About Tobias Poet and novelist Tobias Hill was born in London, England, on 30 March 1970. He read English at Sussex University and spent two years teaching in Japan. He is the author of the collections of poetry Year of the Dog (1995), Midnight in the City of Clocks (1996), influenced by his experiences living in […]
Henry Pollack, MD, author of A World Without Ice, on tour November 2009
About A World Without Ice THIS IS A BOOK ABOUT ICE AND PEOPLE — the role ice has played in the development of Earth’s landscape, climate, and human civilization, and the reciprocal impact of people on the planet’s ice. Geophysicist Henry Pollack paints a compelling portrait of the delicate geological balance between ice and climate, […]
Dr. Irene M. Pepperberg, author of Alex & Me, on tour November 2009
About Dr. Irene Pepperberg Irene M. Pepperberg is an associate research professor at Brandeis University in Massachusetts and teaches animal cognition at Harvard University. She is head of the Alex Foundation and author of The Alex Studies: Cognitive and Communicative Abilities of Grey Parrots. Don’t miss the website for the Alex Foundation! About Alex & […]
Jess Walter, author of The Financial Lives of the Poets, on tour October 2009
About Jess Jess Walter is the author of five novels, including The Zero, a finalist for the 2006 National Book Award and Citizen Vince, winner of the 2005 Edgar Allan Poe Award for best novel. He has been a finalist for the L.A. Times Book Prize and the PEN USA Literary Prize in both fiction […]
John Grogan, author of The Longest Trip Home, on tour October/November 2009
About John I was born in Motor City, Detroit, Michigan, on March 20, 1957. My very Catholic parents were hoping for a St. Patrick’s Day baby. Then for a St. Joseph’s Day baby. I was having no part of it. Instead, I arrived on the first day of spring, the youngest of four. Not long after, […]
TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS for the week of Sept. 14th- Sept. 18th
A Disobedient Girl by Ru Freeman Monday, September 14th: Shhh I’m Reading Wednesday, September 16th: Savvy Verse and Wit Thursday, September 17th: Ticket to Anywhere Time of My Life by Allison Winn Scotch Monday, September 14th: Presenting Lenore Wednesday, September 16th: Stephanie’s Written Word Thursday, September 17th: Diary of an Eccentric City of Refuge by Tom Piazza Wednesday, September 16th: Linus’s […]
TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS for Aug. 31st – Sept. 4th
Babydoll by Allyson Roy Monday, August 31st: Books on the Brain (guest post) Wednesday, September 2nd: Chick With Books . . Time of My Life by Allison Winn Scotch Monday, August 31st: Devourer of Books Wednesday, September 2nd: 2 Kids and Tired Book Reviews . . The Weight of Silence by Heather Gudenkauf Monday, August […]
Laura Kasischke, author of In a Perfect World, on tour October 2009
About Laura Laura Kasischke is the author of Boy Heaven, her first novel for teens, as well as The Life Before Her Eyes, Be Mine, and seven collections of poetry. She has twice received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, and her writing has been published in The New Republic, Harper’s, Poetry, and […]
Victoria Hislop, author of The Return, on tour October 2009
About Victoria Victoria Hislop read English at St Hilda’s College, Oxford, and writes travel features for The Sunday Telegraph, The Mail on Sunday, House & Garden and Woman & Home. Her first novel The Island was published by Headline Review and held the number 1 slot in the paperback charts for eight consecutive weeks, selling […]
TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS for August 17th-August 21st
Please stop by our tours this week and check out these great books and blogs! The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Schaffer and Annie Barrows Monday, August 17th: Books and Movies Tuesday, August 18th: Bending Bookshelf Wednesday, August 19th: Bookish Ruth reschedule Thursday, August 20th: Books on the Brain A […]