FALL 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…
Read MoreOne week until Massachusetts!
Next week, I’ll be back in my old Cambridge haunts, signing books at Porter Square Books, the Coop, and Wellesley. — Monday, November 9, 7pm Reading and signing at the Harvard Coop Free and open to the public — Tuesday, November 10, 9:45am Coffee and panel at the Wellesley College Club $27 admission fee, call…
Read MoreWeekly Reading Round-Up
Sometimes, books pop up just when you’re ready for them: in this case, an ARC of Megan Abbott’s The Fever that I’d forgotten I had and had never quite gotten around to reading. Think The Crucible set in a modern high school, rumors and hysteria and teenagers foaming at the mouth. It’s beautifully done, alternating…
Read MoreMidnight Manzanilla Winners
The winners of the copies of The Mark of the Midnight Manzanilla are… — Lynda (of Comment #11) — Kari (of Comment #1) — Bernadette (Goodreads Comment #2) Congrats, all! If you email me at willig@post.harvard.edu, I’ll put your books in the mail to you. Happy Halloween!
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