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 […]
Lisa White, author of The Laws of Love, on tour November 2012
About The Laws of Love • File Size: 289 KB • Print Length: 147 pages • Publisher: Crimson Romance (July 23, 2012) Because having it all does not necessarily mean having it all at once… In a small, Virginia town where fly-fishing is the favorite pastime and Hampton Steel is essentially the only employer, Associate General Counsel Livi Miller believes she […]
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. […]
J. Gabriel Gates, author of Blood Zero Sky, on tour October 2012
About Blood Zero Sky Paperback: 384 pages Publisher: HCI (October 1, 2012) Unprofitables are banished to work camps to pay off their credit. Other tie-men and women look on apathetically. Fair is fair. Everyone knows you shouldn’t use more credit than you are worth to the Company. They turn their attention to the next repackaged but highly […]
Monica McInerney, author of Lola’s Secret, on tour October/November 2012
About Lola’s Secret Paperback: 352 pages Publisher: Ballantine Books (October 16, 2012) Praised as “Australia’s answer to Maeve Binchy, a modern-day Jane Austen” (The Sun Herald, Australia), Monica McInerney, internationally bestselling author of The Alphabet Sisters, returns with a poignant novel of love, loss, and the enduring strength of family ties. Nestled in a picturesque corner […]