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 […]
Francine Prose, author of Goldengrove, on tour September/October 2009
About Francine Prose Francine Prose is the author of fifteen books of fiction, including A Changed Man and Blue Angel, which was a finalist for the National Book Award, and the nonfiction New York Times bestseller Reading Like a Writer. Her latest novel, Goldengrove, was published in September 2008. She is the president of PEN […]
TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS for August 3rd-August 7th, 2009
Please stop by our tours this week and check out these great books and blogs! Everything Sucks by Hannah Friedman Monday, August 3rd: Pop Culture Junkie Tuesday, August 4th: The Story Siren Wednesday, August 5th: The Book Muncher Thursday, August 6th: Write for a Reader reschedule Wife of the Gods by Kwei Quartey Monday, August […]
Garret Freymann-Weyr, author of After the Moment, on tour October/November 2009
About Garret Freymann-Weyr Garret Freymann-Weyr (née Weyr) was born and raised in New York City. She inexplicably went to college in North Carolina (UNC-Chapel Hill) and, just as inexplicably, got an MFA in film (NYU). She now lives outside Washington, D.C. with her husband. She has written five books for young adults, one of which, […]
Matthew Pearl, author of The Last Dickens, on tour September/October 2009
About Matthew Matthew Pearl is the New York Times bestselling author of The Dante Club, The Poe Shadow, and The Last Dickens. He is also the editor of the Modern Library editions of Dante’s Inferno (translated by Henry Wordsworth Longfellow) and Edgar Allan Poe’s The Murders in the Rue Morgue: The Dupin Tales. About The […]
Maud Carol Markson, author of Looking After Pigeon, on tour October/November 2009
About Maud Carol Markson Maud Carol Markson is the author of the novels When We Get Home, and Looking After Pigeon. She has taught writing at University of New Hampshire and Cabrini College. She now lives in California with her husband and son, and her dog Molly, who is her constant writing companion. She can be […]
Shilpa Agarwal, author of Haunting Bombay, on tour October 2009
About SHILPA Shilpa Agarwal is the author of Haunting Bombay (April 2009, Soho Press), an acclaimed literary ghost story set in 1960’s India that became a bestseller (San Francisco Chronicle) three months after publication, and was awarded a First Words Literary Prize for South Asian Writers. It will also be published internationally in Europe and […]