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A gossip queen dissecting politics? A political pundit musing about sports? A romance novelist waxing poetic on music? You read it here first... see what your favorite literary personalities have to say about life beyond books.

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What Your Wallet Can Learn From Your Dentist

By Beth Kobliner - February 6, 2009

This is going to sound strange, but one of the greatest discoveries I’ve made as a grown up is that flossing your teeth is the key to life. Stay with me here. If you start flossing as a teenager and continue to floss every day (maybe even every other day), you’ve made a long-term investment in your oral hygiene, aka your mouth. You won’t have major tooth decay. You...

Book release + reader pics = awesome!

By Jessica Burkhart - February 4, 2009

So, I’ve been a debut author for a week! Yay! :) I’ve been driving around my hometown to sign books, pass out postcards and talk to booksellers. It’s been crazy, but so much fun! Also, I’m planning my first event (gasp!) at my local Books-a-Million on February 21. I’m still working out the details, but it’s going to be fun. Some awesome things to check...

How Did I Get Here?

By Lisa Genova - February 4, 2009

How did I get here? So many of my roads have led me here, it must be inevitable. Let me start at the beginning. Inspired by the stories of Oliver Sacks and a curiosity for understanding how the brain works to affect behavior and reveal who we are, I entered the graduate program in Neuroscience at Harvard in 1994. I quickly became interested in the mechanisms underlying...

By Jeffrey Rotter - January 30, 2009

The Doberman The links between vanity and cruelty are not secret. We all know about Chinese foot-binding. And I suspect those places advertising 100 percent human-hair extensions get their stuff from Third World hair farms. But recently I had a rare opportunity to see vanity and cruelty side by side in one elegant and ugly tableau. One bitter January morning I was on my way to...

Chasing Butterflies With President Obama

By Ed Gungor - January 29, 2009

BARACK OBAMA, the 44th president of the United States heralds the promise of a new beginning for America. With reckless abandon President Obama is telling us that this is a new day; that a new dawn of positive change is upon us no matter how challenging the times are. Though I don’t think any politician can make good on the kind of future President Obama is promising, I gotta...

Author featured in national magazine with puppy peeing by her side

By Karen Quinn - January 29, 2009

Monday, January 26th, 2009 January 23, 2009 Dear Friends, I’m in More Magazine this month! If you live in the U.S., pick up a copy of the February issue of More Magazine with Emma Thompson on the cover (not Cynthia Nixon - that’s just an example). In it, there is a story about six women who reinvented themselves (including yours truly) and a full-page photo of moi...

Author Loses Mother-in-Law on NYC Subway

By Karen Quinn - January 29, 2009

Saturday, April 19th, 2008 April 18, 2008 Hi everyone, Let me get the super important stuff out of the way: Please get your calendars now and ink in the date. If you’re going to be in New York or Denver in June, come see me read from Holly Would Dream. American Idol won’t be on that night. I made sure of it. New York - June 5 Barnes and Noble - 6th Avenue at 8th Street...

Did You See Holly Would Dream on the Today Show?

By Karen Quinn - January 29, 2009

June 4, 2008 Dear Friends and Family, I am beyond thrilled to tell you that Holly Would Dream is finally out! Yesterday was the release date and you can now acquire it for your very own library (along with ten additional copies for holiday gifts - they’re only about $11). Seriously, buy them now when I really need my book sales numbers to climb, I mean, when you won’t have...

Bevy of Audrey Hepburns take over Greenwich Village

By Karen Quinn - January 29, 2009

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008 June 9, 2008 Dear Friends and Family, I had an assistant (for a day)! Last Thursday, I had my first reading for Holly Would Dream in New York City. Everyone was invited to come in their best little black dresses and they looked fabulous! My friend Joanne Porzio decided to be my assistant, which mainly consisted of sitting on the toilet while I put on...

I Accidentally Moved My Children Next To A Nude Beach

By Karen Quinn - January 29, 2009

Friday, September 19th, 2008 Dear friends, Happy fall everyone. Hard to believe September is already here. We’ve been living in Miami for over a month and finally starting to settle in. Our super duper fancy building. I have to tell you, we have moved into the most luxurious building I can ever imagine. We did it by accident, but I’m not complaining. Seriously, I feel...

