Category Archives: Authors

A Glimpse Into the Life of Younger Author Pamela Redmond Satran

Pamela Redmond Satran is an author, columnist, baby name website co-creator, mother of three, and perpetual wearer of many hats. Her career as a writer and businesswoman is full of humorous novels and satirical pieces on aging and relationships incorporating not a few bits of her own life story. Such works have appeared in her column, “The ‘A’ […]

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Whitewashing of the Literary World and How it Can Change

Reyna Grande

An article published by the Washington Post last month about the “whitewashing” of the literary industry was shared on social media recently by Reyna Grande, speaker and author of The Distance Between Us, a memoir of her life as a Mexican immigrant. The article, written by freelance writer and native Australian Sunili Govinnage, detailed Govinnage’s decision to read only minority authors for an […]

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Sister Helen Prejean Remains Avid in Fighting the Death Penalty

Sister Helen Prejean, a nun of St. Joseph, author, and activist, continues to be part of the national discussion on capital punishment as she gets involved in the Boston Marathon bombing trial currently going on in Boston, MA. Sister Helen is the author of Dead Man Walking, the story of her experience as spiritual advisor to a man […]

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Forrest Pritchard Shares Sustainable Farming Ideas at Dickinson College

Every year, Dickinson College hosts a Local Food Dinner where students and community residents attend a lecture while enjoying a specially prepared meal. This year, at the 12th annual dinner, Virginia farmer and author Forrest Pritchard was the entertaining and topical keynote speaker. Pritchard, author of Gaining Ground, detailed the idea of sustainable farming, a concept that […]

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Amanda Eyre Ward’s The Same Sky Receives Marvelous NY Times Review

Amanda Eyre Ward‘s most recent novel, The Same Sky, earned a glowing review in the New York Times‘ Sunday Book Review this weekend. The praise was for both Ms. Ward and the book itself: “Ward is deeply sympathetic to her characters, and this affecting novel is sure to provoke conversations about immigration and adoption.” The Same Sky delves […]

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Christina Baker Kline Brings Orphan Train to Fox Cities Book Festival

Christina Baker Kline engages fans at Fox Cities Book Festival through talks and presentations about her most recent novel, “Orphan Train”.

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Next Up for “McDreamy”? Racing in the Rain!

While Grey’s Anatomy fans have reason to weep, Garth Stein fans have reason to celebrate. Among Patrick Dempsey’s next projects is the film version of “The Art of Racing in the Rain”.

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Will Guadalupe Garcia McCall Write the Next “Winnie the Pooh”?

Egmont, the Nordic publishing house with intellectual property rights to Winnie the Pooh, recently announced that it is considering contemporary writers to pen the return to the Hundred Acre Wood.

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Creative, Multi-Generational “Orphan Train” Programming at ALLen Reads

This year’s ALLen Reads! program was a great success. The community reading program featured Christina Baker Kline’s “Orphan Train”.

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Andrew Maraniss’ Biography of Perry Wallace Discusses Basketball, Race, Social Justice, and Much More

Andrew Maraniss is the author of New York Times bestselling book Strong Inside, the powerful biography of basketball legend and civil rights figure Perry Wallace.

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