER auf Deutsch
More fun with foreign covers! The Other Daughter comes out in German as Die fremde Schwester on March 11, 2016. Very different from the U.S. covers, no? Here’s the U.S. hardcover and the large print edition: Which do you like best?
Read MoreApologies…
… for being so AWOL recently. It’s been busy times with Forgotten Room, Fall of Poppies, and the next stand alone, which has been taking some unexpected twists and turns. I’ll be posting more about The Forgotten Room and The Record Set Right as we get closer to January, but, in the meantime, what would…
Read MoreFORGOTTEN ROOM– Double the fun!
Penguin is holding a sweepstakes for advance copies of The Forgotten Room! In this case, it’s double the fun: winners will each receive two books, one for the entrant and one to share with a friend. The contest runs from now until November 29. Just click here to enter– and tell a friend!
Read MoreFALL OF POPPIES Winner
The winner of the advance copy of Fall of Poppies: Stories of Love and the Great War is… Urjona Dai! (Of Comment #2.) Congrats, Urjona Dai! If you email me at willig@post.harvard.edu and let me know where to send it, I’ll pop your book in the mail to you. Thanks so much to everyone for…
Read MoreFALL OF POPPIES– falling onto your doorstep!
Look what came in the mail yesterday! A generous box of advance copies of the World War I anthology, Fall of Poppies: Stories of Love and the Great War, featuring stories by Jessica Brockmole, Hazel Gaynor, Evangeline Holland, Marci Jefferson, Kate Kerrigan, Jennifer Robson, Heather Webb, Beatriz Williams, and me. All of the stories revolve,…
Read MoreTeaser Tuesday: Fun with Covers
There’s more Forgotten Room cover fun! Our editor just sent us the cover for the large print edition of The Forgotten Room: I love the way it echoes the key from the hardcover cover… as though someone plucked the key off the first cover and is using it to open the door to that forgotten…
Read MoreWeekly Reading Round-Up
I’ve been catching up on some recent releases over here! Among the books I’ve read over the past couple of weeks have been: — Sara Gruen’s At the Water’s Edge, which takes place in the Scottish Highlands during World War II, as three Americans in disgrace take an unlikely trip in search of the Loch…
Read MoreA novella! Coming your way earlier than anticipated….
Remember that novella I told you all about, the one in the World War I anthology, Fall of Poppies: Stories of Love and the Great War? I am thrilled to announce that my story, “The Record Set Right“, is going to be released a month early, as an e-short! It will also still be in…
Read MoreNew Jersey Luncheon, 11/19
Do you need something to do next Thursday, November 19, around lunchtime? The Women’s Club of Little Falls New Jersey is having their annual Book and Author Luncheon to benefit the Little Falls scholarship fund. There will be gift baskets and a raffle and a talk by me, as well as plenty of good food…
Read MoreHarvard Square– Tonight!
Come one, come all Cantabrugians! I’ll be speaking at the Harvard Coop tonight at 7:00 (technically about The Other Daughter, but really also about The Lure of the Moonflower and anything else you like). Here are the details: What: Reading and Signing When: Tonight! Monday, November 9, 7PM Where: The Harvard Coop, 1400 Massachusetts Ave…
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