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Interview: Richard Montanari, author of The Rosary Girls: A Novel of Suspense

Mar 4, 2005

March 4, 2005

Bookreporter.com's Suspense/Thriller Author Spotlight Team (Carol Fitzgerald, Joe Hartlaub and Wiley Saichek) interviewed Richard Montanari, author of THE ROSARY GIRLS. Montanari talks about the creation of his two main protagonists, the research he conducted for the law enforcement aspects of the novel, his love for Philadelphia, and how his own religious background has influenced his writing.

Interview: Elizabeth Flock, author of Me & Emma

Mar 4, 2005

March 4, 2005

Bookreporter.com Co-Founder Carol Fitzgerald and contributing writer Shannon McKenna interviewed Elizabeth Flock, author of ME & EMMA. Flock discusses the inspiration behind her second novel, the heart-rending research necessary to realistically portray childhood trauma, the alluring charms of the South, and how her journalism skills have helped her in her fiction writing.

Interview: Pam Lewis, author of Speak Softly, She Can Hear

Mar 4, 2005

March 4, 2005

Bookreporter.com's Suspense/Thriller Author Spotlight Team (Carol Fitzgerald, Joe Hartlaub and Wiley Saichek) interviewed Pam Lewis, author of SPEAK SOFTLY, SHE CAN HEAR. Lewis reveals which elements of her debut novel are based in truth and explains why she decided to write a book set in the 1960s and 1970s. She also discusses the authors who have influenced her writing and the challenges of producing novels as opposed to short fiction.

Can You Keep a Secret? by Sophie Kinsella

March 2005

Emma Corrigan is incorrigible; she has secrets from everyone she knows. So what will she do when a stranger on a plane learns them all --- and spills them?

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Me & Emma by Elizabeth Flock

March 2005

In many ways, Carrie Parker is like any other eight-year-old --- playing make-believe, dreading school, dreaming of faraway places. But even her imaginative mind can't shut out the realities of her impoverished North Carolina home or help her protect her younger sister, Emma.

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Vanishing Acts by Jodi Picoult

March 2005

Raised in rural New Hampshire by her widowed father, Delia Hopkins now has a young daughter, a handsome fiance, and her own search-and-rescue bloodhound. But as Delia plans her wedding, she is plagued by flashbacks of a life she can't recall. And then a policeman knocks on her door, revealing a secret that changes the world as she knows it.

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March 2005

Our newsletter this month is 50% longer as we have added five new feature slots. As a result, I am keeping my opener short and sweet so you can get right to our news.

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Does your book club meeting include food or a meal?

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February 25, 2005

Two snowstorms in a week is too much for me. I was moving my head into an "It's Almost Spring" frame of mind and the flakes started falling. I also wish that instead of calling at 5:45 AM with a "school is canceled message" they would just send me e-mail. Oh well, there is lots of great book news this week to cheer me up.

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February 2005

We have a SNOW DAY today at our house. Snow days are like little unexpected presents. Sure the kids in our house were all doing the "snow dance" last night, but till the moment the phone rings and you hear "NO SCHOOL," it's really never a sure thing, no matter what the weatherman says.

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