Family Circle calls Nichole Bernier‘s debut novel a “smart, bittersweet tale [that] brilliantly captures what it means to be a mom, wife and friend.” The hardcover has an abstract feel, while the paperback image is more immediate. Nichole is here to talk about her involvement with each, and her feelings [...]
Ellen Meister is a friendly author, the kind who will visit your book club via Skype if you choose her latest novel, Farewell, Dorothy Parker. Publisher’s Weekly says, “Meister skillfully translates the rapier-like wit of the Algonquin Round Table to modern-day New York.” And that cover? Well, it almost wasn’t so [...]
Leah Stewart wrote one of my favorite books about friendship, The Myth of You and Me. Her latest novel, The History of Us, is about three grown siblings who return to their childhood home to face a family secret. The cover is striking—and like the covers of her last two [...]
Claudia Gray is the pseudonym of an author who lives in New Orleans in a purple house. Each book in Gray’s popular Evernight series has a lovely, shadowy cover. Her latest book, Spellcaster, takes a different stylistic approach. Claudia explains:
Kirkus Reviews calls Owen King‘s debut novel “superbly imagined lit-fic about family, fathers and film.” The author has previously published We’re All in This Together: A Novella and Stories, and is the co-editor of the anthology Who Can Save Us Now?: Brand New Superheroes and Their Amazing (Short) Stories. Full disclosure: Owen and I [...]
Kirsten Smith is a Hollywood screenwriter with more than a few big credits to her name: 10 Things I Hate About You, Legally Blonde, and Whip It, for example. She’s also the author of the fantastic novel-in-verse The Geography of Girlhood. Her new young adult novel, Trinkets, has a cover that made me stop and stare. [...]
When Sarah MacLean was in high school, she told her English teacher that her dream job was “romance novelist.” She’s now a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author. Her least favorite part of the writing process is “the second-to-last chapter.” And one of her favorite parts? The covers! She’s [...]
