About The Goddaughter Paperback: 144 pages Publisher: Orca Books (September 1, 2012) Stolen jewels, a cross-country chase, and a reluctant mob goddaughter make for a whole lot of laughs! Despite her best efforts to lead a law-abiding life, Gina Gallo cannot quite escape her mob family. Since she’s a certified gemologist, Gina has become a key player […]
Chris Pavone, author of The Expats, on tour January/February 2013
About The Expats Paperback: 352 pages Publisher: Broadway (January 22, 2013) At first glance, Kate Moore is an ordinary American expat mom whose days are filled with coffee mornings and the mundane demands of childcare. But Kate is also guarding a secret: until recently she’d been leading a double life as a CIA agent, traveling the globe […]
Kevin Killeen, author of Never Hug a Nun, on tour in December ’12/January ’13
About Never Hug a Nun Paperback: 182 pages Publisher: Blank Slate Press (December 8, 2012) AUTHOR’S MISSPENT BOYHOOD INSPIRES COMIC NOVEL ABOUT GROWING UP IN WEBSTER GROVES From first crushes and cafeteria lines, hidden forts and secret passwords, learning the Cub Scout oath and robbing the Ben Franklin, to hanging out on the train tracks, running from the police, […]
Edward Belfar, author of Wanderers, on tour January 2013
About Wanderers: Stories Paperback: 218 pages Publisher: Stephen F. Austin University Press (June 5, 2012) The wanderers of Edward Belfar’s debut collection of short fiction appear in a variety of settings—a piano bar in Rome, a hospital bed, a train traveling between Nairobi and Mombasa, the bleachers at Yankee Stadium—but nowhere are they quite at home. Often, […]
Roland Merullo, author of Lunch with Buddha, on tour November/December 2012
About Lunch with Buddha Paperback – 392 pages Publisher: AJAR Contemporaries (November 13, 2012) On the surface, Lunch with Buddha is a story about family. Otto Ringling and his sister Cecelia could not be more different. He’s just turned 50, an editor of food books at a prestigious New York publishing house, a man with a nice home in the […]
Joan Cusack Handler, author of Confessions of Joan the Tall, on tour in November/December 2012
About Confessions of Joan the Tall Paperback: 246 pages, appropriate for all ages Publisher: CavanKerry (November 13, 2012) A coming of age memoir written in the voice of a twelve year old Irish Catholic girl living in the Bronx in 1954, Confessions recounts one year in the life of Joan, a very tall, religious, funny, self-conscious, obsessive, […]
Erica Bauermeister, author of The Lost Art of Mixing, on tour November 2012
About The Lost Art of Mixing Hardcover: 288 pages Publisher: Putnam Adult (January 24, 2013) National bestselling author Erica Bauermeister returns to the enchanting world of The School of Essential Ingredients in this luminous sequel. Lillian and her restaurant have a way of drawing people together. There’s Al, the accountant who finds meaning in numbers and ritual; […]
Jamie Oliver, author of Jamie Oliver’s Great Britain, on tour October/November 2012
About Jamie Oliver’s Great Britain: 130 of My Favorite British Recipes, from Comfort Food to New Classics Hardcover: 416 pages Publisher: Hyperion (October 2, 2012) Full-color photos throughout | $35.00 US “British history of invasion, exploration, colonization and immigration has shaped the nation, and the evidence is on every plate…. British food has never been […]
Pamela King Cable, author of Televenge, on tour November/December/January 2013
About Televenge Paperback: 584 pages Publisher: Satya House Publications (October 5, 2012) Andie Oliver is a faithful woman—to God, to husband Joe, and to elevangelist Reverend Calvin Artury, a Godfather in a Mafia of holy men. Raised to be subservient and submissive in the tradition of the Bible-belt South of the 70’s, she becomes a prisoner of that tradition. As a […]
Mary DeMuth, author of Everything, on tour October/November 2012
About Everything: What You Give and What You Gain to Become Like Jesus Paperback: 240 pages Publisher: Thomas Nelson (October 16, 2012) Readers discover exactly what it takes to grow in Christ and become like Him. You don’t need a plan, and you don’t need a program. To experience the abundant Christian life, you only need Jesus. […]