Local New England author interviews, new releases and book signings.
VL Towler is a local author from Dover with an award-winning mystery debut. Tell me a little bit about who you are and where you live. I live in Dover, NH. I am an attorney who for the past 15 years has focused on being a caregiver for my mother, doing legal consulting, and writing my…
Author Allegra Hyde is a local novelist hailing from Peterborough, New Hampshire. Her debut book is already an award-winning achievement. Tell me a little bit about who you are and where you live. I’m the author of the short story collection, Of This New World, which won the 2016 John Simmons Short Fiction Award. I’m…
Patricia Striar Rohner is a local author and snowbird who summers in Massachusetts and winters in Florida. Her new novel Tzippy the Thief: A Novel from She Writes Press is available now on pre-order through Amazon. Tell me a little bit about who you are and where you live. I’ve been writing short stories and observing people since I was…
Alan Kessler is a local New England author with a new novel dealing with racism in mid-century America. Clarence Olgibee Black Rose Writing | Paperback | 2016 | 428 pp | Order Through Amazon Synopsis It starts with a murder. In 1974, 17-year-old Jimmy Tate Sullivan watched his two friends bludgeon to death a black man. Sentenced…
Rebecca Warner is a home gardener in Newton, Massachusetts with thirty years’ experience working toward a sustainable ornamental garden. When she’s not gardening, she’s a geriatric psychiatrist. Her book The Sustainable-Enough Garden is the story of her quest to make a beautiful garden that’s environmentally friendly. In the last five years she has overhauled her garden…
Londonderry resident William R. Gracer has recorded the accounts of 60 U.S. veterans in his new book Veterans’ Reflections: History Preserved. Tell me a little bit about who you are and where you live. I was born in Gloucester, Massachusetts, and the second oldest of seven children. Two of my brothers and one sister served in the…
Lorna Kaufman is a local Boston author who specializes in reading disorders among children. Her new release, Smart Kid, Can’t Read, is now available on Amazon. Tell me a little bit about who you are and where you live. I am a developmental psychologist who lives in Boston. I specialize in reading problems and evaluate…
Brad J. Boucher is a local Hampton author with several published books of horror and the noir under his belt. His collection of work is available on Amazon and other booksellers. Tell me a little bit about who you are and where you live. My name is Brad Boucher and I’ve lived in Hampton for…
Louise Speck is the author of Tickles ‘n Tears: The Psychology of Humor under the nom de plume of Spec. Tell me a little bit about who you are and where you live. I moved up to northern Massachusetts to help my folks in their final years, and that was a good choice. I don’t know specifically where…
Local author Cristiane Lima Scott’s debut novel The Language of Belonging will be released by Holland Books on May 6th. She will be holding books signings at Portsmouth’s Book and Bar on May 11th at 7 PM and at Barnes and Noble in Newington on May 21. Tell me a little bit about who you…