It’s a Novel Network Out There
By Susan McBeth, founder and CEO, Novel Network™ and Adventures by the Book®. “Books are something social – a writer speaking to a reader – so I think making the reading of a book the center of a social event, the meeting of a book club, is a brilliant idea.” –...
Author Book Review – by Rebecca Rosenberg
Our authors are avid readers, too! Rebecca Rosenberg, champagne geek, lavender farmer, and award-winning author of the Champagne Widows Novels Champagne Widows and Madame Pommery: Creator of Brut Champagne is dedicating the month of March to daily book reviews...
Stephanie Dray – New York Times, Wall Street Journal & USA Today Bestselling Author
from author's website STEPHANIE DRAY is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal & USA Today bestselling author of historical women’s fiction. Her award-winning work has been translated into many languages and tops lists for the most anticipated reads of the year....
Little Avalanches by Becky Ellis
ABOUT: A daughter’s quest for truth. A soldier’s fight for survival. Their shared search for understanding. Little Avalanches is a gorgeously written memoir of breathtaking scope that propels readers from the beaches of California in the early ‘70s to the...
The Fallen Woman’s Daughter by Michelle Cox
ABOUT: When eight-year-old Nora arrives at the Park Ridge School for Girls in 1932, she is sure there’s been some mistake. She can’t imagine why she and her little sister, Patsy, were torn from their mother only to be subjected to the cruel whims of the house matron,...
Brigit Binns – Memoirist and Prolific Cookbook Author
from author's website Brigit’s cookbook Eating up the West Coast was her 29th. A prolific cookbook author, her titles have sold over 100,000 copies. In addition, she’s helped some of the U.S.A.’s most respected chefs, like New York’s Michael Psilakis and Los Angeles’...
Doesn’t Get Better Than This!
"Our Zoomers were so honored to have Jennifer Rosner join our discussion of her novel Once We Were Home. It was such a wonderful meeting! Jennifer shared so much with us about her family, her research and inspirations behind this very beautiful and timely story. This...
Can’t We Be Friends by Eliza Knight
ABOUT: Award-winning author Denny S. Bryce and USA Today bestselling author Eliza Knight collaborate on a brilliant novel that uncovers the boundary-breaking, genuine friendship between Ella Fitzgerald, the Queen of Jazz, and iconic movie star Marilyn...
Cara Black – NYT and USA Today Bestselling Author
from author's website Cara Black is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of 20 books in the Private Investigator Aimée Leduc series, and two World War II-set novels featuring American markswoman Kate Rees. Cara has received...
Traveling Book Club meets Renee Rosen!
"Our Traveling Book Club had a wonderful time hosting "Dollface" author, Renee Rosen, on our February Zoom meeting! Renee is so personable and fun to chat with. She let us delve into her world as a writer, her process, her exciting characters, some of the upcoming...
How Fires End by Marco Rafalà
ABOUT: A dark secret born out of World War II lies at the heart of a Sicilian American family in this emotional and sweeping saga of guilt, revenge, and, ultimately, redemption. After soldiers vacate the Sicilian hillside town of Melilli in the summer of 1943, the...