Author Doesn’t Eat Vegetables and is Very Short - Connection? You Decide.

By Karen Quinn - January 29, 2009

Saturday, February 16th, 2008 February 16, 2008 Hello Darlings, Did you miss me? I missed you. All I can say is thank you Lard Jeezus (!!!) for ending the Writer’s Strike so I can send my newsletters out again. As you know, I had to go into reruns with my Holiday letter and I went dark until a settlement was reached. No, I’m not in the Union, but my adorable and talented...

A Couple of Funny Conversations

By Karen Quinn - January 29, 2009

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008 Hi there, This is going to be a quickie newsletter but I just had a couple of funny things thought I’d share them with you. So, yesterday I was in a cab going uptown and the cabdriver turned and asked me, “Who do you want to win?” Me: Either of the Davids is fine. I like David Archuletto and David Cook. “How about you? Who do you...

This will move you!

By Karen Quinn - January 29, 2009

Monday, August 18th, 2008 August 16, 2008 Hello darlings, I have the most fun video of my July Barnes and Noble reading for you to watch. It was filmed and edited by Smita Paul, the brilliant videographer (in her spare time). Don’t worry, it’s not a boring film of me droning on about my brilliant work (even though we can all agree it is brilliant). We had the BEST time at...

2007 Quinn Holiday Letter (It’s a Rerun)

By Karen Quinn - January 29, 2009

Saturday, November 24th, 2007 November 24, 2007 To my dear friends, In deference to the writer’s guild strike, I have decided not to write any new material for our 2007 Holiday letter (except for this explanatory paragraph and a few comments here and there that I can’t resist). That’s right, this year’s letter is a rerun. For those of you who have been receiving my...

You Know You’re Somebody When Somebody Blogs About You

By Karen Quinn - January 29, 2009

Monday, April 21st, 2008 I just discovered that someone blogged about me! It was my friend, Drayton Bird, whom you may recall was the villain in The Ivy Chronicles. Well, he wasn’t, but I named the villain after him because I’ve always believed his name was book-worthy. Anyway, I feel so famous so I thought I’d share the blog with you. If you want to check it out, he’s...

Huge Movie News! You’re going to plotz when you hear it.

By Karen Quinn - January 29, 2009

Friday, June 27th, 2008 Dear Friends, I am so excited to give you the following news. But wait, why hear it from me when you can hear it from People.com. Sarah Jessica Parker: Single in the City Again? By Stephen M. Silverman Originally posted Thursday June 26, 2008 10:50 AM EDT Taking Carrie Bradshaw to the big screen proved a shrewd move for Sarah Jessica Parker – the...

My amusing Muse

By Joan Hiatt Harlow - January 22, 2009

Do authors really have a muse? I have a muse who presents me with ideas and plots and characters. Although it takes research, imagination, knowledge of the craft, devotion,and especially PASSION, to write an historical novel, I, for one, can attest to having my own personal muse. She is also my dream-keeper and she's taught me: 1) To listen to my own inner voice 2) To trust...

What I'm Passionate About

By W. Keith Campbell - January 21, 2009

When not involved in research, teaching and writing, or spending time with my wife and young daughters--all of which takes up about 51 weeks of the year--I try to sneak in some fly fishing. Ideally I head someplace beautiful and remote and take along some good company. I don't know precisely why I have a passion for fishing. It isn't the catching—someone said a fisherman's...

Did You Hear The One About My Mother In Law?

By Lisa Tucker - January 21, 2009

The last time she visited, she was already sick. When she left, I walked around my house in a daze, inhaling the smells. In the kitchen, the odors from the supper she’d insisted on making the night before: salty grease from the fried chicken and okra, sticky sweetness from the strawberries and marshmallow yams. In the bathroom, the clean tang of her Avon astringent and body...

Wichita, Kansas

By Christian Burch - January 20, 2009

Watermark Books is one of the best independent bookstores that I have ever been to. I recently visited to do a reading and answer questions and I ended up buying five books. LOVE IT!

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