Abby Collette – A Deadly Inside Scoop
I write as Abby L. Vandiver and Abby Collettebut you can just call me Abby… -Abby To her grandchildren, she’s Grammy. Bestselling author Abby Collette and her granddaughter had the best fun researching her cozy mystery, A Deadly Inside Scoop. Basking in deliciousness, they covered a variety of ice cream shops in and around Cleveland, Ohio, including Chagrin Falls, […]
Justine Manzano – The Order of the Key
If you have a story in your head, stick to it. -Justine Manzano On pub day for The Order of the Key, Justine Manzano imagined herself as an Oscar winner and wrote in her blog post, “I’m prone to hysterics and over-the-top happiness.” Justine’s YA Urban Fantasy novel was out in the world after a […]
Lisa Braxton – The Talking Drum
A stimulating depiction of middle-class Black life in the early 1970s, The Talking Drum, Lisa Braxton’s debut novel, explores gentrification as the factory town of Bellport, Massachusetts faces eminent domain, a redevelopment project. Though many of its residents live relatively well, some who live in the enclave of Petite Africa, a community of African and […]
The On Reading Well Literary Society
Ashley and Friends in Nebraska, Hello back to You! Thank you for this lovely, idyllic postcard. It\’s an incentive to travel and to see more of this beautiful country. Your Willa Cather inspired note reflects the love you all have of your home state and surely for good reasons. I\’m reminded of reading two of […]
Margaret Davis Ghielmetti – Brave(ish)
The Davis Family Handbook was “not written in ink on paper,” Margaret Davis Ghielmetti wrote in Brave(ish): A Memoir of a Recovering Perfectionist, “but bestowed upon me at birth by my parents, and engraved upon my consciousness.” Inescapable, Margaret applied the rules to every aspect of her life. The first rule was, Repeat, “How lucky am I?” […]