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March 4, 2011, 558 voters
Author Paula McLain blends fact with fiction in her ambitious novel The Paris Wife as she recreates Jazz-era Paris and the little-known courtship, marriage and unraveling of Ernest Hemingway and his first wife, Hadley Richardson. Click here to see Part I of this interview.
A couple of years ago, I had the distinct pleasure of meeting and interviewing Shaun Tan. Shaun's a charming, humble, and incredibly talented artist, and he's created one of the most stunning graphic novels of the past few years, The Arrival. As of last night, he's also an Academy Award winner! Congratulations to him for winning for his wonderful film The Lost Thing, based on his equally wonderful book. Shaun has to be one of the nicest guys ever to win an Oscar, and he's definitely deserving of it!
Lindsey Leavitt is the author of PRINCESS FOR HIRE and her YA debut, SEAN GRISWOLD'S HEAD.
Lisa Verge Higgins is the author of The Proper Care and Maintenance of Friendship, in stores now. She writes about the incredible sense of warmth and friendship she's experienced while promoting her latest novel. To find out how to get hats for your own book group, visit her website at www.LisaVergeHiggins.com.
News came down the wire today that comics and animation writer Dwayne McDuffie had passed away. The news was a shock to me, and an incredibly sad thing to hear. McDuffie's work on Icon and the rest of the Milestone Media characters in the early '90s was incredibly pivotal to me.
Author discusses her novel The Sea Captain's Wife, a historically accurate adventure story along the high seas about a young girl, Auzba, desperate to leave her sheltered hometown aboard the ship of Captain Nathaniel Bradstock. In this interview, Powning discusses her research methods and the acting class that helped enrich her characters.
