Living with Ambiguity
Novelist Susan Gilbert-Collins’ moving post about her relationship to her illness, MS. (Susan is the author of STARTING FROM SCRATCH, Touchstone/Simon & Schuster). Thank you for sharing, Susan. http://susangilbertcollins.wordpress.com/2015/01/08/what-having-ms-has-taught-me-so-far/
How Authors Can Better Use Facebook to Promote
Random House has an excellent newsletter for authors and agents. Here’s an article from the latest issue that every author who is on Facebook should read: http://randomnotes.randomhouse.com/facebook-changes-you-should-know-about/?Ref=Email_B2C_2014-12-3Agents_Dec2014 –Joelle Delbourgo
American Pain film deal with Warner Bros. in Variety
Fun to see that VARIETY picked up the story about the film deal with Warner Brothers for John Temple’s AMERICAN PAIN: How a 27-year old Felon and Five Doctors Unleashed the Deadliest Drug Epidemic in U.S. History. Film agent par excellence, Shari Smiley (Gotham Group) brokered the deal with Warner Brothers after attracting Dallas Buyers […]
Five Essential Connections from the Playroom to the Boardroom
Dr. Laura Jana is no ordinary pediatrician. The author of successful books on childhood development published by the American Academy of Pediatrics, Dr. Jana makes fascinating connections here with her TedX talk on how to raise productive kids in the 21st century. It turns out that the workforce skills our children will need to make […]
Target select’s FLY A LITTLE HIGHER as first Holiday Book Club pick
We are so thrilled that Laura Sobiech’s memoir, FLY A LITTLE HIGHER, has been selected as the very first Target Holiday Book Club Pick this year! Starting December 2, 2014, a new special edition will be available exclusively at Target. It offers a handful of special bonus materials, including in-depth Q&A with author Laura Sobiech and […]
THREE LITTLE WORDS hitting UK bestseller list! Congrats Ashley Rhodes-Courter!
It’s official. Ashley Rhodes-Courter’s New York Times bestselling memoir of growing up in the foster care system, THREE LITTLE WORDS will hit the London Times list in the nonfiction paperback category (September, 2014/Ebury Random House). Rhodes-Courter’s sequel, THREE MORE WORDS, will be published by Atheneum/Simon & Schuster in May 2015. Congratulations, Ashley!
Jennifer Lynn Alvarez hits the road with The Guardian Herd!
Jennifer Lynn Alvarez is on tour in September/October with her new middle-grade series THE GUARDIAN HERD: STARFIRE, which released on 09/23/14. Jennifer is visiting elementary and middle schools around the country for two weeks, followed by a round of school visits with the HarperCollins “Class Acts” school tour. At her first in-store signing, THE GUARDIAN […]
The Guardian Herd: Starfire pubs today!
We want to wish a happy book birthday to the one and only Jennifer Lynn Alvarez. Her fantasy-adventure middle-grade debut THE GUARDIAN HERD: STARFIRE pubs today. We can’t wait for you to meet Star and his friends, the pegasi of Anok. Book 2, STORMBOUND, is coming in April! “The typical fantasy tale of an ordinary […]
On This Day of Remembrance
WE ARE NOT LEAVING is the dramatic account–in their own words–of the events and consequences of 9/11 by the first responders. Editor Dr. Benjamin Luft, MD is a remarkable doctor who established the World Trade Center Medical Monitoring Treatment Center for first responders, to treat symptoms, both physical and emotional, that were consequences of their […]
Guardian Herd: Starfire highlighted in ABC Best Books for Children
We’re so pleased that Jennifer Lynn Alvarez’s middle-grade debut The Guardian Herd: Starfire (pubbing September 23rd from Harper Children’s) has been chosen for the prestigious ABC Best Books for Children 2014. Of 1000’s of books considered only 200 are chosen. Congratulations Jennifer! ABC Best Books for Children Announcement