Author of The Reversible Mask
June 4: My first PEN WOMEN of AMERICA annual branch lunch. Fourteen awesomely talented artists and writers attended. From left: Christina Britton Conroy, award-winning author, actress and musician; me; Joan O’Sullivan Lengyel, researcher and illustrator of old movie theaters; Michele Bonelli, painter of large scale non-representational canvases. The tiramisu is Christina’s, not mine. To those …
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A shout out of thanks to Sean Poage, author of an Arthurian series, who introduced me to artist Maria Gandolfo, who created this fantastic fantasy map for my book launch. Here it is projected against the wall of virtuoso pianist Huizi Zhang’s Brooklyn loft. We did a joint program of live music and book talk. …
Hello, Jeanne. It’s an honor to welcome you to my blog. What is your new novel The Last Collection about? Thank you, Loretta! The Last Collection reveals the rivalry between two titans of women’s fashion, Coco Chanel and Elsa Schiaparelli. From their 1930s Paris establishments, they battle for the most prestigious customers and the title …
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A great big thank you to Christine Childs at HNS, and to Aimee Ann at Red Headed Book Lover! A big thank you to both reviewers for digging into my themes so carefully.
I had fun at Wesleyan R. J. Julia on May 13, talking to an astute audience with three other local authors. The technology—gorgeous huge flat screen—didn’t work, so had to rely on my laptop for visuals and lots of hand gestures, normal book tour stuff, one of my co-panelists assured me. To tell you the …
Thursday, June 6th, 7pm- 8pm at Shakespeare & Co Booksellers 2020 Broadway, (between 69th and 70th Streets) New York, NY, 10023 I’m excited to present The Reversible Mask, supported by Doug Shapiro, actor, at this lovely bookstore, on the 75th anniversary of D-Day. Please come and support me and the re-opened independent bookstore! Two Raffles: …
I’ve just been accepted as a member of the prestigious National League of American PEN Women. The branch in New York that sponsored me has notable award-winning visual artists as well as author colleagues Linda Trice and Christina Britton Conroy. Thank you all for your vote Of confidence; I look forward to our meetings!
Dear friends and readers, I’m thrilled to be appearing with four talented authors at the lovely independent bookstore Wesleyan R. J. Julia on Monday May 13 at 7.00 pm. In the old Main Street of Middletown, CT. the street hosts varied restaurants and other stores serving a vibrant college town. The bookstore has coffee and …
Like my hero, Edward Latham, have your senses scrambled in Constantinople by seeing the giant comet of 1578; be befuddled by a cacophony of inaccurate clocks in an Ottoman official’s private laboratory. Then, on the River Scheldt outside Antwerp in 1584, witness the first self-detonating ship bomb blow up, the infamous Giambelli Hellburner. I am …
With your heart pounding, wait with my main character, Edward Latham, in a 1572 ambush line for orders to plunge into battle. Then be transported by the lush voice of the greatest woman singer of her age, Barbara Blomberg. I am thrilled that actor Doug Shapiro has chosen The Reversible Mask for three live Facebook …