Guest Authors

I met Carolina De Robertis at a book club mixer at Books Inc. Berkeley when her first novel, the international bestseller The Invisible Mountain was just out. …

[Read more...] about Carolina De Robertis: How I Avoided Second Novel Syndrome

M.J. Rose - whom I've known since before my first novel was published - is one of the gutsiest and most generous writers I know. Needless to say, I'm thrilled …

[Read more...] about M.J. Rose: From Self-Publishing to a Starbucks and Indie Next Pick

Randy Sue Meyers is an online writer-pal, and author of The Murderer's Daughters, which Jan Gardner, writing for the Boston Globe, called, "A gripping tale of …

[Read more...] about Randy Susan Meyers: How Long Does it Take (to find an agent? sell the book? get published?)

Sara Gruen calls this week's guest author, Alex George "a first rate talent." And last week's guest, Eleanor Brown, calls his new novel, A Good American, "by …

[Read more...] about Alex George: Starting Over

Sarah Pinneo celebrates the publication of her debut novel, Julia's Child, this week, missing her self-imposed 40th birthday deadline by a few months. Jenny …

[Read more...] about Sarah Pinneo: Sometimes Things Don't Pan Out

I met today's guest author, Maddie Dawson, on my favorite online writer's community, SheWrites.com. Her ... well, it's complicated, but it is Maddie's first …

[Read more...] about Maddie Dawson: A First Novel, Take Two

My first novel, The Language of Light was the first thing I sat down to write in earnest, once I started writing as an adult. It was ten years in the making by …

[Read more...] about Meg Waite Clayton: A Paperback Eight Years after the Hardcover