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In the Company of Others by Jan Karon
Jan Karon is the author of the bestselling Mitford novels. She lives in Virginia. In the Company of Others is the second novel in her Father Tim series.
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The Last Innocent Man by Philip Margolin
Phillip Margolin has written fifteen New York Times bestsellers, including his latest, Supreme Justice. Each displays a unique, compelling insider's view of criminal behavior, which comes from his long background as a criminal defense attorney who has handled thirty murder cases. He lives in Portland, Oregon
*Cryoburn by Lois McMaster Bujold
Lois McMaster Bujold burst onto the SF scene in 1986 with SHARDS OF HONOUR, closely followed by BARRAYAR, and THE WARRIOR'S APPRENTICE, which introduced the physically handicapped military genius, Miles Vorkosigan. Since then she has won four Hugo Awards and two Nebulas. The mother of two, Bujold lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
*Dracula, My Love by Syrie James
Syrie James is the author of the best-selling novel The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen, which was named a Best First Novel of 2008 by Library Journal, and The Secret Diaries of Charlotte Bronte, a 2009 Great Group Read by the Women's National Book Association. Syrie is also a screenwriter and a member of the Writers Guild of America.
The Big Time by Fritz Leiber
Fritz Leiber, who died in 1992, was one of the most important SF and fantasy writers of the century. The Big Time is his most famous SF novel. "[His] awards for fantasy included the 1975 Grand Master of Fantasy Award, the 1976 World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement, the 1981 Grand Master Award from the Science Fiction Writers of America, 6 Hugos, 4 Nebulas, and about 20 other awards.
American Colossus by H.W, Brands
H. W. Brands is the Dickson Allen Anderson Professor of History at the University of Texas at Austin. He was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in biography for The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin, and for Traitor to His Class: The Privileged Life and Radical Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. His Web site is www.hwbrands.com.
*Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo by Ntozake Shange
NTOZAKE SHANGE is a renowned playwright, poet, and novelist. Her works includes Some Sing, Some Cry, the Obie Award-winning for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf, Betsey Brown and Liliane. Among her honors and awards are fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund and a Pushcart Prize. Tony and Grammy Award-nomiated Shange is a graduate of Barnard and recipient of a Masters in American Studies from University of Southern California. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Playing the Game by Barbara Taylor Bradford
Barbara Taylor Bradford started her writing career in the 1960s as a journalist who felt destined to become "a hard-bitten reporter in a dirty trenchcoat." However, her breakout bestseller, A Woman of Substance (1979), sparked her prolific career as the author of thrilling novels of romance and intrigue.
The Hidden Oasis by Paul Sussman
Journalist Paul Sussman has worked as a field archaeologist, and was part of the first team to excavate new ground in the Valley of the Kings since the tomb of Tutankhamun was found in 1922. His previous novels, The Lost Army of Cambyses and The Last Secret of the Temple were million-copy international bestsellers. He is married and lives in London.
Zero History by William Gibson
William Gibson lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, with his wife. He is the author of Neuromancer, Count Zero, Mona Lisa Overdrive, Burning Chrome, Virtual Light, Idoru, All Tomorrow's Parties, Pattern Recognition, and Spook Country.
The Cookbook Collector
Allegra Goodman’s novels include Intuition and Kaaterskill Falls. Her fiction has appeared in The New Yorker and Best American Short Stories. She is a winner of the Whiting Writer’s Award and a fellowship at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. She lives with her family in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
*The Imposter by Damon Galgut
Damon Galgut was born in Pretoria in 1963. He wrote his first novel, A Sinless Season, when he was seventeen. His other books include Small Circle of Beings, The Beautiful Screaming of Pigs, The Quarry and The Good Doctor. The Good Doctor was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and the Dublin/IMPAC Award. Damon Galgut lives in Cape Town.
Christmas with Tucker by Greg Kincaid
GREG KINCAID lives on a farm in eastern Kansas with his wife, two cats, and two dogs, including Rudy, adopted from a local shelter. When not writing, he is a practicing lawyer and pet-adoption advocate.
*Blackout/All Clear by Connie Willis
Connie Willis, who was recently inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame, has received six Nebula Awards and ten Hugo Awards for her fiction; her previous novel, Passage, was nominated for both. Her other works include Doomsday Book, Lincoln’s Dreams, Bellwether, Impossible Things, Remake, Uncharted Territory, To Say Nothing of the Dog, Fire Watch, and Miracle and Other Christmas Stories.
An Object of Beauty by Steve Martin
Steve Martin is a legendary writer, actor, and performer. His film credits include Father of the Bride, Parenthood, The Spanish Prisoner, and Bringing Down the House, as well as Roxanne, L.A. Story, and Bowfinger, for which he also wrote the screenplays. He's won Emmys for his television writing and two Grammys for comedy albums. In addition to a play, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, he has written a bestselling collection of comic pieces, Pure Drivel, and a bestselling novella, Shopgirl, which was made into a movie. His work appears frequently in The New Yorker and The New York Times.
Beyond the Hundredth Meridian by Wallace Stegner
WALLACE STEGNER (1903-1993) was the author of many books of fiction and non-fiction, including the National Book Award-winning The Spectator Bird (1976) and Crossing to Safety. Angle of Repose won the Pulitzer Prize in 1971.
*Mixed Blood by Roger Smith
Roger Smith is an accomplished screenwriter, director, and producer. He is at work on a second stand-alone thriller set in and around Cape Town, where he currently lives.
