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Hurricane Of 1938 Is Backdrop Of Novel ‘Westhampton Leisure Hour And Supper Club’
Hurricane Of 1938 Is Backdrop Of Novel ‘Westhampton Leisure Hour And Supper Club’
What a lark, what a plunge! But also what an honor to be asked to open the Fridays at Five Author Series 2016 by the wonderful Anne Marshall and Cathie Gandel, co-Presidents of the Friends of the Hampton Library; a beloved literary tradition in the Hamptons for…Read more
How did the idea for The Westhampton Leisure Hour and Supper Club derive? It started with a house. I am not the first author to suffer from real-estate envy: the most famous is surely Daphne du Maurier, who based Mandalay upon Menabilly in Cornwall: a house she subsequently owned…Read more
“Fascinating.” – Don Imus, Imus in the Morning Listen to the interview here: Imus interview “Not a dropped stitch. One of my top five favorite books.” – Bonnie Grice, NPR The Roundtable, WAMC NPR: NPR Interview “Finely crafted, inherently absorbing, and highly recommended historical novel that will prove to be…enduringly popular.” –…Read more
For the most part, writers are creatures of habit, hating to be disturbed during rigidly enforced routines – and I am no exception. So when Lori at TNBBC very kindly asked me to compose a blog about where I write, I had the added incentive of not having to leave…Read more
Essentially, I always had the idea of writing a novel about a society hostess in The Hamptons, predominantly because I live there and, secondly, because I’ve always been fascinated by what motivates such ladies. When I was an editor at Random House, however, I would frequently field submissions from writers…Read more
I have worked with authors all my life and subsequently became one, but it seems one universal truth unites us all, despite our reclusive habits of hiding in darkened rooms for years on end realizing our ‘masterpieces:’ like starving showgirls in a chorus line, we’re all desperate for the one…Read more
One moment more, I think. What Kit would say to stop me from leaving and I would always stay. But this is also a choice I’m making, the reality of loss crippling: It is part will, part acceptance, my allowing Teddy to guide me. It is his will imposed onto…Read more
Having had the privilege of working as an editor at Random House and the BBC before embarking on my career as a writer, I am invariably asked what lessons I bring to the authorial desk after serving in such a capacity. The answer is simple: ruthlessness. By this, I don’t…Read more