Books & Writers
What are YOU Reading?
Tuesday, April 24 2012
Find out what book made Brenda McClain laugh out loud and then later break into tears, what mystery (set in a ghost town!) is thrilling Linda Descano and what mega-best-seller is leaving Amy Dordek Dolinsky hungry for more.
King Peggy, Reigning Supreme
Written by Osayi Endolyn Tuesday, March 27 2012
Peggielene Bartels, a Washington, D.C. secretary, knew she was related to African royalty, but four years ago she received a phone call – the king of Otuam, Ghana, had died – and she would become the village’s next king.
“All In” Author Offers Lessons in Leadership from General David Petraeus
Written by Patty Rasmussen Tuesday, February 14 2012
Paula Broadwell, author of The New York Times bestselling biography “All In: The Education of General David Petraeus,” spent over a year embedded with the general’s staff in Afghanistan. Here is a look at what Broadwell, West Point grad and “soccer mom,” learned from one of the most transformational military leaders of the past 20 years.
‘Strong and Important Stories’
Written by Jan Jaben-Eilon Friday, December 09 2011
Sheila Weller has won Newswomen’s Club of New York awards for stories about high-priced egg donation among Ivy League women, the Pentagon’s abuses of the anthrax vaccine on servicewomen, and the hidden deaths of U.S. hospital patients during the 2001 nursing shortage, to name but a few.
Writing Bug Followed Love of Bugs
Written by Jan Jaben-Eilon Tuesday, December 06 2011
Nnedi Okorafor was born in the United States to Igbo (Nigerian) immigrant parents, but her muse is Nigeria. This is where many of her stories take place, either literally or figuratively.
