Debra Lee Baldwin chats with Uptown News regarding her latest best seller before speaking exclusively in Mission Hills Jan.
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Sign up for our eNewsletterDebra Lee Baldwin chats with Uptown News regarding her latest best seller before speaking exclusively in Mission Hills Jan.
Resident author finds inspiration in the most unlikely places and faces
“From Terra’s Table: New American Food, Fresh From Southern California’s Organic Farms” (Chefs Press, $32.95) is a lavish, colorful cookbook with pictures that look good enough to eat and chapters thoughtfully divided by type of fruit or vegetable
Hannah provided details, and despite never having had training in writing, Soper carefully crafted the story in Hannah’s voice. The tale, which sheds light on why people become homeless and what being on the streets is like, reads like a thriller
Charles Harrington Elster admits he has an addiction: a terminal attraction to words. That passion has led him to become a noted authority on grammar and language usage, with a new book called “The Accidents of Style: Good Advice on How Not to Write Badly” just released by St. Martin’s Griffin.
Today Diane Welch probably knows more about Lilian J. Rice than anyone else on the planet. But before the architect’s name turned up in research she was doing for a freelance article about San Dieguito High School, she’d never heard of her. Welch’s curiosity was piqued when she learned that the building’s designer was a woman
Ken Zak’s novel hasn’t even been published yet, and already it was a finalist in this year’s Golden Heart Awards sponsored by Romance Writers of America. Zak, the only male finalist in the romantic suspense category, didn’t win the prize, but it garnered him the attention of agents and publishers, and the person he has to thank is his son, Cooper, a freshman at the University of California Santa Cruz.
Anyone with a strong opinion about whether the cross on Mount Soledad should be left up or taken down might want to read Joan Brady’s latest novel, “The Ghost of Mount Soledad.” The main character, Margaret Duran, has been assigned to write about the controversy for a local magazine. On an evening when she drives to the monument for inspiration, a soldier in one of the photographs at its base materializes and tells her what he thinks. He even speculates on what God might say about the dispute
Cuauhtemoc Kish doesn’t mind the inevitable comparisons between the stories in his memoir, “The Sissy Chronicles,” and those of David Sedaris. In fact, he sent two of them to Sedaris during the writing process and received a postcard of encouragement from Paris in return
Scott Stevenson’s book started out as a tribute to his wife, Susan. The couple had gone through a rough patch during which they’d lost their money in the stock market, faced Susan’s breast cancer diagnosis, helped Scott’s sister through a nightmare divorce and seen the 2003 Cedar Fire encroach on the home they had just finished building in the Cuyamaca Mountains.