Montauk, Nicola Harrison, St. Martin’s Press – Enchanted with the history of Montauk, Long Island, Nicola Harrison decided to tell the story of a modest woman who finds herself among high society.
Ellen Birkett Morris
Ellen Birkett Morris is an award-winning, multi-genre writer based in Louisville, Kentucky. Morris is the author of LOST GIRLS, a short story collection, which Kirkus Reviews called "A varied set of tales from a skilled practitioner of the short form."
Her fiction has appeared in Shenandoah, Antioch Review, Notre Dame Review, South Carolina Review, Fiction Southeast, Santa Fe Literary Review, and Upstreet, among other journals. https://ellenbirkettmorris.ink/index.html
Dukess Interview: Writing is an Act of Discovery
The Last Book Party, Karen Dukess, Henry Holt – In The Last Book Party, Karen Dukess takes us to the summer of 1987 as 25-year-old Eve, an assistant at a publishing house, attends a party at the Cape Cod home of literary luminaries New Yorker writer Henry Grey and his poet wife, Tillie.
Patchett Weaves Story of Family Loyalty and Legacy
The Dutch House, Ann Patchett, Deckle House – Ann Patchett’s latest novel The Dutch House reads like a modern fairy tale with a house that seems enchanted or damned, depending on which character’s perspective you are grounded in, an evil stepmother, and two siblings,
Costalegre: Fictional Account of Guggenheim Daughter Intrigues
Costalegre, Courtney Maum, – In Costalegre, Courtney Maum’s third novel, Lara and Leonora Calaway are taking refuge in a remote mansion in the Mexican wilderness in 1937 with a group of Surrealist artists, who Leonora has helped to escape Hitler’s Europe.
Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout
Olive, Again, Elizabeth Strout, – I remember the moment I fell in love with Olive Kitteridge. It was near the end of the book and Olive was lying down looking out a window.
Write for Joy Says Bestselling Author Center
Things You Save In a Fire, Katherine Center, Macmillan – Katherine Center has a knack for creating women characters that are down to earth, yet heroic, inspiring, but real.
Inspired by Composer Erik Satie, Horrocks Weaves Historical Fiction
Vexations, Caitlin Horrocks, Little Brown – Caitlin Horrocks, author of The Vexations, had finished her MFA at Arizona State University in 2007 and had been writing short stories for a few years, when she signed up for a summer workshop in 2010.
Building a Short Story Collection with Patience and Persistence
We Love Anderson Cooper, R. L. Maizes, Macmillian – In her debut short story collection, We Love Anderson Cooper, R.L. Maizes takes readers into some intriguing scenarios: a young man who decides to come out during his bar mitzvah, a disfigured tattoo artist who discovers healing powers, a therapist, whose new couch has the power to take away sadness, a woman haunted by the spirit of her dead dogs.
The Editor Explores Mother/Son Relationships
The Editor, Steven Rowley, Peguin Random House – The Editor Explores Mother/Son Relationships – I can’t lie. I was drawn to Steven Rowley’s novel THE EDITOR for the chance to spend time, even fictionally, with Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.
The Magnetic Girl: History and Imagination, a Compelling Tale
The Magnetic Girl, Jessica Handler, Hub City Press – History and Imagination Yield Compelling Tale
