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Author Eric Bennett Answers One Question about ‘A Big Enough Lie’

These days, aspiring writers have a number of tools at their disposal. Whether that’s a specific software, a submission manager or something as simple as an Internet connection, people today have more tools than ever before to write quality work. But can all of those advantages work against them and actually distract the…

Matt GillickMarch 7, 2016

Fiction

Author Emily Schultz Answers One Question about ‘The Blondes’

It's a beautiful spring day in the city as people stroll through the parks. Families are buying fresh greens from the farmer’s market, workers are hustling up and down Main St. to get to work. All seems well and good, until every blonde woman becomes a homicidal maniac. No, seriously. Emily Schultz uses allegorical…

Matt GillickApril 12, 2016

Fiction

Author Cate Holahan Answers One Question about ‘The Widower’s Wife’

The opening lines to Cate Holahan’s The Widower’s Wife (Crooked Lane Books, August 9, 2016) solidified my perpetual refusal to go on a cruise ship. Her newest thriller follows the investigation of a young wife gone missing on a cruise and she just so happens to have a lofty inheritance. Ryan…

Matt GillickNovember 2, 2016

Fiction

A Frenzied World of Fashion and Foreboding

It is a writer’s challenge to conjure those well-documented years sans clichés, to share a new story about a shocking time when German soldiers were increasingly glimpsed along the cobblestone streets and in the bars of the fanciest hotels. Parisians went about their business, but few lives were unaffected. Many…

Claudia KeenanJuly 10, 2019

Fiction

Adele Paula Royce Discusses the Spiritual Journey and ‘The Little Black Book of Suicide Notes’

We had the pleasure of speaking with debut author Adele Paula Royce about her new release, The Little Black Book of Suicide Notes. While the title might seem dark, the book was written as an inspiration to many going through difficult times, in the hopes that those who feel like…

BookTribFebruary 15, 2017

Fiction

A Buried Family Secret is Revealed in Alison Hammer’s “Little Pieces of Me”

An engaging and fast read, Little Pieces of Me (William Morrow Paperbacks) by Alison Hammer is perfect for a weekend away! Paige had a special connection with her beloved father, Mark, and with his recent death, she was missing their closeness. Her relationship with her mother, Betsy, was tenuous yet…

Jennifer BlankfeinJuly 15, 2021

Better Self Business Nonfiction

S.H.I.N.E. in 2017 and Leave All of the Excuses Behind

Welcome to 2017! You made it. Let the happy dancing commence. Your vision board is made and prominently placed to be seen daily. You've made your New Year's resolutions and are full of confidence that you will accomplish them all. You vow to be your best self yet. Better health.…

BookTrib Guest AuthorJanuary 18, 2017

Fiction

Review: John Irving’s ‘Avenue of Mysteries’ Revisits the Seductive Highways of Childhood

Here’s an interesting fact about John Irving whose new novel, Avenue of Mysteries (Simon & Schuster; November 2, 2015) uses the present as a vehicle for visiting the past: he begins every novel by writing the last sentence first. If your curiosity gets the better of you, then go ahead…

Carol MemmottNovember 2, 2015

Fiction

In 1950s Hollywood, “We Never Told”

If you were asked to keep a potential life-threatening secret, could you do it? What if it was your own mother who asked and you were only a teenager? What if the secret involved left you with more questions than answers? In Diana Altman's We Never Told (She Writes Press),…

Missi GwartneyAugust 16, 2019

Fiction

Chatting with Mary Beth Keane on Gripping “Ask Again, Yes’

Two young policemen work together in Brooklyn in the 1970s. To distance themselves from the job and start families they both move to the suburbs with their wives and end up living next door. Francis and Lena have three daughters. Brian and Anne have a son, Peter. Peter develops a…

Jennifer BlankfeinJuly 4, 2019

Author Discovery Zone

Burt Weissbourd

Burt Weissbourd Thrillers Novelist, screenwriter and producer of feature films. Burt Weissbourd writes character-driven thrillers. It began years ago when he went to Hollywood in 1975 to produce feature films. He was 26 and didn’t know anyone in the movie business, but he'd stumbled onto a timely idea — he…

BookTribMay 4, 2020

Author Discovery Zone

Steven M. Forman

Steven M. Forman Historical Fiction From seafood marketing guru to published author, his latest in the historical fiction genre Steven Forman was born in the Boston area in 1942, graduated the University of Massachusetts in 1963 and started his own seafood marketing company in 1970. He has always had a…

Lee PelletierSeptember 26, 2019

Author Discovery Zone

Max Mobley

Max Mobley Thrillers Warmth, wit, wisdom and weirdness - a thrilling, heart-wrenching tale with two of the most unappealing and unattractive protagonists you’ll ever meet. Max Mobley writes from his home in the Santa Cruz Mountains. He is a former columnist for the pioneering music magazine Crawdaddy! The Magazine of…

BookTribMay 21, 2019

Children's Books Children's Books - Featured Fiction

“My Dad Just Had a Serious Operation – What Am I Supposed to Do and Feel?”

“I was in the ICU at New York Presbyterian. I'd been told I'd be released the next day. The worst, it seemed, was behind me. A commercial that featured a children’s song came on the TV, and suddenly I burst into tears.” Jake Ryan didn’t know it at the time,…

Jim AlkonOctober 11, 2022

Author Spotlight

TV Vet Brings His Knowledge “Live to the Network”

Author Jeffrey Diamond knows first hand what goes on behind the scenes in television broadcast news. With forty years of experience under his belt, he offers up a vivid, frightening look at sex trafficking and inappropriate relationships between law enforcement and the mafia, through the eyes of his protagonist, Ethan…

Jennifer BlankfeinDecember 3, 2019

Author Discovery Zone

Casey Rislov

Casey is the author of five award-winning children’s books. Her passion has always been centered around children, and she has been actively involved with children in sports and academics from preschool to high school for over 25 years. These moments have added to her love of all things picture books,…

BookTribDecember 2, 2020

Author Eric Bennett Answers One Question about ‘A Big Enough Lie’

Author Emily Schultz Answers One Question about ‘The Blondes’

Author Cate Holahan Answers One Question about ‘The Widower’s Wife’

A Frenzied World of Fashion and Foreboding

Adele Paula Royce Discusses the Spiritual Journey and ‘The Little Black Book of Suicide Notes’

A Buried Family Secret is Revealed in Alison Hammer’s “Little Pieces of Me”

S.H.I.N.E. in 2017 and Leave All of the Excuses Behind

Review: John Irving’s ‘Avenue of Mysteries’ Revisits the Seductive Highways of Childhood

In 1950s Hollywood, “We Never Told”

Chatting with Mary Beth Keane on Gripping “Ask Again, Yes’

Burt Weissbourd

Steven M. Forman

Max Mobley

“My Dad Just Had a Serious Operation – What Am I Supposed to Do and Feel?”

TV Vet Brings His Knowledge “Live to the Network”

Casey Rislov

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