Christina Baker Kline is a novelist, nonfiction writer and editor. In addition to Orphan Train, her novels include Bird in Hand, The Way Life Should Be, Desire Lines and Sweet Water. She served as Writer-in-Residence at Fordham University from 2007 to 2011 and was the on-staff editor and writing coach at the social networking site SheWrites.com. She lives in Montclair, New […]
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Welcome Mardi Jo Link, whose funny and engaging, memoir Bootstrapper: From Broke to Badass on a Northern Michigan Farm was named a Michigan Notable Book, a Great Lakes Great Read, and also spent several months on the Heartland Bestseller List. Mardi Link was born in Detroit and grew up in the state’s southeastern suburbs, spending […]
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Calling it a “thoroughly enjoyable nail biter,” The Wall Street Journal recently featured Koethi Zan’s The Never List. “I’m very interested in trauma and recovery,” Koethi said, “The main animating force for this book is that I wanted a crime thriller that was also a trauma-recovery memoir. The mystery that [Sarah] had to solve was the […]
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Lawyer-turned-novelist Tara Conklin explores slavery and the question of justice in her debut novel, The House Girl. Conklin worked as a litigator in the New York and London offices of a major corporate law firm, but now devotes her time to writing fiction. She received her BA in history from Yale University, a JD from […]
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Splendid Table, NPR’s culinary culture and lifestyle program, has just released their list of 6 food books for summer reading – – and Forrest Pritchard’s Gaining Ground: A Story of Farmers’ Markets, Local Food and Saving the Family Farm was at the top! Listen to Russ Parson, food editor and columnist at the Los Angeles […]
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Cheryl Strayed, bestselling author of Wild, spoke in her home state last week to an audience of more than 500 enthusiastic readers. Wild, a memorable account of her solo adventure along the Pacific Crest Trail, was chosen by Oprah’s Book Club 2.0 and optioned for a film by Reese Witherspoon’s production company. Strayed is also […]
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Bee Ridgeway, author of The River of No Return, sat down with UK entertainment website “Female First,” to discuss her new book in a fascinating interview that covers the inspiration behind Bee Ridgeway’s characters, the historical research she conducted, and what she’s working on next. When asked about how she would describe The River of […]
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Anton DiSclafani’s debut novel, The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls, chronicles a teenager’s life-changing year at an elite boarding school in the North Carolina Mountains. Described as “encgrossing, empathic and atmospheric,” by the Library Journal, DiSclafani’s novel (released this month) is generating critical buzz. Check out this interview with Poets & Writers’ Curtis Sittenfield as […]
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Welcome Anton DiSclafani, author of The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls. Originally from northern Flordia, where she rode horses and competed nationally, Anton graduated from Emory University and received her MFA from Washington University. Anton’s debut novel, whose young protagonist is banished to a horse camp high in the Blue Ridge Mountains in the midst […]
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“At long last, sustainable farming has finally arrived,” says Forrest Pritchard, author of Gaining Ground: A Story of Farmers’ Markets, Local Food and Saving the Family Farm. Pritchard saved his own family farm by turning it into an ethical and profitable way to make a living. Recently named as one of Publisher’s Weekly Best Summer […]
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