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Nora Roberts featured in Orlando’s WKMG-TV video

on September 3rd, 2010 by cjthomas

Nora Roberts offered her views on why romance novel sales flourish during a recession in a video segment filmed by WKMG-TV, the Orlando, Florida CBS affiliate, during the Romance Writers of America’s 2010 convention. According to the broadcast, e…

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Mystery series writers and organizations on Facebook: August 2010 updates

on September 3rd, 2010 by Mystery Series Examiner

Appearing below are the August 2010 additions to three Mystery Series Examiner's articles:
Mystery series authors use Facebook to create fan pages
Mystery-related organizations create Facebook fan pages
Mystery series authors make friends on Facebo…

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Nora Roberts shares her thoughts on the ‘Summer of Divorce’ with Bruce Feiler

on August 29th, 2010 by cjthomas

Bruce Feiler, author of the monthly “Family Matters” column for the New York Times, as well as of nine widely read books on faith and family, consulted with another bestselling writer, Nora Roberts, for his August 27, 2010 article, “T…

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Laura Lippman’s ‘Life Sentences’ demonstrates the division between mystery and literary fiction

on August 29th, 2010 by Mystery Series Examiner

Patrick Anderson’s August 16, 2010 Washington Post review of Laura Lippman's August 2010 release, I'd Know You Anywhere, claims that the novel succeeds because it is able to "transcend" its genre. "Some people would segrega…

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Who are the top earning authors? Forbes has a list.

on August 29th, 2010 by Mystery Series Examiner

Those who like knowing how much their favorite writers earn from their publications had their curiosity satisfied on August 19, 2010 when Forbes issued its list of the ten highest paid authors. To establish its rankings, Forbes compared earnings by the…

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Laura Lippman’s ‘I’d Know You Anywhere’ and ‘Every Secret Thing’ make August headlines

on August 29th, 2010 by Mystery Series Examiner

Two standalone novels by Laura Lippman, creator or the Tess Monaghan series, have made headlines this month.  Lippman’s newest novel, I'd Know You Anywhere, was released on August 17, 2010 to widespread critical acclaim. Meanwhile, Lippm…

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Marcia Muller tours San Francisco as part of NPR’s ‘Crime in the City’ series

on August 26th, 2010 by Mystery Series Examiner

National Public Radio (NPR) correspondent Mandalit del Barco concluded the NPR Morning Editon series  “Crime in the City” with an August 13, 2010 interview with Marcia Muller. Muller, a 2005 Mystery Writers of America Grand Master, is the author of a long-running mystery series that features San Francisco-based private investigator Sharon McCone.
del Barco describes McCone as “the first liberated female detective of the modern era.” In creating McCone, Muller broke away from the depiction of female detectives like Agatha’s Christie’s Miss Marple who…

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David Baldacci futhers literacy causes through Wish You Well Foundation and Feeding Body & Mind

on August 26th, 2010 by Mystery Series Examiner

It is perhaps obvious to frequent readers of this column that the Mystery Series Examiner, a former librarian, has a special interest in mystery writers who in addition to creating excellent works of fiction also promote efforts to improve literacy. David Baldacci, author of the the Sean King and Michelle Maxwell series, the Camel Club series, and the Shaw and Katie James series, advances this cause through the Wish You Well Foundation.®
Michelle and David Baldacci formed the Wish You Well Foundation eight years ago. Their organization fosters family literacy in the United States by…

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Nora Roberts and J.D. Robb sign Jo’s Library Quilt

on August 25th, 2010 by cjthomas

The romantic Nora Roberts and the mysterious J.D. Robb have both signed on to help finance the building of a new library in Coalville, Utah, one that will replace the facility now housed in a 900 square foot city office room. Roberts, Robb and over fifty additional bestselling authors have contributed their autographs to Jo’s Library Quilt, a project initiated by Coalville resident Jo Garver. Garver’s inspiration for designing and using a quilt to acquire funds for a new library came from reading the book The Sugar Camp Quilt by Jennifer Chiaverini, which focuses on a similar…

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New Zealand Herald publishes surprising interview with Nora Roberts

on August 22nd, 2010 by cjthomas

This morning’s New Zealand Herald published a surprising conversation with Nora Roberts, surprising in that the bestselling romance writer seldom grants interviews. In the August 22, 2010 article, “Nora Roberts: Storyteller at heart,”

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