Buy NOW! A recent article in The Independent ran a headline that says it all: Study finds trauma in childhood increases risk of health...

Where do you find your books? Mostly word of mouth, book award lists, book reviewers, publishers’ newsletters? A lot of book...

Buy NOW! There are MILLIONS of books published every year, so when I do as I do occasionally and check my Amazon rating to see #54 for...

by Johanna van Zanten I can’t get enough of stories with strong female characters who, when the chips are down, take risks that require...

It’s my husband’s birthday today, and while he’s not a social media guy and will never see this post, I wanted to share his marvelousness...

When I heard about the latest ban of 13 books by Utah's public school system, I looked up the books taken off of the shelves, I couldn’t...

Buy NOW! Mary Donahue of WINTER LIGHT was 14 during the 1976 Winter Olympics in Montreal. Already too cool for school and generally...

by Marc Rosenberg Marc Rosenberg’s KYD'S GAME is everything an exciting, fast-paced thriller should be: meticulous regarding details and...

Buy NOW! I couldn’t have written the end to BLISS ROAD without something my sister said: You have to acknowledge the part you played in...

For as gut-wrenching as the stories we write can be, there’s nothing quite like the pivotal moments in our real lives to remind us about...

I love my fellow women, because they… succeed in a world built and run by men raise one another up offer help and support daily naturally...

by Alycia Vreeland Alycia Vreeland’s memoir, BABY DARLIN', is not only a testament to humans’ tenacity, will to survive and ability to...

Buy NOW! If you’d asked me when I was 30 how well I knew myself, I would have said, “Very well! Life taught me otherwise. Fortunately,...

by Carole Bumpus This culinary travel memoir, ADVENTURES BY LAND AND SEA is a fabulous romp through the food-loving, light-filled, old...

Buy NOW! I had a great time attending the American Library Association’s conference in San Diego recently! I got to sign books and talk...

Buy NOW! Now that it’s summer, I was thinking about my childhood summers in the 1970s back in Chicago. What the season meant: hot, humid...

About 12 years ago my daughter and I were strolling through the Little Italy Farmers’ Market in San Diego where she went to college. When...

Who’s more fun than a librarian? Thousands of them! As a long-time library lover, librarians have been my best buddies, not only for...

Recently while talking with someone about books, I explained my theory: the type of books we like are based on our brain types. My mind...

My TV Writing Team and I recently got a chance to consult with producer Diane Nabatoff (Narc, Very Bad Things, Gray Matters, among...