Laura Lippman, author of Life Sentences, on tour March 2010

| December 22, 2009

About Life Sentences Author Cassandra Fallows has achieved remarkable success by baring her life on the page. Her two widely popular memoirs continue to sell briskly, acclaimed for their brutal, unexpurgated candor about friends, family, lovers—and herself. But now, after a singularly unsuccessful stab at fiction, Cassandra believes she may have found the story that [...]

Lynn Cullen, author of The Creation of Eve, on tour March 2010

| December 22, 2009

About Lynn Lynn Cullen is the author of the young adult novel I Am Rembrandt’s Daughter, a 2007 Barnes & Noble “Discover Great New Writers” selection, and an ALA Best Book of 2008. Her previous award-winning novels and picture books for children include the critically acclaimed Moi & Marie Antoinette, The Backyard Ghost, and The Mightiest Heart, for [...]

Malena Watrous, authour of If You Follow Me, on tour March 2010

| December 22, 2009

About If You Follow Me “I love, love, love IF YOU FOLLOW ME. It’s fearlessly honest, occasionally heartbreaking, and extremely funny, and I can’t recommend it highly enough.” — Curtis Sittenfeld, New York Times bestselling author of Prep and American Wife “Dear Miss Marina… First learn gomi law, second Japanese language, and third you can [...]

Nafisa Haji, author of The Writing on My Forehead, on tour March 2010

| December 22, 2009

About Nafisa Nafisa Haji was born and mostly raised in Los Angeles—mostly, because there were years also spent in Chicago, Karachi, Manila, and London. Her family migrated from Bombay to Karachi in 1947 during Partition, when the Indian Subcontinent was divided into two states. In the late 1960s, Nafisa’s parents came to the United States, [...]

Thrity Umrigar, author of The Weight of Heaven, on tour February 2010

| December 21, 2009

About The Weight of Heaven “Powerful. . . . Twisty, brimming with dark humor and keen moral insight, The Weight of Heaven packs a wallop on both a literary and emotional level. . . . Umrigar . . . is a descriptive master.” — Christian Science Monitor From Thrity Umrigar, bestselling author of The Space [...]