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| Authors' Summer Reading Lists, and Much More! |
Summer is officially underway, and we have LOTS to share with you this month. We begin with our Third Annual Authors' Summer Reading List feature. This time around we bring you lists from more than 60 authors. Check them out --- and add some new titles and authors to YOUR summer reading list!
Don't forget to visit Bookreporter.com for details on our Best of Summer Contest. Readers have a chance to win a set of books from our Best of Summer in Hardcover or Best of Summer in Paperback lists, along with a LightWedge reading light. More on the contest at:
http://www.bookreporter.com/community/contests/2003-best_of_summer.asp.
We have several new AOTW author websites to share with you --- and some AOTW authors have new books. Make sure to take a look!
Happy reading...
-Carol Fitzgerald (Carol@bookreporter.com)
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Read the Authors' Summer Reading Lists here.
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| June Author of the Month: James Patterson |
| Before becoming one of the world's top-selling novelists, James Patterson's ambition in life was to become a professional basketball player; unfortunately, he wasn't tall or fast enough. Ironically, Patterson did not like to read in high school. However, in his late teens, he started to read everything he could get his hands on. As a young copywriter with an advertising agency, Patterson's interest in writing grew enormously. In fact, The Day of the Jackal and The Exorcist were the two books that inspired him to write. In 2001 Patterson told the Chicago Tribune, "I had just decided I didn't have Ulysses in me, but I might have a Day of the Jackal."
Patterson's fans are certainly grateful for this decision, because he has since written more than 20 novels and has made numerous appearances on bestseller lists. His novels include his popular series featuring forensic psychologist/detective Alex Cross and the "Women's Murder Club" series, which is full of breathtaking drama and shocking twists. His latest effort, The Lake House, is the highly anticipated sequel to the 1998 bestselling When the Wind Blows.
To celebrate the release of The Lake House, AuthorsOnTheWeb has chosen James Patterson as our Author of the Month. Readers can learn more about Patterson's life and works through trivia questions, fast facts and biographical information, as well as links to his website, bibliography, past interviews, and book reviews.
AuthorsOnTheWeb.com's newsletter subscribers have a chance to win a free copy of Patterson's The Lake House. More details can be found at: http://www.authorsontheweb.com/AOM-contest.asp.
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Read about James Patterson here.
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| In Case You Missed It - May Author of the Month: Margaret Atwood |
Margaret Atwood's love for writing began early in life. At the age of six, she says she began writing "poems, morality plays, comic books and an unfinished novel about an ant." So it comes as little surprise that this literary girl would grow up to become one of Canada's major contemporary authors of fiction, poetry and essays. Among her most recent works are the bestselling novels The Robber Bride, Alias Grace and The Blind Assassin, in addition to the collections Wilderness Tips and Bluebeard's Egg.
In her latest novel, Oryx and Crake, Atwood invites her audience to enter the future of our own world, a bleak and terrifying place that has been destroyed in the wake of ecological and scientific disaster and is populated by characters who readers won't soon forget.
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Read more about Margaret Atwood here.
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| A New Novel from Stan Pottinger |
Stan Pottinger's new thriller, The Last Nazi, hits bookstores this August. Visit StanPottinger.com to read an excerpt from the book, and check back soon for a special behind the scenes glance at photographs and other material Pottinger used to research The Last Nazi. StanPottinger.com also has information on his previous thrillers, The Fourth Procedure and A Slow Burning, as well as a newsletter signup and a "what's next" feature.
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Visit StanPottinger.com here.
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| Daniel Silva - Sign Up for His Newsletter and You Could Win SIGNED BOOKS |
Daniel Silva has just launched his new website, DanielSilvaBooks.com. The bestselling author of The Confessor and The English Assassin is offering 5 sets of SIGNED books to readers who sign up for his newsletter by June 30, 2003. The newsletter will offer information on new releases, as well as tour dates. There will be a new contest every month. And in case you are wondering, your email address will be kept private! Exploring an author's website is a great way to learn more about his or her work. Enjoy checking out Silva's here.
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Visit Daniel Silva's website, sign up for his newsletter and be eligible to win a set of signed books!
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| Mark T. Sullivan's New Series |
Mark T. Sullivan is back this July with The Serpent's Kiss, an electrifying thriller that introduces readers to San Diego Detective Sergeant Seamus Moynihan. Sullivan's website, MarkTSullivan.com, has been redesigned to celebrate the book's forthcoming publication --- complete with an excerpt and advance reviews. We think this is Mark's best to date!
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Check out MarkTSullivan.com here.
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| Valerie Block --- None of Your Business |
Valerie Block's newest novel, None of Your Business, deals with a topic gaining increasing interest: the decline of privacy in our personal lives. Excerpts from the book, which Kirkus called "wickedly clever fun," can be found at Block's official website, ValerieBlock.com. The site also has a Q&A with the author, details on her previous work, biographical information, and features such as "Valerie's Favorite Things."
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Visit Valerie Block's website here.
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| Coming this Fall: Jim Fusilli's Tribeca Blues |
Jim Fusilli's new Terry Orr novel, Tribeca Blues, arrives in bookstores this October. Visit JimFusilli.com to read descriptions, excerpts, and reviews about Closing Time and A Well-Kept Secret, the first two novels featuring private investigator Terry Orr.
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Click here to visit Jim Fusilli's website.
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| Enter Bookreporter.com's William Lashner/Victor Carl series contest |
Suspense and thriller fans have a chance to win all three books in William Lashner's critically acclaimed Victor Carl series --- including a signed copy of the most recent novel, Fatal Flaw --- in Bookreporter.com's William Lashner contest. Click on the link below for more details.
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Read about the William Lashner contest here.
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| More Author News |
Want to find out more about Authors On the Web authors? Make sure to visit our Author News section to find out highlights from our authors' websites.
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Read Author News here.
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As always, thanks for reading. Have a great month.
-- Carol Fitzgerald (Carol@bookreporter.com)
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