About Tom Tom Piazza is the author of the post-Katrina classic Why New Orleans Matters, the Faulkner Society Award-winning novel My Cold War, and the short-story collection Blues And Trouble, winner of the James Michener Award for Fiction. He lives in New Orleans. About City of Refuge In City of Refuge, a heart-wrenching novel from […]
Maud Hart Lovelace’s Betsy-Tacy series on tour September/October 2009
About Maud Hart Lovelace Maud Hart Lovelace was born April 26, 1892, but until she was 50 years old she believed her birthday was the 25th (which coincided with the birthday of her namesake, Aunt Maud). The daughter of Tom and Stella Hart, Maud was christened simply “Maud Hart”; around age 10, she adopted her mother’s […]
TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS for July 20th – July 24th
Please stop by our tour stops this week and check out these great books and blogs! Two Years, No Rain by Shawn Klomparens Tuesday, July 21st: Suko’s Notebook Wednesday, July 22nd: Stephanie’s Confessions of a Book-a-holic Thursday, July 23rd: Suko’s Notebook – author interview Honey, It’s ALL in the Shoes by Phyllis Hoffman Monday, July […]
TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS for July 13th – July 17th
Please stop by our tour stops this week and check out these great books and blogs! Honey, It’s All in the Shoes by Phyllis Hoffman Tuesday, July 14th: The Magic Lasso Wednesday, July 15th: Cheryl’s Book Nook Thursday, July 16th: High Heeled Foot in the Door – Rescheduled for Monday, July 20th Two Years, No […]
Heather Gudenkauf, author of The Weight of Silence, on tour August/September 2009
About Heather Gudenkauf Heather Gudenkauf was born in Wagner, South Dakota, the youngest of six children. At one month of age, her family returned to the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota where her father was employed as a guidance counselor and her mother as a school nurse. At the age of three, her family […]
Rachel Simmons, author of The Curse of the Good Girl, on tour September 2009
About Rachel Rachel Simmons is the author of the New York Times bestseller Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls. Simmons works internationally with girls, parents, and teachers to develop strategies to address bullying and to empower girls. A graduate of Vassar College in 1998, Simmons won a Rhodes scholarship and attended […]
Dale Siegel, author of The New Rules for Mortgages, on tour September 2009
About Dale Siegel Financial expert Dale Robyn Siegel recently took her 20 years of experience as an attorney and mortgage broker and rolled it into a book titled, The New Rules for Mortgages. The complex real estate market requires deft knowledge, timing and on going support. In her seminars, regular blogging and appearances, Dale informs […]
Allison Winn Scotch, author of Time of My Life, on tour August/September 2009
About Allison Allison Winn Scotch is a frequent contributor to numerous magazines and websites including American Baby, American Way, Bride’s, Cooking Light, Family Circle, Fitness, Glamour, InStyle Weddings, Lifetime Television, Men’s Fitness, Men’s Health, Parents, Prevention, Redbook, Self, Shape, Stuff, USA Weekend, Woman’s Day, Women’s Health, ivillage.com, msn.com, and women.com. She is also the author […]
Mortimus Clay, author of The Purloined Boy, on tour September 2009
About Mortimus Clay Mortimus Clay is the most prolific author writing posthumously in the world today. Dead since 1885, Professor Clay’s first book was published in 2009. While alive Mortimus Clay was a dismal failure as an author. Scorned by editors, laughed at by fellow writers, Mortimus spent his life trying to emulate his hero […]
TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS for July 6th – 10th, 2009
Please stop by our tour stops this week and check out these great books and blogs! The Local News by Miriam Gershow Tuesday, July 7th: Peeking Between the Pages Wednesday, July 8th: Becky’s Book Reviews Thursday, July 9th: Caribousmom Two Years, No Rain by Shawn Klomparens Tuesday, July 7th: Book, Line, and Sinker Something Beyond […]