About Kathleen Kathleen McCleary was born and raised in Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich., and lived in New York, Tennessee, and Virginia before settling in Oregon in 1992. She has worked as a staff writer and editor and freelance writer for a variety of publications, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Weekend, Good […]
Annie Barrows, author of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, on tour August 2009
About the authors, Annie Barrows and Mary Ann Shaffer Annie Barrows is the author of the children’s series Ivy and Bean, as well as The Magic Half. She lives in northern California. Visit Annie’s website HERE. Her aunt, Mary Ann Shaffer, who passed away in February 2008, worked as an editor, librarian, and in bookshops. The Guernsey Literary […]
Dr. Ana Nogales, author of Parents Who Cheat, on tour July/August 2009
About Dr. Nogales Dr. Ana Nogales is a clinical psychologist with years of experience helping clients whose lives have been impacted by parental infidelity. She is the founder of Nogales Psychological Counseling, Inc. and Clinical Director of the nonprofit organization that she founded, Casa de la Familia, established for victims of crime. She practices in […]
TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS for June 8th-12th, 2009
Please stop by our tour stops this week and check out these great books and blogs! The Secret Keeper by Paul Harris Monday, June 8th: The Bookworm Tuesday, June 9th: Jen’s Book Thoughts Wednesday, June 10th: Presenting Lenore Thursday, June 11th: Books for Breakfast Friday, June 12th: Savvy Verse and Wit Starfinder by John Marco Monday, June 8th: Books […]
Hannah Friedman, author of Everything Sucks: Losing My Mind and Finding Myself in a High School Quest for Cool, on tour August 2009
About Hannah Hannah Friedman (Peekskill, NY) is a recent Yale University graduate. She is the daughter of gold-record singer/songwriter Dean Friedman. An article titled, “When Your Friends Become the Enemy” about her experiences applying to an Ivy League University was published in Newsweek in 2004. Ms. Friedman is the winner of the Yale 2007 Playwright’s Festival, […]
Kwei Quartey, author of Wife of the Gods, on tour August 2009
About Kwei Dr. Kwei Quartey was born in Ghana and raised by an African American mother and a Ghanaian father, both of whom were university lecturers. Even though his professional writing career began after he became a physician, his desire to be a writer started at a very early age. Kwei Quartey now lives in […]
TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS for June 1st – 5th, 2009
Please stop by our tour stops this week and check out these great books and blogs! The Painter from Shanghai by Jennifer Cody Epstein Tuesday, June 2nd: The Literate Housewife Review Wednesday, June 3rd: Book-a-Rama Thursday, June 4th: Book Nut A World I Never Made by James Lepore Monday, June 1st: Thoughts of […]
Phyllis Hoffman and Honey, It’s All In the Shoes on tour July 2009
About Phyllis A leading figure in the publishing industry, Phyllis Norton Hoffman is majority owner and president of Hoffman Media, LLC. A native of Hoover, Alabama and a graduate of the University of Alabama in Birmingham, she began her career as a Certified Public Accountant with a nationally known firm before founding a special-interest publication company […]
Shawn Klomparens, author of Two Years, No Rain, on tour in July/August 2009
About Shawn After growing up in the midwest, Shawn Klomparens moved to the Northern Rockies in 1994 for what he thought would be a one-year break from graduate studies. Grad school was quickly forgotten for the mountains, though, and in the fifteen years since he’s worked as a bicycle mechanic, line cook, computer geek, and […]
Richard Bandler and Owen Fitzpatrick, co-authors of Conversations with Richard Bandler, on tour July/August 2009
About Richard Bandler Richard Bandler’s books have sold more than a half a million copies worldwide. Tens of thousands of people, many of them therapists, have studied his blend of hypnosis, linguistics and precise thinking in the United States, Europe, and Australia. Bandler is the author of Trance-formation, Using Your Brain! for a Change, Time […]