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Category Archives: Meet the Candidate
Sway the Vote — “Unholy Night”
It’s time to Sway the Vote! Ellen India, Adult Services Coordinator for the Sarasota County Library System, wants you to vote for Unholy Night, and here is why… Full disclosure. I didn’t actually read “Unholy Night”, I listened to it. … Continue reading
Meet the Candidate — Seth Grahame-Smith author of “Unholy Night”
Seth Grahame-Smith is a busy man. According to Widipedia: Seth Grahame-Smith is an American best-selling author, screenwriter, and producer of film and television. He is best known as the author of The New York Times best-selling novels Pride and Prejudice and … Continue reading
Meet the Candidate — Laura Hillenbrand author of “Unbroken”
Today we feature Laura Hillenbrand, author of Unbroken. Her website has a brief bio to get started: Laura Hillenbrand is the author of the critically acclaimed “Seabiscuit: An American Legend,” which spent 42 weeks at #1 on the New York … Continue reading
Meet the Candidate — “Someone Knows My Name” by Lawrence Hill
Originally published as The Book of Negroes in Canada (Toronto : HarperCollins, 2007), Someone Knows My Name by Lawrence Hill is our focus this week. A summary from the publisher W.W. Norton introduces the novel: Abducted from Africa as a child … Continue reading
Meet the Candidate — Eowyn Ivey author of “The Snow Child”
Who is Eowyn Ivey, the author of The Snow Child? Here is a brief bio from her website: Eowyn (pronounced A-o-win) LeMay Ivey was raised in Alaska and continues to live there with her husband and two daughters. Her mother … Continue reading
Meet the Candidate — “The Snow Child” by Eowyn Ivey
This week we will be focusing on The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey. Here’s the trailer for the book to get you in the mood: And, here’s a summary from the Eowyn Ivey’s website: In Eowyn Ivey’s magical debut novel “The … Continue reading
Meet the Candidate — Jesmyn Ward, author of “Salvage the Bones”
From the publisher, Bloomsbury, USA, here is a brief bio of Jesmyn Ward: Jesmyn Ward grew up in DeLisle, Mississippi. She received her MFA from the University of Michigan, where she won five Hopwood awards for essays, drama, and fiction. … Continue reading
Meet the Candidate — “Salvage the Bones”
Time to meet the next One Book candidate. This week we’ll be focusing on Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward, the 2011 National Book Award winner for fiction. To start off, here is Jesmyn Ward reading a passage from the novel at … Continue reading
Meet the Candidate — “Cloud Atlas” a little more
Here are a few more tidbits about David Mitchell’s Cloud Atlas to help you decide if this is the perfect next One Book: News about the movie to be released in the Fall LitLovers discussion guide GoodReads quotes from the … Continue reading
Meet the Candidate — David Mitchell author of “Cloud Atlas”
There’s a lot of info on David Mitchell, the acclaimed, award-winning author of Cloud Atlas. Here’s a brief bio from the British Council Literature Team: Born in Southport in 1969, David Mitchell grew up in Malvern, Worcestershire, studying for a … Continue reading