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Interview: Linda Fairstein, author of The Kills

Jan 6, 2004

January 6, 2004

Linda Fairstein, a veteran prosecutor specializing in cases of sexual assault and domestic violence, headed the Sex Crimes Unit of the Manhattan District Attorney's Office for more than two decades. She published her first Alexandra Cooper novel, FINAL JEOPARDY, in 1996. THE KILLS, her sixth novel, is now making its way up the bestseller list.

Interview: Jodi Compton, author of The 37th Hour

Jan 6, 2004

January 16, 2004

In this interview conducted by Carol Fitzgerald, Joe Hartlaub and Wiley Saichek, Jodi Compton discusses various elements of her debut novel THE 37th HOUR --- including characters, theme and setting. She also talks about her influences as a writer and offers a preview of her second novel featuring Detective Sarah Pribek.

Author Talk: Joseph Finder, author of Paranoia

Jan 1, 2004

January 2004

In this interview Joseph Finder, author of PARANOIA, shares with readers background on the research that he did in the world of corporate espionage, what he wants readers to experience from their reading and how he wanted this novel "to move like a hot knife through butter."

January 2004

Happy 2004! After the flurry of holiday madness, which I call "wrap, rip and indulge," we escaped for a weeklong vacation to the Outer Banks where I spent a lot of time reading. One afternoon we ventured out to a bookstore in Duck called Duck's Cottage where I met Jamie Layton, a bookseller. I mentioned that I loved to look at bookstores since I owned a company that had seven sites online that talked about books and authors. Before I could say more, she said, "My favorite site online is ReadingGroupGuides.com." You can well imagine the chat we had after that as we traded ideas and suggestions.

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Does your group work with a bookstore or library as a resource to guide you in making your selections?

January 1, 2004, 167 voters

December 2003

Welcome to the first FaithfulReader.com newsletter.

We know this arrives in your mailbox as you prepare for the holidays. We hope you will give it a look now --- perhaps we have the perfect answers for some last minute holiday gifts --- and then save it someplace to refer back to when life is a tad less busy.

Our goal with this website is to share with you news about Christian books and authors. Through a mix of reviews, interviews and features, we will keep you in touch with the best of Christian writing.

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December 2003

Happy holidays from all of us at Kidsreads.com. For most of you, your holiday vacation already has begun; for others of you, it starts next week!

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What do you think was the BEST book of 2003?

December 19, 2003

December 2003

Happy holidays from all of us at Teenreads.com. By now we assume you are caught up in a frenzy of shopping, wrapping and parties. I personally love giving gifts, but have gift anxiety about receiving them.

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Interview: Jilliane Hoffman, author of Retribution

Dec 19, 2003

December 19, 2003

Jilliane Hoffman's background in law enforcement helped serve as the inspiration for her debut novel, RETRIBUTION. In Part One of a two-part interview conducted by Bookreporter.com Co-Founder Carol Fitzgerald, and reviewers Joe Hartlaub and Bethanne Kelly Patrick, Hoffman discusses why she made sex crimes the topic of RETRIBUTION, the development of her characters and why she wrote some scenes as graphically as she did.