The Rita Awards
How many of you know that the highest award a romance novelist can win is the Rita? Each year the Romance Writers of America (the largest writers’ group in the world!) honor the best books in the genre at their national conference. As you might imagine, the...For Desperate Housewives fans…a fun giveaway.
Many moons ago, I contributed an essay to the anthology Welcome to Wisteria Lane, a completely unauthorized discussion of various aspects of the Desperate Housewives television series. It was a blast to spend time analyzing the show from an essayist’s point of...A Nod from Nancy: Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls
Jeannette Walls wrote the extraordinary memoir The Glass Castle. I loved that book. Half Broke Horses is also a delight but in a different way. This is called “A True Life Novel”, an odd term. Ms. Walls explains that the book is based on the stories...A Nod from Nancy: Soul of a Dog by Jon Katz
I discovered Jon Katz through his Suburban Detective series, books I adored. The first was titled Death by Station Wagon. What soccer mom could resist? Evidently, his mysteries didn’t sell well enough so the series was discontinued, much to my disappointment,...A Nod from Nancy: Still Alice by Lisa Genova
Often sad, sometimes frightening, always compelling, Still Alice, the story of a Harvard professor with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease, is told with a clear-eyed compassion which keeps the reader racing to turn the pages. I was afraid this novel would be depressing,...Follow Nancy
