About The Lantern • Hardcover: 400 pages • Publisher: Harper (August 9, 2011) “Deborah Lawrenson is a master of mood and shadow as she spins this absorbing tale of intense passion and growing dread. Her Provence is sumptuous and forbidding and utterly real. Prepare to be riveted.” –Paula McLain, author of The Paris Wife “I […]
Sapphire, author of The Kid, on tour July 2011
About The Kid • Hardcover: 384 pages • Publisher: The Penguin Press (July 5, 2011) Fifteen years after the publication of Push, one year after the Academy Award-winning film adaptation, Sapphire gives voice to Precious’s son, Abdul. In The Kid bestselling author Sapphire tells the electrifying story of Abdul Jones, the son of Push’s unforgettable […]
David Matthews, author of Kicking Ass and Saving Souls, on tour July/August 2011
About Kicking Ass and Saving Souls • Hardcover: 336 pages • Publisher: The Penguin Press (July 21, 2011) The story of a boy from Baltimore who evolves from a safecracking, jewel-heisting, deep-sea diving, ultimate-fighting, international playboy into a globetrotting humanitarian. Stefan Templeton was born a child of extremes. The son of Ebba, an aristocratic Norwegian […]
Minrose Gwin, author of Wishing for Snow, on tour July/August 2011
About Wishing for Snow • Paperback: 240 pages • Publisher: Harper Perennial; Original edition (June 21, 2011) A daughter’s brave and beautiful tribute to a remarkable damaged soul . . . For novelist Minrose Gwin, growing up was a time of chaos and uncertainty, the result of being raised by a parent with a serious […]
Simon Van Booy, author of Everything Beautiful Began After, on tour July 2011
We think Simon Van Booy is one of the best kept secrets in the reading world! To introduce you to him, both The Secret Lives of People in Love and Love Begins in Winter will be on tour along with his newest book, Everything Beautiful Began After. About Everything Beautiful Began After • Paperback: 416 […]
Emily Arsenault, author of In Search of the Rose Notes, on tour August 2011
About In Search of the Rose Notes • Paperback: 384 pages • Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks (July 26, 2011) Eleven-year-olds Nora and Charlotte were best friends. When their teenage babysitter, Rose, disappeared under mysterious circumstances, the girls decided to “investigate.” But their search—aided by paranormal theories and techniques gleaned from old Time-Life books—went nowhere. Years […]
TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS for May 30th – June 3rd
The Beach Trees by Karen White Monday, May 30th: Bloggin’ ‘Bout Books Tuesday, May 31st: Library of Clean Reads Wednesday, June 1st: Jenn’s Bookshelves . Unfinished Business by Lee Kravitz Monday, May 30th: Life in Review Tuesday, May 31st: Colloquium Wednesday, June 1st: Constantly Evolving . On China by Henry Kissinger Monday, May 30th: Hidden […]
Ann Napolitano, author of A Good Hard Look, on tour July 2011
About A Good Hard Look Hardcover: 336 pages Publisher: The Penguin Press (July 7, 2011) In Flannery O’Connor’s hometown of Milledgeville, Georgia, reckless relationships lead to a tragedy that forever alters the town and the author herself. Crippled by lupus at twenty-five, celebrated author Flannery O’Connor was forced to leave New York City and return […]
Noelle Hancock, author of My Year With Eleanor, on tour July/August 2011
About My Year With Eleanor • Hardcover: 304 pages • Publisher: Ecco (June 7, 2011) After losing her high-octane job as an entertainment blogger, Noelle Hancock was lost. About to turn twenty-nine, she’d spent her career writing about celebrities’ lives and had forgotten how to live her own. Unemployed and full of self-doubt, she had […]
Paul Seesequasis, author of Tobacco Wars, on tour July/August 2011
About Tobacco Wars • Paperback: 113 pages • Publisher: Quattro Books (October 2010) “…and another fascinating voice from the ever-growing chorus of Native-Canadian writers. An important addition…” -Tomson Highway Set in the early 17th century, Tobacco Wars follows the mythical and rollicking adventures of Pocahontas and playwright Ben Jonson, from the inns, alleyways and royal […]