Catherine Healey, who has a bachelor’s degree in communications and master’s degrees in education and library science, is a reference librarian at a college library. She has also served as an adult services librarian for a large urban public library system.
Wed, Dec 01, 2010
Catherine O'Flynn's debut novel, What Was Lost, won the Costa First Novel Award in 2007, was short-listed for The Guardian First Book Award, and was long-listed for the Booker Prize and the Orange Prize. She lives in Birmingham, England.
Wed, Dec 01, 2010
James Patterson is the author of the Alex Cross novels, the most popular detective series of the past twenty-five years, including Kiss the Girls and Along Came a Spider. Patterson also writes the bestselling Women's Murder Club novels, set in San Francisco, and the top-selling New York detective series, featuring Detective Michael Bennett. Liza Marklund is a Swedish journalist and author of the Annika Bengtzon series, which has sold 9 million copies in 30 languages. She lives in Sweden and Spain.
Thu, Jul 01, 2010
Dr. David Dosa is a geriatrician and an assistant professor of medicine at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. An essay he wrote for the New England Journal of Medicine was the basis of this book. Dr. Dosa lives with his family in Barrington, Rhode Island.
Sun, Aug 01, 2010
Elizabeth Berg is the author of many bestselling novels, two collections of short stories, and two works of nonfiction. Open House was an Oprah's Book Club selection. Durable Goods and Joy School were selected as ALA Best Books of the Year, and Talk Before Sleep was short-listed for an Abby Award. Her bestsellers include Home Safe, The Year of Pleasures, The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted, and Dream When You're Feeling Blue. Berg has been honored by both the Boston Public Library and the Chicago Public Library and is a popular speaker at various venues around the country. She is a recipient of the New England Booksellers Award for her body of work. Berg lives in Chicago.
Wed, Sep 01, 2010
Helen Simonson was born in England and spent her teenage years in a small village in East Sussex. A graduate of the London School of Economics and former travel advertising executive, she has lived in America for the last two decades. After many years in Brooklyn, she now lives with her husband and two sons in the Washington, D.C., area. This is her first novel.
Fri, Oct 01, 2010
Alan Bradley is a retired Director of Televison Engineering at the University of Saskatchewan, where he lectured on screen writing. He is the author of the memoir, THE SHOEBOX BIBLE, as well as the first Flavia de Luce mystery, THE SWEETNESS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PIE, which won the Crime Wriers' Association Debut Dagger Award as well as the first Saskatchewan Writers Guild Award for Children's Literature. .
Mon, Nov 01, 2010
Susan Isaacs, novelist, essayist and screenwriter, was born in Brooklyn and educated at Queens College. Her novels include Compromising Positions, Close Relations, Almost Paradise, Shining Through, and Past Perfect. A recipient of the Writers for Writers Award and the John Steinbeck Award, Isaacs serves as chairman of the board of Poets & Writers and is a past president of Mystery Writers of America. Her fiction has been translated into thirty languages. She lives on Long Island with her husband.
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