Women, Work & the Art of Savoir Faire by Mireille Guiliano
Mireille Guiliano is the bestselling author of French Women Don't Get Fat and French Women For All Seasons. Born and raised in France, she is married to an American and lives most of the year in New York and Paris.
Sandman Slim by Richard Kadrey
Richard Kadrey has published five novels, including Sandman Slim, Butcher Bird, and Metrophage, and more than fifty stories. He has been immortalized as an action figure, and his short story "Goodbye Houston Street, Goodbye" was nominated for a British Science Fiction Association Award. A freelance writer and photographer, he lives in San Francisco.
The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper
JAMES FENIMORE COOPER (1789-1851), the first major American novelist, was the son of a wealthy landowner who founded Cooperstown, New York. He attended Yale and served in the navy before turning to writing, winning international fame with The Spy (1821). After The Pioneers (1823), public fascination with the character of Natty Bumppo led him to write a series of sequels that gradually unfold the entire life of the frontier scout.
The Cow in the Parking Lot by Leonard Scheff
Susan Edmiston, a former editor at Redbook and Glamour, writes for New York, The New York Times Magazine and Book Review, Esquire, The San Francisco Chronicle, and Women's Day. She lives in Berkeley, California. Leonard Scheff, a successful trial lawyer in Tucson, Arizona, is also a practicing Buddhist who, for the last fifteen years, has conducted seminars on managing anger.
The Confession by John Grisham
JOHN GRISHAM is the author of twenty-two novels, one work of nonfiction, a collection of stories, and a novel for young readers. He is on the Board of Directors of the Innocence Project in New York and is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Mississippi Innocence Project at the University of Mississippi School of Law. He lives in Virginia and Mississippi.
Portobello by Ruth Rendell
Ruth Rendell has won numerous awards, including three Edgars, the highest accolade from Mystery Writers of America, as well as three Gold Daggers, a Silver Dagger, and a Diamond Dagger for outstanding contribution to the genre from England’s prestigious Crime Writer’s Association. A member of the House of Lords, she lives in London.
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit by Sloan Wilson
Sloan Wilson was born in Norwalk, Connecticut, in 1920. At the age of eighteen he sailed a schooner from Boston to Havana. He is a graduate of Harvard, a veteran of World War II, and he has worked as a reporter for Time-Life and as a college professor. He is the author of fifteen books, including The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit and A Summer Place, both made into major motion pictures.
*Being of the Field by Traci Harding
Australian novelist Traci Harding has ten books published, including two complete trilogies – The Ancient Future trilogy and The Celestial Triad. The Alchemist's Key is a stand-alone book published in 1999 while Ghostwriting is a collection of 6 haunting tales.
*The Pallbearers by Stephen J. Cannell
In his thirty-five-year-career, Emmy Award-winning writer (author of 15 crime novels) and television producer STEPHEN J. CANNELL (1941-2010) created over forty TV series, including The Rockford Files, Silk Stalkings, The A-Team, 21 Jump Street, Hunter, The Greatest American Hero, Renegade, Wiseguy, and The Commish.
Dismantling the Empire by Chalmers Johnson
Chalmers Johnson (1931-2010) was the author of the bestselling books Blowback, The Sorrows of Empire, and Nemesis, which make up his Blowback Trilogy. He also wrote for the Los Angeles Times, the London Review of Books, Harper's Magazine, The Nation, and TomDispatch.com.
The Rapture by Liz Jensen
Liz Jensen is the author of several novels, including Egg Dancing; Ark Baby; My Dirty Little Book of Stolen Time and The Ninth Life of Louis Drax. Her work has been nominated three times for the Orange Prize and has been translated into more than twenty languages.
Crash of the Titans by Greg Farrell
GREG FARRELL is a correspondent for the Financial Times. In January 2009, he broke the news that Merrill Lynch had paid out its 2008 bonuses a month ahead of schedule, in December, even though Merrill was in the process of losing $28 billion for the year, and Bank of America needed an extra $20 billion in taxpayer funds to complete its acquisition of the firm. That story sparked an investigation by New York attorney general Andrew Cuomo. Greg is a past winner of the American Business Press’s Jesse Neal Award for investigative reporting and a recipient of the Knight-Bagehot Fellowship for business journalism. He earned a BA from Harvard University and an MBA from the Graduate School of Business at Columbia University.
How to Be an American Housewife by Margaret Dilloway
Margaret Dilloway (check out her website: www.margaretdilloway.com) that she “majored in art, but once [she] finished college and didn’t have assignments, [she] never made art. Also, [she] was too poor to buy supplies. But [she] always wrote no matter what.” She lives in Hawaii with her husband and their three children.
*The Reversal by Michael Connelly
Michael Connelly is the bestselling author of the Harry Bosch series of novels as well as The Poet, Blood Work, Void Moon, Chasing the Dime, The Scarecrow, The Lincoln Lawyer. He is a former newspaper reporter who has won numerous awards for his journalism and his novels.
Life by Keith Richards
Keith Richards was born in London in 1943. A guitarist, vocalist, songwriter, and cofounder of the Rolling Stones, he has also released solo albums with his band, The X-Pensive Winos. He lives in Connecticut with his wife, Patti Hansen. James Fox was born in Washington, D.C., in 1945 and has known Keith Richards since the early 1970's when he was a journalist for the Sunday Times in London. His books include the international bestseller White Mischief.
*American Assassin by Vince Flynn
Vince Flynn is the author of twelve thrillers, including Pursuit of Honor, Extreme Measures, and American Assassin. Visit his website at www.vinceflynn.com.