CAROLINELEAVITTVILLE

New York Times Bestselling novelist, screenwriter, editor, namer, critic, movie addict and chocoholic.

Monday, November 28, 2011

The editors of "Men Undressed: Women Writers and the Male Sexual Experience" talk about sex scenes, male critics and more

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How could I possibly resist wanting to talk to the editors (Stacy Bierlein, Gina Frangello, Cris Mazza and Kate Meads) of the provocative ...
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Renée Thompson talks about The Plume Hunter

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  Renée Thompson writes about her love of birds, wildlife, and the people who inhabit the American West.  Her first novel,   T...
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Amy Bourret talks about Mothers and Other Liars and the novel experience of being a novelist

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A young drifter. A baby. A split second decision that will have ramifications for all involved. That's the subject matter of  Amy Bou...
Sunday, November 20, 2011

Five reasons to see Answers to Nothing, coming Dec 2.

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I'm a confirmed movieholic and nothing makes me happier than a wonderful film. I was honored to have had a chance to see a screener of ...
Monday, November 14, 2011

Pictures of You on Kirkus Best Books of 2011 List!

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I am sitting here unable to work because I'm too excited. My novel Pictures of You was just chosen for the Kirkus Best Books of 2011 Lis...
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Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Leora Skolkin-Smith talks about madness, Grace Paley, resisting writing about what you need to write about, and Hystera

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 I first met Leora Skolkin-Smith through Readerville, an online literary community and we quickly became friends. We talk about wri...
Monday, November 7, 2011

Lisa Unger Talks about where it all began

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New York Times bestselling author  Lisa Unger  really needs no introduction. Is there anyone on the planet who doesn't know her? Her n...

Caroline Preston talks about The Scrapbook of Frankie Pratt

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            I first met  Caroline Preston  at a literary party and was instantly charmed by both her--and her work.  Preston is the author...
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Director Michael Medeiros talks about his upcoming film Tiger Lily Road

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Anyone who knows me knows that I’m fascinated by craft, by how creative people manage to do what they do--and that I am not just a booka...

Julie Klam talks about Love at First Bark

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Ok, you might love  Julie Klam  because she's so hilarious and generous, but the icing on the cake is that Julie is the guardian ang...
Sunday, November 6, 2011

Ayelet Waldman and Robin Levi talk about women in and out of prison and their astonishing book Inside This Place, Not Of it: Narratives From Women's Prisons

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Ayelet Waldman and Robin Levi have created a book that is nothing short of extraordinary: Inside This Place, Not Of It, is a collection of...
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Stay tuned, WITH OR WITHOUT YOU, my 12th novel is coming August 4, 2020 from Algonquin. My 11th novel CRUEL BEAUTIFUL WORLD is an Indie Next Pick. IS THIS TOMORROW was an May Indie Pick. I'm also the New York Times bestselling author of PICTURES OF YOU, a San Francisco Chronicle Lit Pick, a Costco "Pennie's Pick." a NAIBA bestseller and on the Best Books of 2011 List from San Francisco Chronicle, Providence Journal, Kirkus Reviews and Bookmarks Magazine. I'm the recipient of a New York Foundation of the Arts Grant in Fiction. I was a 2013 finalist in the Sundance Screenwriting Lab and a finalist in the Nickelodeon Screenwriting Fellowship, four of my novels were optioned for screen, and I talked my way into writing the script for two of them. My essay, HIgh Infidelity, has been optioned for film. I'm a book critic for The San Francisco Chronicle and People Magazine. I teach novel writing for UCLA Extension Writers' Program, and Stanford online, do private fiction editing, and I am a professional namer! I live with my husband, writer/editor Jeff Tamarkin and we beam with pride about our son, an actor/filmmaker in college. Visit me at http://www.carolineleavitt.com.
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