Dolen Perkins-Valdez, author of Wench, on tour January/February 2011

| November 11, 2010

About Wench • Paperback: 320 pages • Publisher: Amistad (January 25, 2011) An ambitious and startling debut novel that follows the lives of four women at a resort popular among slaveholders who bring their enslaved mistresses wench \’wench\ n. from Middle English “wenchel,” 1 a: a girl, maid, young woman; a female child. Tawawa House [...]

Ruth Pennebaker, author of Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakthrough, on tour January/February 2011

| November 11, 2010

About Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakthrough • Paperback: 320 pages • Publisher: Berkley Trade; Original edition (January 4, 2011) Joanie’s ex-husband is having a baby with his new girlfriend. Joanie won’t be having more babies, since she’s decided never to have sex again. But she still has her teenaged daughter Caroline to [...]

Heather Newton, author of Under the Mercy Trees, on tour January/February 2011

| November 11, 2010

About Under the Mercy Trees • Paperback: 352 pages • Publisher: Harper Paperbacks; Original edition (January 18, 2011) Thirty years ago, Martin Owenby came to New York City with dreams of becoming a writer. Now his existence revolves around cheap Scotch and weekend flings with equally damaged men. When he learns that his older brother, [...]

Eleanor Brown, author of The Weird Sisters, on tour January/February 2011

| November 11, 2010

“What a joy to read… If wit and language could protect against growing old, these bewitching sisters might never have to grow up.” – Helen Simonson, author of Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand About The Weird Sisters Hardcover: 336 pages Publisher: Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam (January 20, 2011) The Andreas sisters were raised on books – their family [...]

Matthew Gallaway, author of THE METROPOLIS CASE, on tour January 2011

| November 10, 2010

About The Metropolis Case Hardcover: 384 pages Publisher: Crown (December 28, 2010) Readers of sweeping literary fiction such as The Hours, The Emperor’s Children, and The Historian will be immediately drawn into Matthew Gallaway’s debut novel: THE METROPOLIS CASE (Crown; On-Sale: January 2011). From the smoky music halls of 1860s Paris to the tumbling skyscrapers [...]