At the end of the week my children and I will be climbing on to a plane and flying back to England. It will be the first time the kids have been back in two years, and the trip has got me thinking about a lot of things. In particular, it reminded me of a small essay I wrote last …
All Together Now
More wonderful news on the heels of yesterday’s paperback launch – the good people at BookPage have named A GOOD AMERICAN as the “Top Pick for Book Clubs” for February. Here’s a link to the piece. I’m delighted by this, of course. I love book clubs and reading groups. The novel has already received great support from book clubs across …
Fantastic Day? (With Apologies to Haircut 100)
The day of your novel’s paperback launch is a strange one, if only because it’s so very ordinary. Today I fed my children breakfast and drove them to school. I had my weekly game of squash. I went to the office and did lawyerly stuff. The only sign that something was a little different was the proliferation of congratulatory tweets …
Costco Buyer’s Pick!
More exciting news, on the eve of paperback publication… I’m thrilled to announce that Costco have selected A GOOD AMERICAN as their book choice for February. This is wonderful, amazing news. I was interviewed for the company’s magazine, Costco Connection, that is sent to every Costco member – apparently that would be, um, about EIGHT MILLION PEOPLE. (Thankfully they only told …
IT’S ELEANOR BROWN, YO!
Yes, I really did write that “yo”. Obviously I have been here far too long. Ahem. I’m really looking forward to the launch event at the Columbia Barnes & Noble next week. I celebrated the hardcover publication of A GOOD AMERICAN there a year ago before going off around the country on tour, and I’m delighted to be going back …
Guest Blog Alert
As we approach paperback publication day next Tuesday, I’m delighted to announce that the lovely and talented Caroline Leavitt, author of NYT bestseller PICTURES OF YOU and the forthcoming IS THIS TOMORROW, has been kind enough to host me on her blog today. I’ve written about a subject close to my heart, and at the center of much of …
Paperback Writer
… A rather obvious title for this post, but if you lived with two Beatles-obsessed children, as I do, you would forgive me. It’s difficult to believe that it’s been nearly a year since A GOOD AMERICAN was published. In the past twelve months I have visited wonderful bookshops across the country, been invited to literary festivals, done countless radio …
What’s Important
I’ve spent the last two weeks without a computer. And I lived to tell the tale. One morning my cherished MacBook Pro would not wake up. I took it into the local Apple retailer and they confirmed that the hard drive had committed ritual hara-kiri the previous evening. Luckily all of my law firm documents and my novel-in-progress were backed …
A GOOD AMERICAN chosen as “One Institute, One Read” Title!
I’m delighted and beyond excited to announce that the American Booksellers Association has picked A GOOD AMERICAN as its “One Institute, One Read” title for the forthcoming Winter Institute 8, which takes place in Kansas City next February. This, not to put too fine a point on it, is a pretty big deal. ABA is the organizing body of independent …
Gaithersburg Book Festival
One of the very best things about publishing a book is being invited to events where one can meet readers and other writers. I’m particularly excited for this weekend, which is the Gaithersburg Book Festival, a hugely popular event in Maryland which brings dozens of writers from across the country to talk about and read from their books. The line-up …