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May 7, 2004

This week our lineup has five interviews. The first is with Rick Riordan, the author of SOUTHTOWN, who is one of our suspense/thriller authors. Bethanne Patrick interviewed Marian Keyes where she talks about THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STORY. Ridley Pearson shared an interview with us where he talks about THE BODY OF DAVID HAYES. And we have interviews with two debut authors who I am just wild about, Katherine Leiner, who wrote DIGGING OUT and Carl Lennertz, whose CURSED BY A HAPPY CHILDHOOD hit stores this week.

May 2004

This newsletter arrives in your mailboxes a tad later than usual again this month. We needed a few extra days to make some of the changes that were suggested last month when a group of you "test drove" our Register Your Group form. To those of you who replied, thanks for your ideas and suggestions. We are ready to start registering groups. You can click on the link below to Register YOUR Group. In the months to come registered groups will be eligible for special book prizes and other offerings, so sign up now!

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April 30, 2004

Interview: Lauren Kelly, author of Take Me, Take Me With You

Apr 30, 2004

April 30, 2004

Lauren Kelly, author of TAKE ME, TAKE ME WITH YOU, talks to Wiley Saichek and Carol Fitzgerald from Bookreporter.com. She shares insight into the writing of the book, as well as why this novel is being written under a pseudonym (and shares another pseudonym as well).

Interview: Clinton McKinzie, author of Crossing the Line

Apr 30, 2004

April 30, 2004

Clinton McKinzie, author of CROSSING THE LINE, talks to Bookreporter.com's Suspense/Thriller Author Spotlight Team (Carol Fitzgerald, Joe Hartlaub and Wiley Saichek). He explains how his extensive background in law enforcement aided him in writing the book and discusses his passion for rock climbing, which has been incorporated into his novels.

April 30, 2004

Last night I attended the Edgar Awards Dinner. Named for Edgar Allan Poe these are the awards given in the Mystery/Suspense/Thriller genre. It was quite an evening with such presenters as Mary Higgins Clark, Michael Connelly and Phillip Margolin. We will have the list of winners for you next week. For the record, for people who write blood, gore, guts and murder so well, they are a really fun group to spend time with!

April 23, 2004

New York this week has been aflutter with the arrival of the Queen Mary 2 ocean liner. I think any child over the age of 6 can recite the stats on the ship as the local newscasters here have been sharing them incessantly with a tone that reflects both shock and awe. My older son, who usually must be dragged from bed at 7:45AM, was awake at 4:55AM Thursday to watch the ship entering the harbor on TV. The plan this Sunday is to watch her and the QE2 leave New York to sail across the Atlantic. For those of you who are wondering what the excitement is all about, may we recommend QUEEN MARY 2: The Greatest Ocean Liner of Our Time by John Maxtone-Graham? For information, click on the cover above.

April 2004

Did you try TV Turnoff Week at your house? If so, the kids might be mighty itchy right now with no TV to view.

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April 2004

Are you surviving TV Turnoff Week? We figure this gave you some serious time to get reading.

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