Author of the international bestsellers The Postmistress of Paris, The Last Train to London, and 6 other novels
Joan Steinau Lester's second novel, Mama's Child released yesterday. Alice Walker calls it "an astonishing accomplishment … riveting art," and it's an …
[Read more...] about Joan Steinau Lester: A journal full of poetry and frustration, in equal measure
The New York Times Modern Love column had already turned her down twenty times, but no matter: she lobbed in another submission—about her pet tortoise. And when …
[Read more...] about Caroline Leavitt Throws Stones at Her Own Characters – a 1st Books Interview
Allie Larkin is the internationally bestselling author of the novel Stay. Jen Lancaster calls her "a master at creating complex characters who feel like old …
[Read more...] about Allie Larkin: Fake-Out (or, How Not to Write a Novel)
Nichole Bernier's fabulous The Unfinished Work of Elizabeth D - which was a finalist for the New England Independent Booksellers fiction award - is just out in …
[Read more...] about Nichole Bernier: Does Publishing a Novel Change Your Life?
This week's guest author, Julie Kibler, began writing Calling Me Home after learning a bit of family lore: as a young woman, her grandmother fell in love with a …
[Read more...] about Julie Kibler: Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic
There are so many reasons I am absolutely delighted to host author Tara Conklin today, not the least of which is that I just love her story of the persistence …
[Read more...] about Tara Conklin: Keep Writing, Keep Writing, Keep Writing
Earlier this year, when Cathy Marie Buchanan asked if I'd read her new novel, The Painted Girls, I jumped at the chance. I loved her debut, The Day the Falls …
[Read more...] about Cathy Marie Buchanan: Finding the Writing Life
I met Leah Stewart at the Sewanee Writers Conference years ago, and was one of the first in line for her debut novel, Body of a Girl, and her second book, The …
I'm SO delighted to host Melanie Benjamin this week - not just because she's got a new book publishing this week, The Aviator's Wife, which I am already …
[Read more...] about Melanie Benjamin: The Novelist Formerly Known As…
Juliette Fay’s Shelter Me was a 2009 Massachusetts Book Award “Book of the Year,” and her Deep Down True was short-listed for the Women’s Fiction award by the …
[Read more...] about Juliette Fay: I Never Wanted to Be a Writer
