CAROLINELEAVITTVILLE

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

Friday, November 3, 2017

Wendy Werris talks about AN ALPHABETICAL LIFE: LIVING IT UP IN THE WORLD OF BOOKS, escorting authors, being a sales rep, writing her memoir, and so much more

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When it comes to books, Wendy Werris has done just about everything you'd ever want to do with books: she worked in a ...
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Friday, October 20, 2017

Who isn't enamored of Joni Mitchell? David Yaffe talks about his brilliant new bio, RECKLESS DAUGHTER, one of the best bios I've ever read

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" Dazzling . . . A shimmering portrait of one artist's life, illusions and all." ―Booklist (starred review) "The e...
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Could you leave behind your friends and family and religion? Tova Mirvis talks about her exquisite memoir, THE BOOK OF SEPARATION

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"Luminous,unsettling and fiercely brave, Mirvis's memoir insists on a simple but earth-shattering truth: "There are oth...

Hey writers! Emily Homonoff, daughter of one of the patron saints of writers, Robin Kall Homonoff, talks about her small but mighty communications firm for creatives, Little Lion.

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  Every writer knows that promotion, marketing and publicity can make or break a book. That is why I personally worship at the ...
Friday, October 13, 2017

Marcia Butler, author of The Skin Above My Knees (Read it!) talks about her terrific new series on the CREATIVE IMPERATIVE

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Marcia Butler is video interviewed by me for her incredible series on the creative imperative. She talks to writers, artists, musicians, m...
Wednesday, October 11, 2017

Oh. My. God. One of my favorite actresses of all time, Karen Allen, talks about her latest film, Year by the Sea, yoga, fiber arts, making movies--and so much more.

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If you are anything like me, you worship Karen Allen. And not just because she's made so many extraordinary films--and ...

The Iraq War. Disability. Women on and off the battlefield. AND WOLVES! Helen Benedict talks about her extraordinary new novel, WOLF SEASON

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"[Helen Benedict] has emerged as one of our most thoughtful and provocative writers of war literature." ―David Abra...
Thursday, October 5, 2017

Love Mozart in the Jungle the way that I do? Marcia Butler talks about playing the oboe professionally, opera, and her ravishing memoir THE SKIN ABOVE MY KNEE

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I've been addicted to the show Mozart in the Jungle, about an orchestra working in NYC--especially the oboist. I was thrilled to...
Sunday, October 1, 2017

Why is the word "bitch" so empowering? Cathi Hanauer talks about The Bitch is Back (Older, Wiser, And (Getting) Happier), now in paperback!

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Come on, who doesn't adore Cathi Hanauer? She's smart, provocative, profound--and a whole lot of fun to do a book event with...

How can you not love a writer who obsesses? Matthew Lansburgh talks about his prize-winning collection of stories, OUTSIDE IS THE OCEAN

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First, there is that knockout cover. Even better is the knockout fiction inside. Matthew Lansburgh's collection of linked stories...
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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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