About State of Wonder • Paperback: 384 pages • Publisher: Harper Perennial (May 8, 2012) In a narrative replete with poison arrows, devouring snakes, scientific miracles, and spiritual transformations, State of Wonder presents a world of stunning surprise and danger, rich in emotional resonance and moral complexity. As Dr. Marina Singh embarks upon an uncertain […]
Francine Prose, author of My New American Life, on tour May 2012
About My New American Life • Paperback: 336 pages • Publisher: Harper Perennial (May 8, 2012) Lula, a twenty-six-year-old Albanian woman living surreptitiously in New York City on an expiring tourist visa, hopes to make a better life for herself in America. When she lands a job caring for a rebellious high schooler in wealthy, […]
Jonathan Gottschall, author of The Storytelling Animal, on tour May 2012
About The Storytelling Animal • Hardcover: 272 pages • Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (April 10, 2012) Humans live in landscapes of make-believe. We spin fantasies. We devour novels, films, and plays. Even sporting events and criminal trials unfold as narratives. Yet the world of story has long remained an undiscovered and unmapped country. It’s easy […]
Rachel Joyce, author of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, on tour July and August, 2012
About The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry Hardcover: 336 pages Publisher: Random House Meet Harold Fry, recently retired. He lives in a small English village with his wife, Maureen, who seems irritated by almost everything he does, even down to how he butters his toast. Little differentiates one day from the next. Then one morning […]
Max Holland, author of Leak: Why Mark Felt Became Deep Throat, on tour June 2012
About Leak • Hardcover: 304 pages • Publisher: Univ Pr of Kansas (March 6, 2012) Through the shadowy persona of “Deep Throat,” FBI official Mark Felt became as famous as the Watergate scandal his “leaks” helped uncover. Best known through Hal Holbrook’s portrayal in the film version of Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein’s All the […]
Tracy Reifkind, author of The Swing, on tour April/May 2012
About The Swing • Hardcover: 256 pages • Publisher: HarperOne (March 13, 2012) In his blockbuster New York Times bestseller, The 4-Hour Body, Timothy Ferriss asked the question: what are the tiniest changes that will produce the biggest results. When he examined how one could lose 100 pounds the fastest, he interviewed Tracy Reifkind. In […]
Chade-Meng Tan, author of Search Inside Yourself, on tour April/May 2012
About Search Inside Yourself • Hardcover and eBook: 288 pages • Publisher: HarperOne (April 24, 2012) In his first book, Search Inside Yourself: The Unexpected Path to Achieving Profits, Happiness (and World Peace), Meng distills emotional intelligence into a set of practical and proven tools and skills that anyone can learn to transform their own creativity, productivity and […]
Jacqueline Sheehan, author of Picture This, on tour May/June 2012
About Picture This • Paperback: 384 pages • Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks (May 22, 2012) Jacqueline Sheehan made serious waves with her much beloved runaway bestseller, Lost and Found (“The best book I’ve read in a long time” —Susan Elizabeth Phillips). Now she treats readers to a sequel, Picture This—a story of rebirth and personal […]
Jane Rogers, author of The Testament of Jessie Lamb, on tour May 2012
About The Testament of Jessie Lamb • Paperback: 256 page • Publisher: Harper Perennial (May 15, 2012) A rogue virus that kills pregnant women has been let loose in the world, and nothing less than the survival of the human race is at stake. Some blame the scientists, others see the hand of God, and […]
Nicole Galland, author of I, Iago, on tour April/May 2012
About I, Iago • Paperback: 400 pages • Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks (April 24, 2012) From the author of The Fool’s Tale comes a brilliantly-crafted retelling of Shakespeare’s Othello in which the “true” motivations of literature’s greatest villain, Iago, are revealed. Everyone knows Shakespeare’s classic tragedy of friendship and betrayal, love and jealousy: Othello. But the real […]