Category Archives: Books
THE WRONG SIDE OF NIGHT
My new novel, THE WRONG SIDE OF NIGHT, was born on a drizzly afternoon when I was walking my dog Gracie. I had been working on my mother’s eulogy; her health was declining, she was well into her nineties, and
excerpt from THE EARTH BREAKS IN COLORS
The call of an owl woke her. A call that always sounded like loneliness — wide and hollow, carried on dark winds. She pulled back the white eyelet curtains, tried to get a glimpse of the owl in the towering
THE EARTH BREAKS IN COLORS
These are the first two pages of my new novel, The Earth Breaks in Colors (available on Amazon): The call of an owl woke her. A call that always sounded like loneliness — wide and hollow, carried on dark
THE BIRTH OF A NOVEL
In his book On Writing, Stephen King says, “Good story ideas seem to come quite literally from nowhere, sailing at you right out of the empty sky: two previously unrelated ideas come together and make something new under the sun.”
ART AND LIFE
I’m working on a novel that takes place in Los Angeles, and deep into the story an earthquake shatters the city, leaving my characters scattered — separated from each other by damage and rubble. In order to find one another,
excerpt from The Blue Hour
As soon as Joshua finished his homework, he went out to the garden, sat on the bench by the flower bed and felt the clear breeze brush across his skin. The sky was just turning a deep blue
People Magazine Review
Many thanks go out to Joanna Powell at People Magazine for reviewing my latest novel, Till Human Voices Wake Us. Click on the June 24, 2013, cover here to read the review in full.
Neworld Review
I am featured on the cover of Neworld Review, with a pretty positive book review for Till Human Voices Wake Us. Thank you to Sally Cobau for a thoughtful and insightful review.