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Florida Times Union features “Where The River Ends”
Posted in Press Reviews on Fri, July 18, 2008
Charlie Patton is one of my favorite writers at the Florida Times Union. I first got to know him when he wrote an article about the The Dead Don’t Dance in 2003. This is his follow-up article (PDF) about Where the River Ends which printed yesterday.
A Christy for Christy
Posted in Events on Wed, July 16, 2008
In 1970, a young mother named Alice Douglas read Catherine Marshall’s seminal work, Christy. Six months later, she named her newborn daughter after the lead in that story. Twenty-two years later…
Where the River Ends—on shelves today
Posted in The Kitchen Sink on Tue, July 15, 2008
I’m 38. I started writing when I was 15…
I’m on iTunes
Posted in Interviews on Tue, July 15, 2008
You can now find two interviews of me on itunes. Look here. Kind of cool.
Discussion Questions for Where the River Ends
Posted in Book Clubs on Wed, July 09, 2008
I’m starting to get requests for book club discussion questions for River. Try this. Disclaimer—These questions were written by people who are smarter than me. There’s a good chance that they understand my stuff much better than I do. If you can’t answer one or two of the questions, don’t worry. I probably can’t either. Enjoy. ;-)
Latest research
Posted in Book Research on Tue, July 08, 2008
If you want to see some of the pictures from my most recent research trip(s), click on any of the pictures in the bottom right hand corner of my Blog page and you should get re-routed to my flickr page. If not, send an e-mail to Jon, my web guru, and tell him what you think. Most of my research has taken place in the mountains of North Carolina. Pretty stuff.
A Short Biography
Posted in The Kitchen Sink on Mon, July 07, 2008
A paragraph or two on my path from there to here.
An on-line Interview
Posted in Interviews on Mon, July 07, 2008
Some fun stuff in one of my most recent on-line interviews--with a few questions I’d never been asked. Really got me thinking.
Posted in The Kitchen Sink on Mon, July 07, 2008
My UK Facebook page.
My UK Website
Posted in The Kitchen Sink on Mon, July 07, 2008
Ebury House, my UK publisher, hosts a British version of me. ;-) Take a look.