April Authors, Pt. II

Rosemary Harris is back! Rosemary visited us in March of 2009 and won so many new fans that our readers were special requesting her as a guest author for 2010.

Rosemary's new book, the third in her popular Dirty Business series, is called Dead Head.

On a sunny Thursday evening, Rosemary and the Covies held a party to celebrate the release of her new mystery. We were joined by over half a dozen of her loyal followers, some of whom met her last year, and some of whom have met her protagonist Paula Holliday and wanted to meet Paula's creator in person.

Equipped with doughnuts from the actual restaurant that inspired her fictional Paradise Diner, as well as other delicious snacks and drinks, we were ready for an enjoyable evening. Rosemary made the night completely spectacular, by talking about her writing process (she often draws inspiration from unusual headlines in newspapers) and her next book, Slug Fest. If you missed her this time, we hope to see Ro again when Slug Fest comes out!

A sincere thank you to Rosemary and our eventgoers! It was a blast as always.

Visit the author's website, http://www.rosemaryharris.com/ to learn more!

April Authors, Pt. I

Our first author of April is Dani Shapiro!
Dani's new memoir, Devotion, was chosen by the New York Times as an Editor's Choice book.
People Magazine raves about Devotion, "Brave, compelling, unexpectedly witty...the journey is indeed the reward."
Devotion was also featured in Elle Magazine.

We were very excited that Dani was able to join us for an event - especially because she scheduled us on her birthday! Bakla Java custom designed a cake based on the cover of Dani's book, in honor of the big day.

Our audience really bonded with Dani, who read several excerpts from Devotion and discussed a variety of topics. The conversation was so intriguing that the signing ran almost 2 hours, with eventgoers eventually sharing their own stories with the author. Many thanks to Dani for coming, and to our loyal readers!

To learn more about Dani's memoirs and novels, visit http://danishapiro.com/

To visit Bakla Java's website, http://www.baklajava.com/